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The creation of laws that made criminals of those breaching certain Covid-19 regulations “undermines our legal system”, the shadow minister for legal affairs has said.
Scott Pearman was speaking in light of legislation that was recently passed enab...
DATE: Jun 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A man has been sentenced to three years of mandatory treatment at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute.
Acting Puisne Judge Craig Attridge told the Supreme Court on Friday that Meshach Crichton, 22, was deemed of having a low risk of reoffending – but...
DATE: Jun 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A police officer fired for gross misconduct yesterday called on the Court of Appeal to allow him to return to the job.
Oswin Pereira was fired by the Bermuda Police Service after he was accused of turning off his body camera and striking a teenage su...
DATE: Jun 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The island’s top magistrate yesterday said that Covid regulations are ‘criminalising people who are otherwise not criminals’.
Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe told Magistrates’ Court that many breaches of the Public Health Regulations created criminal r...
DATE: Jun 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A 36-year-old man on trial for sexually assaulting a woman said yesterday the alleged attack never took place.
Crown counsel Javone Rogers told Magistrates’ Court that on May 6, 2018 the man yanked the woman’s pants down, pushed her onto a bed and to...
DATE: Jun 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Jurors involved in a murder trial are all to be questioned about their deliberations in the case, the Court of Appeal heard yesterday.
Cleveland Rogers and Katrina Burgess were both jailed for the murder of Marcus Gibbings, who was fatally stabbed in...
DATE: Jun 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman was fined $2,500 after she admitted visiting a friend during the last Government stay at home order.
Imani Byron, 23, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to going to another house during the order, as well as a breach of the previous 8pm to ...
DATE: Jun 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A man has been charged with the theft of $2,845 worth of goods over a six-week period.
Harrison Gibbons, 53, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to stealing $20 worth of food from Shelly Bay MarketPlace, but denied the theft of $2,825 in power tools...
DATE: Jun 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A date has been fixed to hear a legal challenge that claims strict curfew laws are unconstitutional and denied people a “reasonable excuse” defence.
Marc Daniels, the defence lawyer for Kinte Smith, confirmed last week that the challenge will be hear...
DATE: Jun 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A teenager who led police on a high-speed chase was banned from the roads for 18 months and fined $1,000 on Friday after he admitted drink driving.
Magistrates’ Court heard that police parked near the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute on East...
DATE: Jun 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson