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Biting the hand that fed him has earned a crack addict a one-year prison sentence.
Senior Magistrate Will Francis threw the book at Clifton Fredrick Weller after hearing he beat 80-year-old Eugene Todd in his bedroom and robbed him of $700.
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DATE: Jun 23, 1999
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from a two-storey building to escape Police.
Police yesterday said the unidentified woman jumped from the Ministry of Telecommunications' Golinsky Building on Reid Street, after climbing a wall in an exercise area of Hamilton Police Station.
The woma...
DATE: Jun 23, 1999
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A call by Senior Magistrate Will Francis to let certain speeders avoid court has been blasted by the chairperson of the Road Safety Council.
Delcina Bean Burrows said yesterday she was not in favour of Mr. Francis' call for a change in the law to cha...
DATE: Jun 22, 1999
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A retrial has been ordered by the Court of Appeal in the case against a Sandys Parish man convicted of sexually abusing a young girl.
The court found Magistrate Edward King erred in accepting a medical expert's testimony supporting the victim when th...
DATE: Jun 18, 1999
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A visiting couple fell more than 200 feet into the sea after their para-sail disconnected from their tow boat.
The couple were not physically hurt. But they complained that their treatment by Skyrider Bermuda in Dockyard left much to be desired.
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DATE: Jun 15, 1999
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The battle against homelessness waged by a local Rastafarian group has grown to a new phase with the start of a fund raising campaign.
The Rastafarian Community Programme -- a registered charity -- started a fund raising campaign which coordinators b...
DATE: Jun 15, 1999
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Newly formed tropical storm Arlene could pass just 100 miles east of the Island, forecasters said yesterday.
The first named storm of the season, Arlene's winds built speeds of up to 60 mph yesterday while local and US National Hurricane Centre forec...
DATE: Jun 14, 1999
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A low technology court reporting system rather than a "Rolls Royce'' would better serve Bermuda, the world's leading expert has claimed.
Chief executive officer of Smith Bernal International, Graham Smith, said the Island should not go for the "overk...
DATE: Jun 12, 1999
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Despite pleas from the Works & Engineering Ministry and Members of Parliament, residents of a Pembroke neighbourhood continue to dump trash any day of the week.
Residents of a densely populated area of Pembroke, known as Middle Town, have been dumpin...
DATE: Jun 11, 1999
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Island's future e- commerce legislation.
Telecommunications Minister Renee Webb said Cabinet had seen the E-Commerce Transaction Bill.
The legislation is set to push the Island to the forefront of conducting business over the Internet.
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DATE: Jun 09, 1999
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