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A young father who claimed he was kicked in the face by a policeman has been found not guilty of assaulting the same officer.
But Troy Smith, 29, did behave in an “angry, aggressive and profane” manner on July 4 last year, according to Magistrate Kha...
DATE: Jan 19, 2011
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A teacher who was hit in the head with a cricket bat by her fiancé’s ex sobbed in court yesterday as she told how the woman had “abused” her for four years.
Tara Burchall broke down in tears after Audrey Swainson admitted a charge of common assault b...
DATE: Jan 19, 2011
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Sam Strangeways
A former office clerk who claims he was repeatedly sexually assaulted by his manager told a court yesterday he had “wanted to kill” the much older man.
Mr X describing two of the ten assaults he claims took place between February and June 2009, when ...
DATE: Jan 18, 2011
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Sam Strangeways
A teacher who was hit in the head with a cricket bat by her fiancé's ex sobbed in court today as she told how the woman had “abused” her for four years.
Tara Burchall broke down in tears after Audrey Swainson admitted a charge of common assault befor...
DATE: Jan 17, 2011
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Court
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Sam Strangeways
A young father who claimed he was kicked in the face by a policeman has been found not guilty of assaulting the same officer.
Troy Smith denied assault causing bodily harm to Pc Richard Geraghty, resisting arrest and wielding an offensive weapon on P...
DATE: Jan 17, 2011
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Sam Strangeways
Lawyer Charles Richardson has launched a constitutional challenge after being accused of libelling a policeman on Facebook.
The 39-year-old claims the charge he faces of criminal defamation breaches his constitutional right to freedom of expression.
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DATE: Jan 15, 2011
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Court
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Sam Strangeways
Lawyer Charles Richardson has used his Facebook page to claim elements within Bermuda Police Service have “declared war” on him.
The 39-year-old was charged in Magistrates’ Court on Friday morning with publishing defamatory material about Detective I...
DATE: Jan 12, 2011
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Court
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Sam Strangeways
A Capital G bank teller who admitted stealing $35,000 from a client’s account to buy a car will be sentenced next month.
Mother-of-two Justina Wilson, 23, lost her job after making the unauthorised withdrawal in September.
She pleaded guilty to theft...
DATE: Jan 11, 2011
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Court
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Sam Strangeways
A 20-year-old man appeared in court yesterday charged with carrying out two armed robberies.
Curtis Mallory, of Swansville Drive, Warwick, was not required to enter a plea and will be dealt with in Supreme Court for the alleged offences.
He was accus...
DATE: Jan 08, 2011
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Defence lawyer Charles Richardson was yesterday charged with libelling a police detective with comments he wrote about him on Facebook.
Mr Richardson, 39, of Club Road, Smith's, appeared at Magistrates' Court where he was charged with unlawfully publ...
DATE: Jan 08, 2011
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways