150 results returned for search: "" category "Court" author Gareth Finighan
A Pembroke man whose DNA was found on the trigger of a gun has been jailed for 12 years for handling the firearm.
Dameko Dublin, 20, was arrested in January 2012 — two months after a loaded Smith & Wesson revolver and five rounds of ammunition were d...
DATE: Apr 16, 2013
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Gareth Finighan
A sexual offender has been jailed for five years for attacking a teenage girl on her way home from school.
Dwayne David Beach, 47, had earlier pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault and one count of intruding on the privacy of the 15-year-old ...
DATE: Apr 13, 2013
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Gareth Finighan
Former Bermuda Housing Corporation manager and Regiment Major Glenn Brangman has had his sentence for sexual assault reduced on appeal.
The 61-year-old was facing a three-and-a-half year jail term after being found guilty of four counts of sexual ass...
DATE: Apr 05, 2013
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Gareth Finighan
A Southampton Rangers football player has been jailed for 15 years for his role as “kingpin” in a plot to bring almost $500,000 worth of cocaine into Bermuda.
Everett Bean, 31, masterminded the plan to smuggle in the shipment from the Caribbean in Ja...
DATE: Apr 05, 2013
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Gareth Finighan
An American cruise ship passenger who attempted to smuggle $369,000 worth of cocaine into Bermuda has been jailed for 12 years.
Jane Carmichael, 52, from Hazelhurst, Georgia, had strapped the drugs to her body inside a girdle.
When authorities accom...
DATE: Apr 05, 2013
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Convicted murderer Norris Simpson has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the brutal 2011 slaying of his landlady, Ida James.
The body of Ms James, 66, was discovered in a pool of blood on the floor of her Berry Hill, Paget home on the morning of...
DATE: Apr 04, 2013
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Two men charged with murder and attempted murder may now not stand trial after prosecutors put the case on hold.
David Jahwell Cox and Devon Rohn Hewey had been jointly charged with the premeditated murder of James Lawes, and the attempted murders of...
DATE: Apr 03, 2013
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Convicted murderer Norris Simpson will have to wait until next month to discover his sentence for the brutal 2011 slaying of his landlady, Ida James.
Simpson, 54, who was found guilty of the killing of the retired social worker following a two-week l...
DATE: Mar 28, 2013
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An early-morning three-car pile up in Southside landed a taxi driver in hospital and a second motorist in court.
Eric Dunkley went on trial yesterday charged with causing injury by reckless driving as a result of the crash, which took place on June 5...
DATE: Mar 12, 2013
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A Pembroke teenager charged with possession of a loaded firearm took the stand in Supreme Court yesterday, claiming he was unaware that the weapon was hidden just yards from a nightclub he had visited.
Dameko Dublin, 19, was arrested in January 2012 ...
DATE: Mar 08, 2013
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
