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Legislation intended to strengthen child protection laws came has come into force, the Attorney-General said today.
Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General and the Minister of Legal Affairs, said that Part 5 of the Child Safeguarding (Miscellaneous ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2022
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Flaws in an alleged victim’s character or recollection should not distract jurors from the truth, a Supreme Court jury was told yesterday.
Alan Richards, for the Crown, said that Jamar Dill’s testimony, where he claimed to be beaten and set on fire, ...
DATE: Jul 19, 2022
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Three men appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with the fatal shooting of Letrae Doeman.
Quazori Brangman, 22, from Pembroke; Jukai Burgess, 22, from St George’s; and Nasaje Anderson, 25, also from St George’s were charged with the murde...
DATE: Jul 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man has admitted stealing more than $25,000 of electronics from a Hamilton store after police linked him to blood found at the scene of the crime.
Shaheed Muhammad, 26, from St George’s, pleaded guilty to a single count of burglary in connection wi...
DATE: Jul 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who claimed he was abducted and assaulted over lost drugs suffered burns over as much as a fifth of his body, the Supreme Court heard yesterday.
Christopher Milroy, a doctor, told the court that Jamar Dill had suffered second and third-degree b...
DATE: Jul 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Sandys man was banned from riding motorcycles for three months after a crash in which he fractured his knee.
Kent Govia, 62, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court yesterday to a single count of driving without due care and attention in an incident o...
DATE: Jul 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A former commanding officer of the Royal Bermuda Regiment yesterday admitted official corruption.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Curley, 55, pleaded guilty in Supreme Court to asking the late Justin Williams, a prominent lawyer, for a nomination to join th...
DATE: Jul 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A land row between private estate neighbours is playing out in court where the husband of a former premier claimed trees were removed from his property without permission.
Samuel Andrew Banks is seeking a permanent injunction to restrain Simon and De...
DATE: Jul 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Supreme Court was wrong to throw out a criminal case against a former police officer accused of posting a “grossly offensive” cartoon days before a Black Lives Matter march, according to the Court of Appeal.
Barbi Bishop was alleged to have share...
DATE: Jul 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A ruling rejecting claims by a police officer that he had been the victim of discrimination has been upheld by the Court of Appeal.
Detective Sergeant David Bhagwan had called for a judicial review into Bermuda Police Service promotion procedures af...
DATE: Jul 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan