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A man who almost hit with a police car while out past the curfew on New Year’s Day was yesterday fined $1,500.
Darico Clarke, 29, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to a breach of the earlier 11pm to 5am curfew.
The court heard that police were dri...
DATE: Jun 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Two convicted gunmen were not disadvantaged by unfairness in the jury selection system, the Court of Appeal has ruled.
Quincy Brangman and Le-Veck Roberts both asked for their convictions to be quashed because prosecutors “stood by” a disproportionat...
DATE: Jun 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 24-year-old man was jailed for 20 months yesterday for sexual exploitation of a 12-year-old girl.
Shundray Gilbert, from Devonshire, was told in Magistrates’ Court that, although he had shown remorse and seemed to be at low risk of reoffending, he ...
DATE: Jun 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A woman was fined $3,000 yesterday after she admitted she had two guests at her house during the last Government “stay at home” order.
Magistrates’ Court heard that police went to a Southampton house after they got a call about a potential breach of ...
DATE: Jun 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A Bermuda College student who faced a $3,000 fine for a breach of the Government curfew was instead given 150 hours of community service yesterday.
Magistrate Craig Attridge gave Cree Codington, 21, handed out the sentence in Magistrates’ Court after...
DATE: Jun 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A party host was fined $4,000 yesterday after he admitted inviting guests to his home despite a Government’s stay at home order.
Magistrates’ Court heard that police went to a Paget house around 8.30pm on April 2 after they received complaints.
Offic...
DATE: Jun 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
An ex-chairman of the West End Development Corporation and former One Bermuda Alliance election candidate is to launch an appeal against a sex assault conviction, Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday.
Elizabeth Christopher, for Raymond Charlton, said s...
DATE: Jun 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The Government has stonewalled questions about why a senior social worker who admitted pushing a child in her care was allowed to remain at work while the incident was investigated – despite a policy that required her to be put on leave.
Kennette Rob...
DATE: Jun 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A man convicted of murder is to face a retrial after the Court of Appeal expressed concerns over jury selection.
Sir Christopher Clarke, president of the Court of Appeal, ordered the retrial of Khyri Smith-Williams, who had been jailed for the fatal ...
DATE: Jun 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Jurors in a murder trial gave no indication that they were under pressure to deliver a verdict, a Crown lawyer told the Court of Appeal yesterday.
Counsel for Katrina Burgess and Cleveland Rogers – half-siblings jailed for the 2006 murder of Marcus G...
DATE: Jun 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes