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Shooting victim Ralph Burrows doesn’t know if he’ll ever get to go home.
Aged 41, he’s had to accept he may spend the rest of his days in the extended care unit at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
“That took a little while getting used to,” he says...
DATE: May 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Convicted gangsters could be sent overseas to jail under proposed new measures for tackling what Police Commissioner Michael DeSilva last night called a “form of domestic terrorism”.
He told a public meeting attended by several hundred people at the ...
DATE: May 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief yesterday postponed an official trip abroad after the fatal shooting in his constituency of 22-year-old Jason Smith.
He was due to travel to North Carolina with the Governor to visit the Bermuda Regiment on...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda’s latest murder victim Jason Smith was a “good son” whose smile would light up a room, according to his mother.
Jacqueline Smith said the 22-year-old Regiment lance corporal, who was shot dead in what is believed to be a case of mistaken iden...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Police took more than three years to investigate the suspected abuse of a vulnerable elderly woman and, in the meantime, the alleged victim died.
A senior prosecutor revealed yesterday she was first handed a file about “Miss C” and the two men who al...
DATE: Apr 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Not one person has been convicted under a law passed three years ago to protect Bermuda's seniors from abuse, The Royal Gazette can reveal. And the only case to make it to court under the Senior Abuse Register Act 2008 was thrown out by a magistrate ...
DATE: Apr 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Two young women have been arrested in connection with the gang-related fatal shooting of 26-year-old Jahmiko LeShore.
Detective Chief Inspector Nicholas Pedro said yesterday the females, aged 21 and 22, were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to com...
DATE: Mar 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Ten days ago Mangrove Bay was the scene of a shocking gun murder in broad daylight.
But last night the mayhem was replaced with sorrow, remembrance and hope as Colford Ferguson’s family, friends and neighbours gathered to honour him.
An emotional can...
DATE: Feb 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda’s first murder of 2011 had “elements of a gang shooting” though victim Colford Ferguson is not believed to have been in a gang.
Detective Chief Inspector Nick Pedro told a press conference yesterday his investigating team was following variou...
DATE: Feb 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Almost three million dollars has been paid out to victims of crime since 2002 by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (CICB).
The money was given as a result of 283 successful claims, according to information released by Government for the first ...
DATE: Feb 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
