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A controversial part of Bermuda’s jury selection procedure was ruled yesterday to be in breach of the Constitution by the Supreme Court. Chief Justice Narinder Hargun said the Criminal Code section that allowed prosecutors to stand down an unlimited ...

A Supreme Court judge hit out yesterday at controversial comments made by a defence lawyer as she jailed his client for 18 months. Chez Rogers, 20, pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges that he lured and had unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl ...

Supreme Court trials may not restart until next year because of a lack of court space, a judge warned yesterday. Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons said that there might be legal consequences because of the delays, particularly in cases where defendan...

A restaurant in the Town of St George will expand into Water Street as part of an al fresco dining initiative. The Corporation of St George announced yesterday that it would close a section of the historic street to traffic several nights a week to a...

Police have identified a man found dead at an industrial site in Warwick as Roger Richardson, who was reported missing last month. A police spokesman said: “Mr Richardson was found in an unresponsive state at an industrial site at Khyber Pass in Warw...

A dock built at a St George’s park without planning permission has been torn down by the Government. Island Construction began demolishing the estimated $30,000 build at Rocky Hill yesterday morning and expected it to be completed by the end of the d...

An island author has released a new collection of stories about a 1930s private eye. Jonathan Land Evans said Lordly Watson brought together two novelettes and three short stories about the title character, a private detective who moonlights as a cal...

A lawyer has defended controversial comments he made as he appeared for a man who admitted he had sex with a 13-year-old schoolgirl. Charles Richardson, a barrister, hit out after an online post by Stephen Corbishley, the Commissioner of Police, crit...

A charity appealed to the public yesterday to join a campaign to safeguard children from sex predators in the wake of controversial comments by a defence lawyer. The Coalition for the Protection of Children launched its social-media drive after barri...

Charities need to strengthen their infrastructure and find new sources of revenue to survive, a former charity leader said. Martha Dismont, the former executive director of the Family Centre, said the economic damage from the Covid-19 pandemic had hi...