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The Police acted unfairly when an officer who was weeks away from completing his probation was fired, a court heard
DATE: Jan 19, 2023
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Gareth Finighan
A magistrate has imposed a $2,500 fine on a police officer who pleaded guilty to intruding on the privacy of a female colleague
DATE: Jan 06, 2023
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A conman who stole $2 million from the Government could be ordered to make further payments to clear the debt.
Jeffrey Bevan, 55, from Wales, embezzled the money while employed in the Accountant-General's office between 2011 and 2013.
Hired to implem...
DATE: Nov 26, 2022
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Gareth Finighan
A bid by prosecutors to reopen a drink-driving case that has dragged through the courts for three years has been rejected.
The Department of Public Prosecutions argued that the case against defendant Damon Edwards was erroneously dismissed by a magis...
DATE: Nov 18, 2022
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Gareth Finighan
A lawyer is seeking more than $2 million in damages against police and prosecutors on counts of false imprisonment, conspiracy to injure, and malicious prosecution.
Kamal Worrell issued a writ of summons against Director of Public Prosecutions Cindy ...
DATE: Nov 14, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A childcare worker who was fired after drinking while on duty has taken her case to the Court of Appeal.
Cheyra Bell was working for the Department of Child and Family Services as a care worker at a residential home in March 2018 when she and a colle...
DATE: Nov 04, 2022
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government MP Zane DeSilva appeared in court yesterday charged with money laundering in connection with the Savvy recording studio scandal.
Prosecutors claim that Mr DeSilva entered into or became concerned in an arrangement which he “knew or suspect...
DATE: Oct 27, 2022
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A ruling rejecting claims by a police officer that he had been the victim of discrimination has been upheld by the Court of Appeal.
Detective Sergeant David Bhagwan had called for a judicial review into Bermuda Police Service promotion procedures af...
DATE: Jul 15, 2022
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Lawyers for the Government have defended a Commission of Inquiry set up by the Premier to investigate historic land grabs.
The commission was formed by David Burt in November 2019 with a remit to “inquire into historic losses of citizens’ property in...
DATE: Jul 13, 2022
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A billionaire charged with tax evasion and money laundering through a web of offshore entities in Bermuda and Nevis will have to stand trial, a US judge has ruled.
Lawyers for Robert Brockman, 80, had argued that the tech tycoon was unfit to face the...
DATE: May 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan