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A plot to smuggle drugs into Bermuda was discovered after US customs found hollowed-out books that smelt of cannabis in a visitor’s suitcase.
Marley Watkins and Adanessa Infante — both US citizens — were jailed earlier this year for a conspiracy to i...
DATE: Dec 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man yesterday denied possession of a folding knife and a string of road offences.
Enzi Mota-Ratteray, 20, pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court to possession of the blade in Warwick in the early hours of yesterday.
He denied dangerous driving, r...
DATE: Dec 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The Ministry of Finance has launched legal action against a former One Bermuda Alliance MP and his landscaping company over allegations of unpaid taxes.
The Attorney-General’s Chambers filed a writ against Jeff Sousa, his Sousa’s Landscape Management...
DATE: Dec 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man with a 21-page list of previous convictions was sent to the Drug Treatment Court yesterday after he admitted stealing more than $3,000 worth of clothes and jewellery.
Magistrates’ Court heard that Coolridge Eve, 63, broke into Gibbons Company i...
DATE: Dec 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A thief was referred yesterday to the Drug Treatment Court after he admitted stealing two motorbikes for drugs money.
Treadwell Smith, 35, also pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to causing more than $600 worth of damage to one of the stolen motorc...
DATE: Dec 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Cinamin Lovell was in a bad space before she got the emotional help she needed.
After admitting two assaults and the use of threatening words, Ms Lovell, who was 24 years old at the time, was at risk of being fined or even jailed.
But thanks to the M...
DATE: Dec 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A magistrate has renewed calls for better mental health resources on the island.
Maxanne Anderson said that a dual-diagnosis centre was needed to help those in Bermuda who suffered both psychological and drug problems.
She added that while there were...
DATE: Dec 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
During a ceremony to mark the Mental Health Treatment Court’s final session of the year, some of those being helped shared what they were thankful for.
For legal reasons, they cannot be named.
DD is still facing challenges, but he said that he co...
DATE: Dec 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A 25-year-old man yesterday admitted his involvement in a daylight shooting in St David’s earlier this year.
Daquan Williams pleaded guilty in Supreme Court to a charge that he unlawfully shot Isaiah Creighton with intent to cause grievous bodily har...
DATE: Dec 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government House has been ordered to release part of a record which raises “questions about the procedures” used by a committee which reviews complaints about judges.
Information Commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez gave the Office of the Governor until ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor