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A man accused of smuggling more than $130,000 of cannabis claimed he had no knowledge of the drugs until they were found by customs.
Vain Waldron, 47, has denied charges of importing cannabis to the Island on May 25 last year, and possessing the drug...
DATE: Feb 05, 2015
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Pembroke man yesterday admitted breaking a man’s jaw during an argument over football.
Paul Johnson, 29, pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm to Ricardo Tucker on July 18 last year.
The court heard that at about 6.30pm that day, Mr Tucker...
DATE: Feb 05, 2015
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda College are hosting representatives from a number of Caribbean colleges and universities for a three-day conference.
The Association of Caribbean Tertiary Institutions (ACTI) conference officially launched this week, with the theme of “Re...
DATE: Feb 05, 2015
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The trial of a Pembroke man accused of smuggling more than $130,000 of cannabis in a tent began in Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
Vain Waldron, 49, had denied charges of importing the controlled drug on May 25 last year and possessing it with intent t...
DATE: Feb 04, 2015
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A teacher has denied more than a dozen sexual offences involving three young girls.
The guest worker pleaded not guilty this morning to seven charges of intruding on the privacy of a young girl, six counts of sexually exploiting a young person and on...
DATE: Feb 03, 2015
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who ripped off a court-ordered electronic monitoring device has been jailed for four months.
Robert Green, 36, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court this morning to causing wilful damage to a Pro Tech Smart One monitoring device, worth about $3,...
DATE: Feb 03, 2015
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Sandys man who was twice struck by Taser gun after being stopped for drunk driving was banned from the roads this morning.
Dennis Landy, 29, from West Side Road, pleaded guilty to driving while over the legal blood alcohol limit and violently resis...
DATE: Feb 03, 2015
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Bermuda has been given a $3,000 boost, thanks to a campaign by RUBiS Energy Bermuda.
The “Season of Giving” promotion, which ran throughout December at nine of the Island’s RUBiS stations, raised $1,516 in ...
DATE: Feb 03, 2015
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
An athlete charged with shooting a man in Somerset has been cleared by a jury after a three-week Supreme Court trial.
Blaine Simmons, 20, had denied attempting to murder Lo’Torean Durrant, 23, and using a firearm to commit an indictable offence in th...
DATE: Jan 31, 2015
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A dispute over the legal representation of the Corporation of Hamilton has erupted in the aftermath of Government claiming stewardship.
During a hearing in Chambers yesterday afternoon, lawyers Alan Dunch and Eugene Johnson both claimed they represen...
DATE: Jan 30, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes