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Two men appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday morning charged with three counts of murder.
Siohn Akinstall, 19, was accused of the killing of Ayinde Eve, 27, and Micah Davis, 22, at the Robin Hood Pub and Restaurant on October 26.
He was also accu...
DATE: Nov 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The Bermuda Health Council has called on the Court of Appeal to overturn a decision to allow a clinic to offer services under the Standard Health Benefit.
Ben Adamson, counsel for the BHeC, said the body reasonably refused the Hamilton Medical Centre...
DATE: Nov 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
No evidence that political speech would be stifled by legislation designed to replace elected officials in the municipalities with appointed quango members has been presented, the court of Appeal has been told.
Delroy Duncan, the counsel for the Atto...
DATE: Nov 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The City of Hamilton continued its battle for survival yesterday in the face of a government plan to turn both of the island’s municipalities into quangos and end local elections.
The Supreme Court earlier ruled that the Municipalities Reform Act was...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman has denied throwing a party that broke Covid-19 regulations.
Shermaine Murphy, 46, pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court on Monday to organising an event called “Pandemic Saturdays – Wet and Wild Edition” that had more than 50 people in at...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A friendly society told a court yesterday that a police investigation should be launched into the reasons it was denied permission to provide motor insurance.
Craig Walls, a member of the Bentley Friendly Society, told the Supreme Court: “It is scand...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 63-year-old man has denied two counts of sexual assault on a child.
Magistrates’ Court heard that the assaults were alleged to have happened to a girl aged under 14 between December 23, 2018 and December 23, 2019 in St George’s.
The defendant, who ...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A woman was yesterday charged with a double murder at a Hamilton city bar and restaurant.
Quiana Butterfield, 25, appeared in Magistrates’ Court accused of the killing of Ayinde Eve, 27, and Micah Davis, 22 at the Robin Hood on Richmond Road.
She was...
DATE: Nov 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A newly minted barrister and mother of one said that her five-year-old son inspired her to get through her studies.
Arielle DeSilva, 28, explained that she stayed the course for the sake of little Noah, despite hitting major obstacles, including a fa...
DATE: Nov 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
An attempt by a government minister to have a civil court summons thrown out has been dismissed.
The Minister of Public Works applied to strike out a writ filed by Calvin Simons, who claimed he lost out on a promotion in the Department of Works and E...
DATE: Nov 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter