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Reggae artist Shaggy has been named in a charge against two other people in connection with alleged breaches of Covid-19 rules last summer. Cindy Clarke, the Director of Public Prosecutions, said that prosecution was approved against Matthew Strong a...

The evidence of a man charged with smuggling more than $470,000 worth of drugs into Bermuda was “a pack of lies” that “simply doesn’t make sense”, a prosecutor told the Supreme Court yesterday. Alan Richards, who appeared for the Crown, made the clai...

A prosecutor has said the Supreme Court should not have overturned the conviction of a woman found guilty of drug offences. Puisne Judge Shade Subair Williams found earlier this year that there was an “appearance of bias” in the cases against Rebecca...

A man jailed for 30 years for smuggling almost $10 million of heroin into Bermuda has claimed his ability to mount a defence was damaged by translation problems. Josef Vlcek, from the Czech Republic, was convicted in 2019 of trying to smuggle nearly ...

A former police officer appealed against a conviction for a sex assault on a female colleague. Jermari Belboda was found guilty by magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo in 2020 of an assault on a 24-year-old female constable. Magistrates’ Court heard at the tim...

The island’s senior magistrate has been promoted to the Supreme Court, the Governor announced today. Rena Lalgie said Juan Wolfe will become a Puisne Judge, replacing Charles-Etta Simmons, who is scheduled to retire next month. Mr Wolffe said, “I wi...

A Commission of Inquiry into allegations of land grabs will undergo a judicial review to see if it acted inside the law, it was revealed yesterday. Khalid Wasi, also known as Raymond Davis, and Myron Piper were successful in their argument before Ass...

A Supreme Court judge has stood by her decision to keep a man convicted of a sex assault on a schoolgirl in custody until he can be sentenced. Jamel Simons, 38, was found guilty last year of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl in 2002 when he was ...

A dispute over a pizza cost a man a total of $1,250 after he punched a security guard and later got in a fight with the guard’s cousin, Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday. Rashaad Cooper, 39, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to assault and being ...

An alleged drug smuggler was told to pretend he was on his way back from a funeral days before he was found with drugs in his bags at the airport, the Supreme Court was told yesterday. Detective Sergeant Leanda Johnston told the court that phones tha...