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A 53-year-old woman took the stand in her defence yesterday in the Supreme Court, telling a jury she feared being targeted by gangsters if she didn’t bring “illegal” luggage back to Bermuda from the US.
Mary Johnson is accused of conspiring with othe...
DATE: Sep 10, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
The Supreme Court trial of a woman charged with smuggling cannabis into Bermuda continued yesterday, with the jury shown CCTV footage of her alleged co-conspirators entering and leaving her hotel in the US.
Mary Johnson, 53, of Smith’s, is accused of...
DATE: Sep 09, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
A Warwick man was fined $1,000 after tussling with police.
Ajunte Tuzo admitted in Magistrates’ Court to obstructing a police officer and using offensive words outside a Bermuda College dance last weekend.
The court heard that at 3.30am, officers on ...
DATE: Sep 09, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
Remembrance ceremonies for the lives lost a decade ago on September 11 will be attended this Sunday by US Consul General Grace Shelton.
Ms Shelton will lay a wreath and hold a moment of silence at the 9/11 memorial in the Botanical Gardens.
She will ...
DATE: Sep 09, 2011
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The second annual Bermuda Department of Tourism Industry Night was last night warned by Tourism Minister Patrice Minors: “It’s not enough to simply be a beautiful place.”
The Department has pledged to raise yearly air arrivals above 300,000 in the ne...
DATE: Sep 09, 2011
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Supreme Court trial of Mary Johnson, accused of conspiring to smuggle cannabis into Bermuda, continued this morning with the jury shown CCTV footage of alleged co-conspirators entering and leaving her hotel in the US.
Ms Johnson, 53, of Smith’s, ...
DATE: Sep 08, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
A nine-year-old Prospect Primary student who is legally blind and losing his remaining vision has been given a new lease on life thanks to a pilot scheme launched at his school.
Brendon Fox, who started year P6 yesterday, suffers from cataracts and a...
DATE: Sep 08, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
A woman attempted to smuggle 49 kilos of cannabis into Bermuda from the US in false-bottomed luggage, a jury heard yesterday.
Mary Darnell Johnson, 53, of Pembroke, is accused of conspiring with others to import the drugs to Bermuda, between a date u...
DATE: Sep 08, 2011
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man has appeared in Magistrates’ Court on charges of attempted robbery and unlawfully causing grievous bodily harm.
Marekco Ratteray, 27, of North Shore Road, Hamilton Parish, denied trying to take a gold bracelet off Philip Doars on September 1 in...
DATE: Sep 07, 2011
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 53-year-old man has been charged in Magistrates’ Court with the murder of social worker Ida James.
Norris Albert Simpson, of St John’s Road, Pembroke, was not required to enter a plea, as his case must be dealt with by the Supreme Court.
He is accu...
DATE: Sep 07, 2011
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
