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A young father who claimed he was kicked in the head by police was yesterday fined $1,800 for his part in the confrontation.
Troy Smith, 29, received an $800 fine from Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo for wielding an offensive weapon, plus $500 each for th...
DATE: Aug 23, 2011
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Court
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Sam Strangeways
A 27-year-old mother is facing jail after admitting possession of cocaine with intent to supply.
Shernelle Moniz, of no fixed abode, appeared at Magistrates’ Court where a pre-sentence report was ordered by Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo.
Crown counsel N...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith handed out 45 Government scholarships, awards and loans at an event last week.
The presentations were made to the students at Camden, the Premier’s official residence, on Thursday.
Dame Jennifer said: “Every yea...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A tourist who was taken to hospital after being struck by a taxi on Front Street has vowed to return to Bermuda to “do over” her summer vacation.
April Lockhart, 55, from New York, said the last place she expected to get involved in a road accident w...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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Sam Strangeways
Robbers who broke into a Devonshire home brandishing a gun and demanding cash were last night still on the loose.
They entered a garage on Tribe Road No 1, close to Middle Road, where five men are understood to have been playing a card game. It is be...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Agape House founder Hilary Soares has died at the age of 70, after spending the past few weeks at the hospice she set up to allow others to live their last days with dignity.
Mother-of-four Mrs Soares, a British nurse who moved to Bermuda in 1963, wa...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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Sam Strangeways
A hyperbaric chamber used at King Edward VII Memorial to treat divers suffering from the bends has passed an independent international risk assessment. And the result has prompted the global Divers Alert Network (DAN) to endorse the hospital as a pre...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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Sam Strangeways
Foreign con artists are using stolen credit card information to try to get money by ordering expensive champagne, china and crystal from stores in Bermuda.
Police yesterday warned local businesses and members of the public to be vigilant for the scam...
DATE: Aug 20, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A former office manager charged with repeatedly molesting an employee took to the stand in his own defence yesterday, insisting he’d “never ever sexually assaulted” the much younger man.
Mr Y told Magistrates’ Court the charges against him were “inco...
DATE: Aug 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A judge’s ruling that Charles Richardson should not have been charged with criminal libel will be circulated to media defence lawyers around the world by a charity which got involved in his case.
The UK-based Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) sai...
DATE: Aug 16, 2011
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Sam Strangeways
