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A man who crashed his car into a pillar near his home has been banned from the road for refusing to give a breath sample.
Herbert Biryomumaisho, 35, apologised to Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty to the offence on Monday.
The court heard that...
DATE: Apr 26, 2019
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Town of St George will have to go to the polls on May 9 to elect a new mayor, it was revealed yesterday.
Kenneth Bascome, a former mayor, and George Dowling III, a councillor, both put their names forward for the post on nomination day after Quin...
DATE: Apr 26, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Defence lawyer Elizabeth Christopher has been elected the new president of the Bermuda Bar Association.
Ms Christopher was vice-president under former president Karen Smith Williams.
Cindy Clarke, the Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, has been ...
DATE: Apr 26, 2019
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police asked for more information yesterday about a social media video which appeared to show an assault on a woman driver.
A police spokesman said the Bermuda Police Service were aware of the video that showed “a well-known male member of our commun...
DATE: Apr 26, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two drink-drivers caught at roadside breath test checkpoints were banned from the road and fined yesterday.
Lydia Rawlins, 40, from Southampton, admitted refusal of a breath test after she was stopped on March 24 on South Shore Road near its junction...
DATE: Apr 26, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda College Library will be anything but quiet this weekend as it hosts an event to celebrate 25 years of the Friends of College Library.
Robert Masters, head of the library, said the registered charity was formed to help support the library ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Vulnerable people’s homes are being used as cover for drugs barons and other criminals, police revealed yesterday.
Police said intelligence suggested that older people and other at-risk groups were being used by “cuckoos” — criminals who use violence...
DATE: Apr 24, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The lead officer in an investigation into a brutal stabbing denied yesterday that a witness had asked for probation in exchange for evidence.
Detective Sergeant Jason Smith told the court he spoke to the witness while he was behind bars, but that no ...
DATE: Apr 24, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police seized a knife from the bedroom of a man accused of stabbing a bartender 13 times, a court heard yesterday.
Anneka Donawa, a police officer, told the court that she was involved in the search of Alex Wolffe’s home days after the stabbing.
Ms D...
DATE: Apr 23, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A PHC Zebras footballer has admitted causing the death of a bartender in a fight outside a nightclub.
Rakeem DeShields, 26, pleaded guilty at Supreme Court yesterday to a charge of the manslaughter of Dejon Simmons, who was 30, after an altercation o...
DATE: Apr 23, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes