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Zane DeSilva, Progressive Labour Party MP, said he intends to prove his innocence after being charged with misleading a public officer over a fundraising dinner last year.
Mr DeSilva, who was charged yesterday alongside his daughter Zarah Harper and ...
DATE: Mar 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Three convicted gunmen yesterday claimed their trials were tainted by unconstitutional jury selection in the Supreme Court.
Leveck Roberts, Quincy Brangman and Khyri Smith-Williams asked to have their convictions quashed by the Court of Appeal in the...
DATE: Mar 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man accused of hitting a police officer with his car door and who avoided facing trial for three years admitted the offence yesterday.
Devon Burrows, 39, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to an assault on police officer Nathan Lawrence.
But seni...
DATE: Mar 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A man who admitted the theft of more than $4,000 worth of jewellery and a motorcycle from his ex-girlfriend was yesterday sent to the Drug Treatment Court.
Melvin Williams, 61, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to stealing the items from Gloria Ma...
DATE: Mar 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A former premier facing a string of corruption charges has recruited an ex-Attorney-General to his legal team.
Ewart Brown said Sir Elliott Mottley, who was the A-G between 1995 to 1998, would help represent him in the wake of his January appearance ...
DATE: Mar 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man who claimed he was kidnapped and forced to smuggle heroin to Bermuda argued his sentence should be reduced because he pleaded not guilty to the offence because of bad legal advice.
Omar Davy, 40, was sentenced to 18 years in jail after he was ...
DATE: Mar 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man told the Supreme Court yesterday he fought for his life with a gunman who took aim at him in a daylight attack.
The man – who cannot be identified for legal reasons – said he recognised the attacker as they struggled on Court Street.
He added: ...
DATE: Mar 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A gunman fired multiple shots at a man in a daylight attack on Court Street on Mother’s Day, a Supreme Court jury heard yesterday.
Prosecutor Karen King said the victim escaped to Hamilton Police Station, but one bullet grazed his head.
Jahmico Trott...
DATE: Mar 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A wine expert who claimed to be on his way home from a tasting when he was arrested on suspicion of drink driving was banned from the roads for 18 months and fined yesterday.
Arne Schwarz, 57, a sommelier, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to refu...
DATE: Mar 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A lawyer was yesterday charged with the murder of a young woman missing for ten months.
Kamal Worrell appeared in Magistrates’ Court this morning in connection with the death of Chavelle Dillon-Burgess on an unknown date between April 10 and June 11 ...
DATE: Mar 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson