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A magistrate has renewed calls for better mental health resources on the island. Maxanne Anderson said that a dual-diagnosis centre was needed to help those in Bermuda who suffered both psychological and drug problems. She added that while there were...

During a ceremony to mark the Mental Health Treatment Court’s final session of the year, some of those being helped shared what they were thankful for. For legal reasons, they cannot be named. DD is still facing challenges, but he said that he co...

A man bit off more than he could chew after he tried to use a fake price tag to buy an expensive steak for less than half its price. Now Naeem Alom, 30, will have to adhere to a year-long conditional discharge after he admitted the attempted theft fr...

A 54-year-old man turned to drugs after a string of family tragedies, including the death of his son, a court heard. Andre Simmons’s father died in 2015 and his son, Royal Bermuda Regiment Sergeant Dejion Stange-Simmons, was murdered soon afterwards,...

A law student who did community service to work off $1,800 in unpaid traffic fines was shown leniency by a magistrate yesterday. Senior Magistrate Juan Wolffe cut short the community service order imposed on Essette Winters, 21, after she completed ...

A motorcyclist who fell off his bike when police stopped him for speeding has been banned from the roads after he admitted a string of traffic offences. Dequan Lodge, 25, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to refusing to take a breath test, as well...

A man accused of having more than $235,000 worth of drugs for sale was cleared of all charges. Adam King, 42, was found not guilty of five alleged offences at the end of a six day Supreme Court trial. Charles Richardson, for the defence, said afterw...

A former police officer will be sentenced next year after he admitted holding a food delivery driver hostage with a fake handgun. Sam Fraser-Smith, 43, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court yesterday to depriving Romone Reid of his liberty. The court ...

Two men appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday morning charged with three counts of murder. Siohn Akinstall, 19, was accused of the killing of Ayinde Eve, 27, and Micah Davis, 22, at the Robin Hood Pub and Restaurant on October 26. He was also accu...

A woman has denied throwing a party that broke Covid-19 regulations. Shermaine Murphy, 46, pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court on Monday to organising an event called “Pandemic Saturdays – Wet and Wild Edition” that had more than 50 people in at...