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In spite of pleas for leniency, two female cruise passengers women were each sentenced to six years in jail yesterday after trying to smuggle drugs into Bermuda.
“Drug mules are never hardened criminals,” Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves told defence la...
DATE: Feb 14, 2012
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Murder accused Derek Spalding could face a jury’s verdict today, following closing arguments depicting him as a criminal who sought to use maritime experience as a means of smuggling drugs into Bermuda.
Prosecutor Carrington Mahoney told the court th...
DATE: Feb 09, 2012
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Jonathan Bell
Two brothers have appeared together in Magistrates’ Court, accused of breaking into a Paget home.
Kawesi Wilson, 37, and Ronald Wilson, 39, both of Sandys, denied the February 1 charge of entering a Berry Hill Road residence as trespassers intending ...
DATE: Feb 08, 2012
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Jonathan Bell
Reggae lyrics detailing gun vengeance and bullets to the head were described before a jury in the ongoing trial of murder accused Derek Spalding, as Westgate inmate Kirk Mundy took the stand.
Prosecutors have alleged that Mr Spalding penned lyrics de...
DATE: Feb 08, 2012
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Jonathan Bell
An “emaciated” dog seized from a Warwick man is now healthy and happy under the care of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, a court heard.
Kurt Dowling, 30, is standing trial at Magistrates’ Court on a charge of permitting unnecessa...
DATE: Jan 27, 2012
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Court
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Jonathan Bell
Bermudians Against the Draft founder Larry Marshall Sr has been given an absolute discharge in Magistrates’ Court after appearing on a charge of threatening behaviour.
Mr Marshall admitted committing the offence last Thursday against Colour Sergeant ...
DATE: Jan 26, 2012
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Court
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Jonathan Bell
A woman who took her 14-year-old discrimination case before the Human Rights Commission will have to wait awhile longer for a decision, after a lawyer involved in the proceedings fell ill.
Black Bermudian veterinarian Dr Susann Smith told the Commiss...
DATE: Jan 25, 2012
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Court
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Jonathan Bell
A Bermudian vet who was denied a top post is continuing her discrimination claim against the Government.
Dr Susann Smith’s case has gone before the Human Rights Commission’s Board of Inquiry, close to 15 years after her Government contract was termin...
DATE: Jan 24, 2012
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Warwick man has appeared at Magistrates’ Court, accused of breaking into a home armed with an imitation gun.
Josef Smith, 23, of Cedar Hill, was not required to enter a plea, as his case must be heard before the Supreme Court.
He is charged with in...
DATE: Jan 18, 2012
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 22-year-old St George’s man caught inside a guest cottage has appeared in Magistrates’ Court, charged with entering as a trespasser and stealing a banana.
However, the court heard that Tyevon Bean had also placed a laptop computer in a knapsack at ...
DATE: Jan 18, 2012
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
