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A mother accused of smuggling $700,000 worth of drugs into the island was cleared by a Supreme Court jury yesterday. Ranae Furbert, 29, burst into tears after she was found not guilty of three drug smuggling charges and three charges of drug possessi...

An attempt by the prosecution to prove that an alleged drugs mule lied about a trip to Canada backfired in Supreme Court yesterday. Ranae Furbert, 29, who has denied importation and possession with intent to supply $700,000 worth of cannabis, cannabi...

A 33-year-old man yesterday denied a sex assault and keeping a woman captive. The man was charged in Magistrates’ Court with unlawful deprivation of a woman’s liberty as well as a sex assault. The incident is alleged to have happened on September 12 ...

A truck driver was yesterday banned from the roads until 2024 after he admitted hitting a motorcyclist and breaking his wrist. Steven Ming, 57, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to causing grievous bodily harm to Marquel Tankard through drink driv...

A series of talks is to be held to help people navigate the legal system to deal with domestic problems. The Women’s Resource Centre will run the online Pathway to Justice workshops. Elaine Butterfield, the charity’s executive director, said: “The Wo...

Offenders could receive more community service orders instead of fines because of increased unemployment over the coronavirus pandemic, the island’s top magistrate has signalled. Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe said Magistrates’ Court had seen a jump i...

A former airport security officer accused of smuggling more than $700,000 worth of cannabis into the island claims she did not know the drugs were in her luggage when she returned to Bermuda from an overseas trip. Ranae Furbert, from St. George’s, to...

The Bermuda Bar has welcomed its first new lawyer of the year. Chelsea Rodrigues, 23, was Called to the Bar last Friday during a ceremony in front of her family and professional colleagues. Ms Rodrigues said that she felt like “a weight has been lift...

A senior Customs officer yesterday told a jury she saw an alleged drug smuggler look back towards the baggage area as she left the airport without her luggage – which was later found to contain $700,000 worth of drugs. Dawnette Bell, a principal Cust...

A suspended police officer who denied posting a “grossly offensive” message on social media will have her case heard in the Supreme Court, it was confirmed yesterday. Magistrates’ Court heard that the higher court had accepted an application by Barbi...