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A thief was referred yesterday to the Drug Treatment Court after he admitted stealing two motorbikes for drugs money. Treadwell Smith, 35, also pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to causing more than $600 worth of damage to one of the stolen motorc...

Cinamin Lovell was in a bad space before she got the emotional help she needed. After admitting two assaults and the use of threatening words, Ms Lovell, who was 24 years old at the time, was at risk of being fined or even jailed. But thanks to the M...

A magistrate has renewed calls for better mental health resources on the island. Maxanne Anderson said that a dual-diagnosis centre was needed to help those in Bermuda who suffered both psychological and drug problems. She added that while there were...

During a ceremony to mark the Mental Health Treatment Court’s final session of the year, some of those being helped shared what they were thankful for. For legal reasons, they cannot be named. DD is still facing challenges, but he said that he co...

A 25-year-old man yesterday admitted his involvement in a daylight shooting in St David’s earlier this year. Daquan Williams pleaded guilty in Supreme Court to a charge that he unlawfully shot Isaiah Creighton with intent to cause grievous bodily har...

Government House has been ordered to release part of a record which raises “questions about the procedures” used by a committee which reviews complaints about judges. Information Commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez gave the Office of the Governor until ...

An application for a judicial review into the legitimacy of a Commission of Inquiry into land grabs could not be heard – because the island’s civil court judges were conflicted. Raymond Davis, also known as Khalid Wasi, said the failure to find an i...

A man bit off more than he could chew after he tried to use a fake price tag to buy an expensive steak for less than half its price. Now Naeem Alom, 30, will have to adhere to a year-long conditional discharge after he admitted the attempted theft fr...

A 54-year-old man turned to drugs after a string of family tragedies, including the death of his son, a court heard. Andre Simmons’s father died in 2015 and his son, Royal Bermuda Regiment Sergeant Dejion Stange-Simmons, was murdered soon afterwards,...

A man who seriously injured a mother and her son in a 2018 crash has been banned from the road for two years after a decision by the Court of Appeal. Dwayne Creary was initially banned from driving for five years in Magistrates’ Court after he was fo...