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A sex offender sent back to jail for breaches of a supervision order is to be released this week, it was revealed yesterday.
Junius Caines, 50, admitted in the Supreme Court that he breached a court-ordered curfew and failed a drug test after he was ...
DATE: Feb 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A forensic expert told a court that prints from three different shoes were found in blood at a murder scene.
Janice Marie Johnson, a forensic analyst based in Florida, said yesterday that seven shoe impressions were found near the body of Marcus Gibb...
DATE: Feb 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man has admitted attacking a senior in the street on New Year’s Day.
Alvin Leverock, 40, pleaded guilty at an arraignments session in Supreme Court to causing grievous bodily harm to 70-year-old Herndon Smith.
The court heard the offence happened o...
DATE: Feb 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A drug addict who broke into a Front Street restaurant and stole $2,700 was caught on CCTV.
Norman Bell, 59, pleaded guilty to the raid on Port O’ Call in Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
An employee arrived at work on March 21 last year and found that...
DATE: Feb 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A heroin addict admitted breaking into two homes and stealing more than $100,000 of jewellery and valuables to fund his habit.
Vincent Burch, 44, pleaded guilty to stealing more than $60,000 of goods from one property and $40,000 of items from a seco...
DATE: Feb 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A US boatyard has dropped its legal action against the charity that runs the sail training ship Spirit of Bermuda.
The Bermuda Sloop Foundation said it paid almost $45,000 to Rockport Marine “under duress” days after the lawsuit was launched last Oct...
DATE: Feb 01, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A man who admitted stealing a $90,000 boat was shown leniency in Magistrates’ Court.
Wendelle Lightbourne, 29, was given a three-year conditional discharge — the maximum length — on the condition that he pay more than $14,000 in compensation.
Lightbo...
DATE: Feb 01, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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The mother of a murder victim yesterday described a conversation she had with a woman charged with his death.
Sandra Ferreira, the mother of Marcus Gibbings, told the Supreme Court Katrina Burgess said her son died in a “robbery that went bad”.
Ms Fe...
DATE: Jan 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A long-serving Bermuda barrister has been appointed a Queen’s Counsel.
Delroy Duncan, of Trott and Duncan Ltd, was one of 114 international lawyers approved for the honour in the 2019 application period.
The appointment was made on the recommendation...
DATE: Jan 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man was banned from the roads and ordered to pay more than $4,000 for traffic offences as far back as 2014.
Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe told Burt Lambe, 64, that “for a person with no job, you sure do like to commit offences and not show up for c...
DATE: Jan 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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