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A man who punched an elderly person leaving him unconscious and needing overseas treatment yesterday admitted a charge of wounding a senior with intent to disable him.
The Supreme Court heard Alvin Leverock, 41, who has spent the last 18 months in cu...
DATE: Jul 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who visited a friend during the Government’s previous Stay at Home Order was fined $2,000 yesterday.
Kareem Williams, 23, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to a breach of the previous 8pm to 6am curfew and to visiting another person’s home d...
DATE: Jul 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The parents of a Bermudian teenager who took her own life at a US treatment centre have launched a lawsuit against the facility over her death.
Kirsta Simons, 17, had been sent to West Ridge Academy in Utah by the Family Court under the care of the D...
DATE: Jul 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Sophia Cannonier and her husband Michael Watson reappeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday and denied additional charges of breaching the Government’s Covid-19 quarantine regulations.
Ms Cannonier, 53, and Mr Watson, 46, were charged with refusing to...
DATE: Jul 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A woman was sent to DUI court yesterday after she crashed into a wall while she was two-and-a-half times the legal alcohol limit.
Aruna Lolljee, 44, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to impaired driving.
The court heard that Lolljee lost control o...
DATE: Jul 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A prison-officer and former boxer who threatened to act like a “monster” towards his ex-wife was yesterday given a year-long conditional discharge.
Freeman Smith, 51, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to the use of threatening words against the wo...
DATE: Jul 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Sophia Cannonier and her husband Michael Watson yesterday denied breaching the Government’s Covid-19 quarantine regulations.
Ms Cannonier, 52, and Mr Watson, 46, were both charged with refusing to comply with a mandatory quarantine as directed by a h...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The island’s top judge will rule whether an online cartoon shared by a police officer shortly before the island’s Black Lives Matter march last year qualifies as freedom of expression – or could get her charged with a “grossly offensive” social media...
DATE: Jul 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man who was remanded in custody for contempt of court for cursing was released yesterday after his lawyer argued that he was unlawfully detained.
Elizabeth Christopher, for the defence, told Magistrates’ Court that her client, Michael Simons, 25, s...
DATE: Jul 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Three men appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday accused of conspiring to smuggle more than $3.6 million worth of cannabis.
Zachary Morris, 27, Mikkail Crockwell, 31, and Eugene Ball, 28, were all charged with the offence, which was alleged to have...
DATE: Jul 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson