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A prowler whose criminal history spanned 23 years was jailed for a year yesterday after he admitted prowling during the Government curfew.
Magistrates’ Court heard that a woman was in the bathroom of her Paget apartment around midnight on July 16 las...
DATE: Jun 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A man who appealed to Magistrates’ Court to let him keep his driver’s licence for the sake of his business has been given an 18 month ban.
Adam King, 41, on May 25 appealed to Magistrates’ Court to keep his licence after he pleaded guilty to dangero...
DATE: Jun 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A pressure group has accused the Government of hijacking a hearing on legal action to block the imposition of mandatory hotel quarantines for travellers to Bermuda.
Constitutional Freedom Bermuda said lawyers for the Government “ambushed” the hearing...
DATE: Jun 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The island’s top magistrate has called for a review of “egregiously low” penalties for businesses that fail to pay for staff health insurance.
Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe told Magistrates’ Court on that the maximum $1,000 fine for offences was “a s...
DATE: Jun 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A motorcyclist caught out after curfew started and later admitted he was “drunk” was last week sent to the DUI Court.
Michael Simons, 25, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to a breach of the midnight to 5am curfew and refusal to take a breath test...
DATE: Jun 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The granddaughter of a trailblazing barrister followed in her footsteps when she was Called to the Bar yesterday.
Ariana Caines pledged to live up to the legacy of her late grandmother Dame Lois Browne-Evans, the first Black woman barrister in Bermud...
DATE: Jun 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A motorcyclist who collided with a parked truck was yesterday sent to DUI Court after he admitted drink driving.
Magistrates’ Court heard that police attended the scene of a collision near Valley Road in Paget, where they found Wilter Ayunon, 40, lyi...
DATE: Jun 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A legal challenge to planned controversial public safety restrictions is scheduled to be heard in the Supreme Court today.
Pressure group Constitutional Freedom Bermuda filed a summons yesterday to ask for an injunction against the Government propos...
DATE: Jun 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A legal challenge that claimed strict curfew laws were unconstitutional and denied people a “reasonable excuse” defence has been launched in the Supreme Court.
Marc Daniels, the lawyer for Kinte Smith, who took action after he was charged with a curf...
DATE: Jun 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Two men appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with the stabbing of a 16-year-old boy.
Zywonde Lema, 19, and Tayo Smith, 20, were accused of the unlawful wounding of the teenager with intent to do grievous bodily harm and possession of a b...
DATE: Jun 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson