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A gunman shot at another man, chased his target as he fled and tried to fire again, but the pistol misfired, Supreme Court was told yesterday. Zachary Fox, 22, has denied charges that he attempted to kill Richard Steede and that he used a firearm. H...

Tougher laws to cut down on drink boating should be introduced, the head of the island’s water safety watchdog said yesterday. Michael Weeks, the chairman of the Water Safety Council and a Progressive Labour Party MP, said that regulations on the wat...

A Warwick woman who admitted unlawfully assaulting two schoolchildren was handed a conditional discharge in Magistrates’ Court. Michelle Burrows Robinson, 48, of Somers Lane in Warwick, pleaded guilty last week to two counts of unlawful assault datin...

A man who assaulted his mother after he missed a lift for a Covid-19 test was released from prison yesterday after he was sentenced to time already served in custody. Percy Smith, 23, was also sentenced to two years probation after he admitted the of...

A woman yesterday denied dropping an infant in her care, which resulted in a serious head injury. Vernesha Symonds, 32, pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court to causing grievous bodily harm. The incident is alleged to have happened on October 26, ...

The Bermuda Bar Council has been slammed for its handling of a complaint against a lawyer accused of improper questioning of a witness. A Disciplinary Tribunal decision written by Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons, which dismissed the case, said the ...

A lawyer who was accused of improper conduct has had the allegations dismissed by a Disciplinary Tribunal. Norman MacDonald came under fire for “irrelevantly and improperly” questioning the sexual orientation of a witness in a Supreme Court case over...

A 24-year-old Devonshire man was remanded in custody yesterday after he admitted repeatedly sexually exploiting a 12-year-old girl. Shundray Gilbert pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to three counts of touching the pre-teen for a sexual purpose wh...

A man accused of selling a “lemon” second hand car has lost an appeal against a court order to repay the buyer. The Supreme Court heard that Amber Simons bought a second-hand Peugeot from Robert Peets in 2017 for $13,000 – but found the car was riddl...

A US-based cardiologist has lost an appeal against a decision to refuse him permission to practice on the island after it was found he tried to mislead the Bermuda Medical Council. Asad Qamar applied to work in Bermuda but was refused by the BMC afte...