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A series of talks is to be held to help people navigate the legal system to deal with domestic problems. The Women’s Resource Centre will run the online Pathway to Justice workshops. Elaine Butterfield, the charity’s executive director, said: “The Wo...

Offenders could receive more community service orders instead of fines because of increased unemployment over the coronavirus pandemic, the island’s top magistrate has signalled. Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe said Magistrates’ Court had seen a jump i...

A former airport security officer accused of smuggling more than $700,000 worth of cannabis into the island claims she did not know the drugs were in her luggage when she returned to Bermuda from an overseas trip. Ranae Furbert, from St. George’s, to...

The Bermuda Bar has welcomed its first new lawyer of the year. Chelsea Rodrigues, 23, was Called to the Bar last Friday during a ceremony in front of her family and professional colleagues. Ms Rodrigues said that she felt like “a weight has been lift...

A senior Customs officer yesterday told a jury she saw an alleged drug smuggler look back towards the baggage area as she left the airport without her luggage – which was later found to contain $700,000 worth of drugs. Dawnette Bell, a principal Cust...

A suspended police officer who denied posting a “grossly offensive” message on social media will have her case heard in the Supreme Court, it was confirmed yesterday. Magistrates’ Court heard that the higher court had accepted an application by Barbi...

A 39-year-old man yesterday denied an allegation that he exposed himself to a teenage girl. The man, from St George’s, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, pleaded not guilty to a charge of intruding on the privacy of a child in a manner likel...

A man who admitted the theft of a bottle of wine was yesterday sent to Mental Health Court. Jordayo Johnston, 29, pleaded guilty to the offence in Magistrates’ Court. The court heard that on October 25 last year, Johnston was seen acting in a suspici...

A mother accused of drug smuggling left luggage found to contain more that $700,000 worth of drugs at the airport, the Supreme Court heard yesterday. Prosecutors alleged Ranae Furbert, 29, imported cannabis, cannabis resin and tetrahydrocannabinol in...

A Supreme Court judge is to issue a ruling next month on whether the Commissioner of Police can challenge an order to reinstate an officer fired for gross misconduct. The Public Service Commission ruled last August that Police Constable Oswin Pereira...