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A man found asleep in his car by police has lost an appeal against his conviction for having care and control of the vehicle while impaired.
Sabur Burrows argued in the Supreme Court that there was no evidence to prove that he was not just tired.
But...
DATE: Jun 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A St George’s man was yesterday remanded in custody after he was charged with gun and drug offences.
Gregory Outerbridge, 40, was charged in Magistrates Court with possession of a black Taurus revolver, six rounds of ammunition and cannabis with inte...
DATE: Jun 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The captain of a luxury yacht was fined $8,000 in Magistrates Court after he admitted that the vessel released sewage into St George’s Harbour over the Bermuda Heroes Weekend.
Marc Pearson, 38, pleaded guilty to both discharging sewage in a no-discha...
DATE: Jun 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An expert from the UK told a court that he believed a teenager who died in a traffic collision fell into the incoming lane before being knocked back by a vehicle.
Michael Prime, a collision expert witness for the defence, told the court yesterday tha...
DATE: Jun 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An expert in collisions yesterday maintained that a van at least partially in the wrong lane caused the death of a teenager.
Glenn Luben, a traffic collision investigator from Florida, said he had not been provided with toxicology results before he w...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A US traffic collision expert told the Supreme Court that he believed a teenager who died in a collision four years ago was struck by an incoming van in her lane.
Glenn Luben, a veteran traffic collision and traffic homicide investigator from Florida...
DATE: Jun 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Legislation striking out blame in divorce proceedings offers an “awesome opportunity” to introduce mediation between separating couples to reduce trauma for their children, the island’s legal fraternity has been told.
Puisne Judge Nicole Stoneham, wh...
DATE: Jun 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new and friendlier look is coming for the island’s family courts, court registrar Alexandra Domingues told a judicial seminar on Friday.
Ms Domingues said that the family courts at present were all too often “a very uncomfortable space to be”.
“The...
DATE: Jun 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An officer who investigated the crash that took the life of Je-Naya Simmons said he believed the evidence put the teenager in the wrong lane when the collision occurred.
Sergeant Olasunkanmi Akinmola, a police traffic collision expert, said he “stron...
DATE: Jun 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A homeless man believed he could force his departure from a care home if he did “something nasty” to a nurse, a court was told this week.
Magistrates’ Court heard that a nurse, who cannot be named for legal reasons, left the home because of the trau...
DATE: Jun 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson