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A man convicted of a Christmas Eve murder has lost an attempt to have an appeal for his case heard by the Supreme Court.
Wolda Gardner was jailed for the premeditated murder of Malcolm Augustus in 2012 and using a firearm to commit an indictable act....
DATE: Dec 14, 2022
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A quadriplegic woman told police she felt “betrayed” by a lawyer accused of dishonestly taking more than $80,000 from her.
In a videotaped police interview, recorded at her home in 2017, Kirsten Badenduck told officers she had not given Nancy Vieira ...
DATE: Dec 14, 2022
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman accused of illegally obtaining more than $80,000 from a disabled client argued that her employer knew she had taken on additional tasks for the senior despite previous claims.
Jacqueline MacLellan, head of MacLellan and Associates, told the S...
DATE: Dec 13, 2022
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A lawyer has been accused of unlawfully obtaining more than $80,000 from a disabled client.
The Supreme Court heard that Nancy Vieira had been hired by Kirsten Badenduck in 2015 to fire a caregiver suspected of stealing from her.
But Jacqueline MacLe...
DATE: Dec 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A $1.5 million fundraising campaign has been launched to transform 10 acres in Southampton into a new public nature reserve.
Buy Back Bermuda, a collaborative initiative between the Bermuda National Trust and the Bermuda Audubon Society, announced la...
DATE: Dec 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A mother told Magistrates’ Court that she felt hurt and helpless after her daughter told her that she had been touched inappropriately by a man while playing with friends.
The woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, said she learnt of the ...
DATE: Dec 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A three-storey water tank in Botanical Gardens erected as part of a controversial maintenance yard plan at the park has been disassembled.
While construction of the maintenance yard was halted in 2015 after a public outcry, the water tower built on t...
DATE: Dec 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Food prices continued to surge in September with the Consumer Price Index reporting an increase of more than 10 per cent year-on-year.
Prices in the fuel and power sector also increased by 15.2 per cent, compared with September last hear.
Overall, th...
DATE: Dec 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Amendments to add frozen bread to the list of items that can be imported without duty fees have been approved by the House of Assembly on Friday.
The Customs Tariff Amendment (No 4) Act 2022 modified the tariff code to include frozen bread in the sam...
DATE: Dec 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Sandys man accused of making inappropriate comments to a schoolgirl told police he would never make such comments to a child.
In a police interview played in Magistrates’ Court yesterday, he described the comments as “disturbing”, but that he was “...
DATE: Dec 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes