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The Supreme Court has rejected a bid to seize $400,000 from the wife of a man convicted of money laundering in Ecuador.
The court heard that the money was transferred into a SunLife account owned by Esmeralda Patino in 2015.
While Ms Patino said the ...
DATE: Apr 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who trespassed onto Government House to speak to the Governor was sent yesterday to Mental Health Treatment Court.
Magistrates Court heard that Danyon Looby, 46, went to the grounds of Government House on February 21 and tried to speak to Rena ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A St George’s man was yesterday sentenced to spend at least 35 years behind bars for the 2018 fatal shooting of Ronniko Burchall.
Taaj Muhammad was given a life sentence for what prosecutors branded a “public execution” and ordered to serve at least ...
DATE: Apr 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
After a difficult struggle, Mahogany Bean said she was honoured to become the newest member of the Bermuda Bar.
Ms Bean, a Berkeley Institute graduate, told the Supreme Court at her Call to the Bar on Thursday: “I’m blessed and grateful to have final...
DATE: Apr 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An exempted Bermuda company linked to a Texan billionaire accused of a massive tax fraud has been named in a federal bankruptcy court in the United States.
Joint liquidators of Point Investments Ltd have applied to the court in Delaware to have it re...
DATE: Apr 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A man this week admitted causing a boat crash that killed a passenger.
Mikado Burchall, 35, pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court on Thursday to killing Adrian Hassell, 24, while dangerously piloting a boat.
The incident happened on New Year’s Day, 201...
DATE: Apr 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A former Bermuda Half-Marathon Derby champion has urged the Supreme Court to quash his six-month prison sentence for drinking and driving.
Lamont Marshall, 37, from Devonshire, was sentenced to time behind bars last September after he opted out of th...
DATE: Apr 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A “prolific offender” was jailed for three months after he admitted breaking into motorcycles to steal helmets.
Magistrates’ Court heard that Maxwell Smith, 50, was sent to Drug Treatment Court in September, 2020, after he pleaded guilty to two count...
DATE: Apr 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A company that ran airport services for three years has been told to give former staff more than $200,000 in severance pay
DATE: Apr 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two men have been accused of trying to sell more than $219,000 worth of cannabis.
Melvin Simmons, 51, and Kanhai Armstrong, 36, were charged in Magistrates’ Court yesterday with conspiracy to import cannabis into Bermuda and conspiracy to sell the dr...
DATE: Apr 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson