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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...

The sentencing of a man who admitted having sex with a 13-year-old girl has been pushed back until Wednesday. Chez Rogers, 20, was originally scheduled to be sentenced last Friday for charges of unlawful carnal knowledge and luring. The offences took...

A 2½-year prison sentence imposed on a disgraced police officer who dumped traffic tickets for cash has been upheld by the Court of Appeal. Kyle Wheatley, who had served in the Court Liaison Unit, was jailed last year after he pleaded guilty to defea...

A lawyer told the Supreme Court that “young women” seduced older men for “sport” as he argued for a lighter sentence for a client who had sex with a 13-year-old schoolgirl. Charles Richardson was speaking yesterday after Chez Rogers, 20, earlier plea...

A study has found a drop in drug use among the island’s schoolchildren, the Attorney-General has revealed. Kathy Lynn Simmons told the Senate on Wednesday that a survey of public, private and home-schooled pupils conducted by the Department of Nation...

Visitors will enjoy Bermuda’s waters this month as the island hosts a series of sailing and fishing events starting today. The inaugural three-day Spirit of Bermuda Rally and Festival of Sail is scheduled to begin with the arrival of four US yachts t...

A law to protect the young from grooming for sex by people in positions of power was backed yesterday by the Senate. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs, said the Criminal Code Amendment Act would create a new crimi...

A British court has ordered the confiscation of thousands of dollars in drug-dealing profits from two sons of a Bermuda Member of Parliament. Marcus Weeks and Dalji Waldron — the sons of Progressive Labour Party backbencher Michael Weeks — were jaile...