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A 54-year-old man who committed a string of sex offences against a ten-year-old girl more than two decades ago was sentenced yesterday to 12 years in prison. The woman’s victim impact statement read in Supreme Court said Pernell Brangman “groomed and...

Two prison officers were put behind bars in the space of a week for smuggling contraband into Westgate prison, The Royal Gazette can reveal. Art Simons, 43, was jailed for two years after he was convicted of taking cannabis and cannabis resin into We...

A 38-year-old man pleaded guilty to a sex assault charge yesterday in the Supreme Court. Jah-Rome Hill, who appeared from custody, admitted assaulting a woman in Sandys on September 6 last year. The victim cannot be identified for legal reasons. Hill...

Lawyers at a Supreme Court hearing for a judicial review into the termination of the former chief executive of the Bermuda Health Council have sought to dispel the possibility of the presiding judge being accused of bias. Assistant Justice David Kess...

The trial of a man accused of a gun murder was shown CCTV footage said in court to show his movements around North Hamilton on the night of the killing. Kiari Tucker, 22, charged with the murder of Morlan Steede, was said to have been tracked by the ...

Police overstepped their authority when they handcuffed a 15-year-old schoolboy in the care of the Department of Child and Family Services and locked him up at the Co-Ed prison last week, a Supreme Court judge has ruled. Assistant Justice Mark Pettin...

Two lawyers have been barred from representing patients of Ewart Brown because of a conflict of interest, it was revealed yesterday. Mark Pettingill, a former Attorney-General, and Victoria Greening, a past Crown prosecutor, were told they could no l...

A corrupt customs officer convicted of cocaine dealing has been ordered to hand over nearly $180,000 in assets as the proceeds of crime. Roberto Marques was ordered by Supreme Court to pay the total sum within six months, with the cash to be added to...

The Director of Public Prosecutions was appointed a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court yesterday. John Rankin, the Governor, announced that Larry Mussenden will take up the role when Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves retires in July. Mr Rankin: “I am conf...

A drug mule in the biggest heroin importation case tried in Bermuda was jailed yesterday for 30 years. Josef Vlcek was caught trying to smuggle nearly three kilograms of the drug, worth $9.55 million, after he arrived on a flight from London in Septe...