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The young man sexually assaulted by his former boss at Bermuda Housing Corporation said yesterday he hoped his attacker would receive the “maximum sentence the courts are willing to give out”.
Mr X, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was molested...
DATE: Feb 07, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Former Bermuda Regiment Quartermaster Glenn Brangman was accused by 13 male soldiers of sexual misconduct before he was ordered to retire in 2002, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
But nothing was ever proven against the 59-year-old former Bermuda Housin...
DATE: Feb 07, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Former Bermuda Housing Corporation boss Glenn Brangman was today convicted of a series of sex attacks on a teenage clerk.
The 59-year-old, of Limehouse Lane, Hamilton Parish, can be named for the first time after being found guilty of four counts of ...
DATE: Feb 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A total of $23,000 has been raised to pay for care for vulnerable senior Mrs O after her plight was revealed in The Royal Gazette.
Readers dug deep into their pockets after we reported how the 98-year-old widow, who has dementia and diabetes, was ref...
DATE: Feb 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A 21-year-old man was this morning charged with the murder of shooting victim Jahmiko LeShore.
Roger Lightbourne Jr appeared at Magistrates’ Court but did not enter a plea as the case must go before the Supreme Court.
Mr Lightbourne, whose address wa...
DATE: Feb 04, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The commanding officer of the Bermuda Regiment is to lead the part-time army for another year.
Governor Sir Richard Gozney said Lieutenant Colonel Brian Gonsalves’s contract would be extended for 12 months when it expires on May 30, on the advice on ...
DATE: Feb 03, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Government is refusing to release a 16-page report on the Bermuda Land Development Company, which cost taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars.
The document was produced in 2010 by BLDC’s chairman and deputy chairman at the time, Edward Saunders and P...
DATE: Feb 03, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Shadow Attorney General Trevor Moniz yesterday accused Cabinet Ministers of “tangling themselves up” over the Auditor General’s damning report on inappropriate public spending.
Mr Moniz said statements released in recent days by Premier Paula Cox, De...
DATE: Feb 03, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Deputy Premier Derrick Burgess and Attorney General Kim Wilson appeared unable to agree yesterday on whether there was ever an agreement for Government to benefit from $4 million in damages being sought in a private legal case.
Mr Burgess and former ...
DATE: Feb 02, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Public Accounts Committee chairman Bob Richards has pledged to call witnesses and hold open meetings to get to the bottom of the Auditor General’s findings on the misuse of taxpayer dollars.
The Shadow Finance Minister said yesterday the meetings wou...
DATE: Feb 02, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways