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A convicted murderer given extra time in jail for a serious assault on a fellow prisoner has seen his double sentence upheld by the Court of Appeal.
This means that in theory, 36-year-old Antoine Anderson could remain in Westgate prison until the yea...
DATE: Nov 06, 2013
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man incurred a hefty fine as well as a one-year ban from the roads after appearing before Magistrates’ Court for offences committed more than six years ago.
Jared Hollis, 28, of Spanish Point, told Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner he had no recol...
DATE: Nov 06, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The daughter of Premier Craig Cannonier is seeking to challenge the Island’s law banning the use of hand-held devices while driving.
Samaela Cannonier, 23, denied the May 27 charge in Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
Her lawyer, Saul Dismont, argued tha...
DATE: Nov 05, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
East End residents have been left in the cold by Government’s failure to speak out over the closure of the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre, the Opposition has charged.
The Bermuda Hospitals Board announced last week that the centre will shut by the end...
DATE: Nov 05, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man has been charged with four counts of touching a child for sexual purposes.
The 39-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was not required to enter a plea when he appeared in Magistrates’ Court as the matter must be dealt with in the S...
DATE: Nov 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Westgate inmate Alvone Maybury has been accused of stabbing a fellow prisoner with a foot-long “shank” that passed straight through his victim’s arm.
Maybury, 27, has denied unlawfully wounding inmate Sean Evans, 24, on October 24, 2012. The other in...
DATE: Oct 26, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Residents could wind up being charged 25 cents for every plastic bag they use, if the environmental group Greenrock has its way.
Similar initiatives have proven successful around the world at reducing plastic litter, Greenrock president Judith Landsb...
DATE: Oct 26, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s four Uighur refugees plan to wait until the five-year anniversary of when they were secretly brought to the Island to renew their push for British naturalisation.
The men, originally from western China, have been effectively marooned here s...
DATE: Oct 25, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A chaotic scene outside Bailey’s Bay Cricket Club, following the June 26 stabbing of Verneil Richardson, has been replayed before Magistrates’ Court — showing a handful of police confronting an agitated crowd.
Upset patrons, riled by the killing, bec...
DATE: Oct 24, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Social agencies have condemned the “slap on the wrist” dealt to a man who attacked another man with a knife for kissing his estranged wife.
Irving Butterfield this week escaped jail after a Supreme Court judge ruled he couldn’t be held wholly to blam...
DATE: Oct 24, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
