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A Warwick man who swerved across the road near the scene of a crash was yesterday fined and banned from the roads for drink driving.
Tuala Bame, 58, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to riding a motorcycle while over the legal blood-alcohol limit ...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman today admitted stealing more than $1,000 from her employer over a three-month period.
Kellee Burgess, 32, pleaded guilty to stealing $1,286 in cash from the Complete Care Clinic on Dundonald Street, Hamilton, between March 17 and June 26 last...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man caught drink driving twice on the same road four years apart was referred to the DUI Court programme yesterday.
Travis DeShields, 39, pleaded guilty to two counts of driving while impaired on Malabar Road, Sandys.
The first incident happened in...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A historic fort in St George’s may soon reopen to the public after a restoration project.
The St George’s Foundation restored the Martello Tower and the nearby gunpowder magazine property at Ferry Point Park in St George’s.
The foundation had asked f...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Schoolchildren started their summer with a splash this month as the Aqua Camp programme continued despite Covid-19.
The Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo said this year’s camps could not be held at it Flatts headquarters, but young people had been able ...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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Education
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
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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Owain Johnston-Barnes
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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AUTHOR:
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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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes