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A radio station owner and former Member of Parliament criticised police yesterday after he was involved in what he claimed was a “disrespectful” traffic stop last week.
Glenn Blakeney told listeners on Magic 102.7 that he was stopped by several polic...
DATE: Jul 21, 2020
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The builders of an illegal dock in St George’s that was demolished this week showed “blatant disregard for the law”, the public works minister said last week.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch told the House of Assembly his ministry wanted to work with ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2020
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Politics
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
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 ...
DATE: Jul 18, 2020
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
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 ...
DATE: Jul 16, 2020
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
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...
DATE: Jul 16, 2020
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
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...
DATE: Jul 15, 2020
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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...
DATE: Jul 15, 2020
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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...
DATE: Jul 15, 2020
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Environment
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
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...
DATE: Jul 15, 2020
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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...
DATE: Jul 14, 2020
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