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A curfew breaker who admitted a breach of the lockdown was yesterday sentenced to 150 hours of community service.
Magistrates’ Court ordered Shawn Simmons, 37, to complete the community service order in place of a $3,000 fine.
Simmons, from Sandys, w...
DATE: May 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A thief was yesterday sent to the drug treatment court after he admitted stealing food from a supermarket.
Magistrates’ Court heard that Nelson Pacheco, 34, would also be the subject of reports after he avoided sentence on drugs charges for three yea...
DATE: May 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Work to create a second Covid-safe courtroom is expected to be completed by the end of next month, according to the Ministry of Public Works.
A spokesman for the Ministry said that Magistrates’ Court 4 – which had been used to hold Supreme Court hear...
DATE: May 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A driver who admitted drinking before he got behind the wheel who hit a woman and broke her leg was yesterday sent to the DUI court.
Heinz Roser, 52, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court on March 26 to causing grievous bodily harm to Jenna Riley thro...
DATE: May 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A lawyer hired by a pressure group to challenge the Government over planned Covid-19 public safety regulations has withdrawn from the case.
Charles Richardson represented Constitutional Freedom Bermuda, which argued that the regulations, to be introd...
DATE: May 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A woman was fine $2,500 after she told Magistrates’ Court that she broke the Covid-19 curfew to pick up her daughter.
Jahlae Raynor, 25, pleaded guilty yesterday to a breach of the earlier midnight to 5am lockdown.
The court heard that police stopped...
DATE: May 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A thief will be sentenced in two months’ time after he admitted stealing of four steaks and a protein shake.
Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday that Colin Simmons, 55, was seen in The Shopping Centre on Victoria Street in Hamilton.
An employee recog...
DATE: May 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A bid to reopen a courtroom for Supreme Court trials has started – although work was slowed by pandemic restrictions.
Magistrates’ Court 4 – used by the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for several years – has not been used for more than 12 months b...
DATE: May 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman who was involved in a head-on collision while over the legal drink drive limit was yesterday banned from the roads for 18 months.
Magistrates’ Court heard that Zyanne Lema, 21, left the Rum Bum Beach Bar at Horseshoe Bay, Southampton, on a mo...
DATE: May 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A man involved in an attack on another is to be sentenced in two months’ time.
Zaiyas Symonds, 19, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to an assault on Kenyatta Dottin that caused him bodily harm.
Susan Mulligan, for the defence, asked the court for...
DATE: May 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson