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The island’s senior magistrate has been promoted to the Supreme Court, the Governor announced today.
Rena Lalgie said Juan Wolfe will become a Puisne Judge, replacing Charles-Etta Simmons, who is scheduled to retire next month.
Mr Wolffe said, “I wi...
DATE: Mar 05, 2022
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Chelsea Hill, RG Intern
A Commission of Inquiry into allegations of land grabs will undergo a judicial review to see if it acted inside the law, it was revealed yesterday.
Khalid Wasi, also known as Raymond Davis, and Myron Piper were successful in their argument before Ass...
DATE: Mar 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A Supreme Court judge has stood by her decision to keep a man convicted of a sex assault on a schoolgirl in custody until he can be sentenced.
Jamel Simons, 38, was found guilty last year of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl in 2002 when he was ...
DATE: Mar 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A dispute over a pizza cost a man a total of $1,250 after he punched a security guard and later got in a fight with the guard’s cousin, Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday.
Rashaad Cooper, 39, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to assault and being ...
DATE: Mar 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
An alleged drug smuggler was told to pretend he was on his way back from a funeral days before he was found with drugs in his bags at the airport, the Supreme Court was told yesterday.
Detective Sergeant Leanda Johnston told the court that phones tha...
DATE: Mar 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A review of court cases presided over by the Chief Justice that involved island banks should be carried out, a pressure group has said.
The Civil Justice Advocacy Group claimed the move was needed after it was revealed in January that Narinder Hargun...
DATE: Mar 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A man accused of smuggling more than $470,000 of drugs into Bermuda told police he had bought his flight ticket in cash - then refused to answer any more questions.
Detective Sergeant Leanda Johnston told the Supreme Court that she questioned Zadun R...
DATE: Mar 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A customs officer found a series of packages hidden in an alleged drug smuggler’s suitcases, the Supreme Court heard.
Zadun Robinson, 22, has denied charges that he smuggled more than $400,000 of drugs into the island on August 28, 2018.
Prosecutors ...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who insisted he would not pay thousands of dollars in traffic fines was remanded in custody for a mental health report.
Tazhe Bean, 27, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to riding an unlicensed motorcycle, riding an uninsured motorcycle, and...
DATE: Feb 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A man was convicted by a unanimous verdict yesterday of a 2018 gun murder in St David’s
DATE: Feb 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
