A 36-year-old man who shut down the island’s courts with a hoax bomb threat escaped a jail sentence yesterday.
Robert Somner, who spent about a month behind bars before trial, was sentenced to time al...
When Aerial Williams went fishing, a turtle was the last thing she expected to find at the end of her line.
The turtle, who she named Bridget, then had to go through surgery to remove a fish hook lodg...
A footbridge over Flatts Inlet has won approval from planners.
The project, championed by the Friends of the Bermuda Railway Trail, is one of three designed to link long-separated sections of the hist...
The introduction of roadside breath tests could face legal and constitutional hurdles.
Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe said the use of a breathalyser programme would need to be regulated.
He said: “If t...
A former teacher on the island appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with sexual assault on a teenager after he was extradited from the United States.
The 47-year-old, who cannot be named f...
Tougher penalties and more sentencing options are needed to tackle traffic offences.
Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe said legislation to give the bench more powers would help the courts to do their part...
A 47-year-old man caught riding a motorbike while more than double the drink-driving limit was banned yesterday for 18 months.
Calvin Trott, from Smith’s, was also fined $1,200 at Magistrates’ Court.
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Police officers who seized a terrified three-year-old boy from his parents acted outside the law, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Assistant Justice David Kessaram said that the Department of Child and Fa...
Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe has warned that the endless stream of roads offences is clogging up the court system.
Mr Wolffe said that the courts deal with at least 650 traffic offences every month....
Doctors from a top US hospital have helped island practitioners to keep up with the latest developments in heart and kidney treatment.
The team from New York-Presbyterian Hospital held a seminar organ...
