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A 22-year-old man charged with attempted murder walked free from court yesterday after he was found not guilty by a jury. Zachary Fox said just after the verdict was announced in Supreme Court: “I’m happy to be a free man. That’s all.” Mr Fox was cha...

The legal battle over a bid to axe the Corporation of Hamilton wound up in the Supreme Court yesterday. The Attorney-General’s Chambers said the Municipalities Reform Act – which would change the Corporations of Hamilton and St George into quangos le...

An alleged gunman insisted yesterday that he did not carry out shooting incident near his home. Zachary Fox, 22, told the Supreme Court that he had been a drug dealer and a gang member, but was not a murderer. Mr Fox said: “I do not shoot at people. ...

The Corporation of Hamilton yesterday claimed the proposed abolition of the municipalities was a misguided attempt to destroy a perceived “white oligarchy”. The Corporation argued in the Supreme Court that amendments to the Municipalities Reform Act ...

A man accused of attempted murder admitted that he was a gang member, but said he had nothing to do with a shooting on Happy Valley Road. Zachary Fox, 22, told the Supreme Court: “I’m not a killer. I sell drugs.” He told the court that on the night t...

Sir Austin Ward QC, the former Chief Justice of Bermuda, has died in his native Barbados, aged 85. A quiet man gifted with a sharp wit for any lawyer who was less than thoroughly prepared, Lisle Austin Ward came to Bermuda in 1969. He served in priva...

An investigation into a ferry pilot convicted of driving a public ferry into a floating dock while impaired has been completed, the Department of Marine & Ports has revealed. A recommendation for disciplinary action against Ascot Lightbourne, 60, has...

An 86-year-old man convicted of child sex offences from more than 40 years ago has lost an appeal against his conviction and sentence. Robert Smith, 86, was jailed for six months for a string of sex offences committed in 1977 against an 11-year-old b...

A man who claimed to be escaping muggers when he was caught drink driving while banned from the roads was fined $4,000 and disqualified for a further two years last week. Quadir Maynard, 27, told Magistrates’ Court that he was “fighting for” his life...

A man told the Supreme Court he believed he was the target of a shooting because he had made a police statement about a gang leader in the wake of his son’s murder. Richard Steede said he recognised the gunman who took aim at him as Zachary Fox, whom...