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Police have said the daylight shooting of two men on Monday – including a senior – was believed to be linked to a rift within one of the island’s gangs.
Acting Assistant Police Commissioner Nicholas Pedro said yesterday morning that the community sho...
DATE: Aug 04, 2021
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The daylight shooting on Court Street that resulted in two men being wounded bore all the hallmarks of a gang crime, the acting police commissioner said last night.
Darrin Simons said police were unsure whether yesterday’s shooting was linked to a s...
DATE: Aug 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police are on the look out for a man who repeatedly stabbed a 56-year-old motorist in a fight following two collisions on Thursday.
A police spokesman said officers went to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital at 8pm on Thursday after they received repo...
DATE: Jul 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A crackdown on bad drivers by the Bermuda Police Service has resulted in 219 traffic tickets in a week.
Martin Weekes, the Assistant Commissioner of Police said: “With the advent of ‘Operation Vega’ the new Roads Policing Initiative launched one week...
DATE: Jul 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 56-year-old man who suffered multiple gunshot wounds in a daylight attack at a ferry dock remained in intensive care last night.
Inspector Peter Stableford said the shooting, which happened at 7.30pm on Wednesday, had caused life threatening injuri...
DATE: Jun 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 56-year-old man suffered serious injuries yesterday after he was shot several times in a daylight attack.
Chief Inspector Robert Cardwell said the victim was in a car at the dock at Darrell’s Wharf in Warwick and got out to stretch his legs just af...
DATE: Jun 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A raft-up highlighted on social media was broken up by the Bermuda Coastguard with participants potentially to appear before the courts.
A Bermuda Police Service spokesman said BPS were aware of video clips circulating showing a raft-up with “several...
DATE: Jun 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two young women who led police on a chase were arrested last night in connection with a stolen motorcycle.
A police spokesman said the two – an 18-year-old Smith’s woman and a 19-year-old Devonshire woman, were arrested after police saw them ride thr...
DATE: Jun 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two men were arrested yesterday after a brawl in Pembroke that involved a knife and a baseball bat.
A police spokesman said officers responded to a report of a fight involving four males on Berkeley Hill in Pembroke about 3.30pm.
The spokesman added:...
DATE: May 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A convicted sex offender has launched a legal bid to avoid being deported back to his homeland of Jamaica.
Brittonie Taylor, released from Westgate last October after serving eight years for a serious sex assault, will ask the Supreme Court today to ...
DATE: Apr 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor