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A St George’s man yesterday denied allegations that he had a semiautomatic pistol and several rounds of ammunition over the Cup Match holiday.
Jaron Roberts, 30, pleaded not guilty to four charges in the Supreme Court this morning, including possessi...
DATE: Sep 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who came to the attention of police after a disturbance in a takeaway restaurant was fined and banned from the roads for a drink driving offence.
Magistrates’ Court heard last week that Christopher Bell-Rhoda refused to wear a mask, tried to ju...
DATE: Sep 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A Pembroke man yesterday denied allegations that he caused the death of another motorist by driving while impaired.
Ishmael Lightbourne, 41, pleaded not guilty to a charge that he caused the death of Shannon-Hugh Davis, 39, by driving with a dangerou...
DATE: Sep 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A veteran teacher who sued the Government after she was passed over for the role of Commissioner of Education will have to pay half of the Government’s legal costs.
Gina Tucker argued in court that she was not given a fair chance at the job, which wa...
DATE: Sep 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man involved in two separate crashes was banned from the roads for three years this week.
Ashon Hart, 21, admitted causing grievous bodily harm to a motorcyclist and drink driving.
Magistrates’ Court heard that Hart, from Southampton, was riding h...
DATE: Sep 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A driver involved in a collision with a motorcyclist was yesterday banned from the roads for 18 months after he admitted having care and control of a car while impaired.
Magistrates’ Court heard that police were called to a traffic accident in Southa...
DATE: Sep 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A woman accused of the storage of two guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition was cleared yesterday.
Tonae Perinchief-Leader, 31, was charged with handling a revolver, a shotgun and 485 rounds of mixed ammunition found in two suitcases at her famil...
DATE: Aug 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A senior official at a trade union is to sue after he claimed he was fired against its rules.
George Scott, an executive officer at the Bermuda Industrial Union for 18 years, launched the action through law firm Wakefield Quin.
Mr Scott said earlier ...
DATE: Aug 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A taxi driver was banned from the roads until further notice yesterday after he admitted a refusal to take a breath test.
Magistrates’ Court heard that an off-duty police officer saw a grey taxi swerving on Trimingham Road in Paget.
The officer follo...
DATE: Aug 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Activists yesterday demanded the sacking of a police officer after the Chief Justice dismissed a criminal case against her for controversial social media posts in the run-up to last year’s Black Lives Matter demonstration.
But Social Justice Bermuda ...
DATE: Aug 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell