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A man imprisoned for 30 years after he tried to smuggle almost $10 million of heroin into Bermuda has appealed against his conviction. Josef Vlcek was convicted in 2019 of trying to smuggle nearly three kilograms of the drug into the island on a flig...

A teenager who admitted causing a traffic accident could be sentenced to community service instead of fined. Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo said a community service order could be considered for unemployed Nazye Matthie, 19, after he pleaded guilty to ca...

A children’s rights campaigner yesterday welcomed a recruitment drive for litigation guardians for children and young people who appear in court. Tiffanne Thomas, a social worker who worked as a litigation guardian in a string of cases from 2014, sai...

A man who walked out a shop without paying a $173 phone repair bill was yesterday fined almost three times the amount he dodged. Kevin Webb, 58, was fined $500 after he pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to leaving the store without payment for the...

A motorcyclist who killed a father of four in a collision was yesterday jailed for more than four years. Ishmael Lightbourne – who admitted last year that he caused the death of Shannon Davis while driving while impaired – was also banned from the ro...

An elderly woman said her hair was falling out and she had become ill because of stress after she was forced to take legal action against a government junior minister who owed her $19,000 in unpaid rent. Margaret Harvey accused Curtis Richardson, a...

An elderly woman broke down in tears yesterday as she told a court of the stress caused by a senator’s repeated refusal to hand over $19,000 in unpaid rent. Margaret Harvey, who is in her 70s, told the Supreme Court that Curtis Richardson, a Progress...

The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a man who sexually assaulted a 15-year-old schoolgirl almost 20 years ago. Jamel Simons, 38, had admitted that he had sex with the child – but argued that he should not have been convicted of sexual assa...

The Supreme Court has been hit by “extreme staff shortages” because of Covid-19 pandemic, officials have said. A circular said: “As a result of Covid-19, and other unexpected circumstances, the Civil and Commercial Division of the Supreme Court is co...

A jobless man escaped a penalty after he admitted breaching a Covid-19 curfew. Police spotted Kevin Gardiner, 41, walking along Kindley Field Road in St George’s at about 2.15am on December 31, 2020, Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday. He told office...