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A man caught drink driving twice on the same road four years apart was referred to the DUI Court programme yesterday.
Travis DeShields, 39, pleaded guilty to two counts of driving while impaired on Malabar Road, Sandys.
The first incident happened in...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An antiracism group said yesterday that proposed changes to Bermuda’s jury selection process should be “only the beginning”.
Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda welcomed amendments tabled in Parliament last week after Chief Justice Narinder Hargun s...
DATE: Jul 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A controversial part of Bermuda’s jury selection procedure was ruled yesterday to be in breach of the Constitution by the Supreme Court.
Chief Justice Narinder Hargun said the Criminal Code section that allowed prosecutors to stand down an unlimited ...
DATE: Jul 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A teenager was sentenced to two years’ probation yesterday after pleading guilty to a trio of offences in Magistrates’ Court.
Tejai Ford, 17, of Warwick appeared for sentencing before senior magistrate Juan Wolffe.
Ford was the pillion passenger on a...
DATE: Jul 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
A Supreme Court judge hit out yesterday at controversial comments made by a defence lawyer as she jailed his client for 18 months.
Chez Rogers, 20, pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges that he lured and had unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl ...
DATE: Jul 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man has been charged in connection with the death of a former football team manager.
It was alleged that Tyshaun Brown unlawfully killed Amon Brown in Warwick on July 8, in Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
The 26-year-old did not enter a plea because ...
DATE: Jul 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A man was accused yesterday of an attempted gun murder.
It was alleged in Magistrates’ Court that Taaj Muhammad attempted “unlawfully to cause the death of” Kenneth Wade on June 13.
He was also charged with using a firearm in an indictable offence.
M...
DATE: Jul 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Supreme Court trials may not restart until next year because of a lack of court space, a judge warned yesterday.
Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons said that there might be legal consequences because of the delays, particularly in cases where defendan...
DATE: Jul 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man has been charged in connection with the death of a footballer more than 18 months ago.
It was alleged in Magistrates’ Court that Taaj Muhammad, from St George’s, unlawfully killed Ronniko Burchall on December 30, 2018,
The 25-year-old was also...
DATE: Jul 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A charity appealed to the public yesterday to join a campaign to safeguard children from sex predators in the wake of controversial comments by a defence lawyer.
The Coalition for the Protection of Children launched its social-media drive after barri...
DATE: Jul 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes