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A woman alleged to have stolen almost half a million dollars from her grandmother was trying to prevent her drug-using father and another man from accessing the cash, a jury heard yesterday.
Lorraine Smith, 46, is accused along with her sister Audra-...
DATE: Apr 18, 2012
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Court
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Sam Strangeways
A former police constable yesterday admitted accessing scores of child pornography pictures and videos.
Paul Boorman, 44, of Spring Hill, Warwick, appeared at Supreme Court charged with 14 counts of knowingly accessing child pornography between Novem...
DATE: Apr 17, 2012
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Court
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Sam Strangeways
Two sisters stole almost half a million dollars from their grandmother after “running amok” with her bank accounts, a jury heard.
Lorraine Elizabeth Smith, 46, and Audra-Ann Marie Bean, 44, both of Warwick, deny multiple counts of theft from Lenice T...
DATE: Apr 17, 2012
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Court
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Sam Strangeways
Readers of The Royal Gazette have stumped up more than $37,000 to help pay for care for a 98-year-old widow who was ruled ineligible for state financial aid.
The plight of “Mrs O”, who has dementia and diabetes and was living alone in her rundown fam...
DATE: Apr 09, 2012
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A spike in retroactive planning fees could “further stifle” construction at a time when the sector cannot afford it, according to industry members.
The Construction Association of Bermuda criticised the 900 percent increase in retroactive planning pe...
DATE: Apr 09, 2012
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Other
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Sam Strangeways
A budding young artist from Warwick Academy has scooped a $500 prize for her class after winning this year’s Belco Bird Kite Safety Poster Competition.
Six-year-old Marli Spriggs also received a handcrafted Bermuda kite made by Belco fitter apprentic...
DATE: Apr 07, 2012
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Other
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Sam Strangeways
The fee for homeowners and businesses who start building work without planning permission has risen by 900 percent, with the largest developments now attracting a charge of more than $25,000.
The increased cost for retroactive approval came into effe...
DATE: Apr 04, 2012
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Other
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Sam Strangeways
Former Bermuda Housing Corporation boss Glenn Brangman is to appeal his conviction for a series of sex attacks on a teenage clerk.
The 60-year-old, of Limehouse Lane, Hamilton Parish, was found guilty in February of four counts of sexual assault on v...
DATE: Mar 30, 2012
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A British QC has been hired by Government to contest a tribunal's decision on the value of a “high-end” property belonging to former Premier Dame Pamela Gordon and her husband.
Jonathan Small, accompanied by barrister Nathaniel Duckworth, appeared at...
DATE: Mar 29, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Former Bermuda Housing Corporation boss Glenn Brangman is to appeal his conviction for a series of sex attacks on a teenage clerk.
The 60-year-old, of Limehouse Lane, Hamilton Parish, was found guilty in February of four counts of sexual assault on v...
DATE: Mar 28, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
