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A gunman fired multiple shots at a man in a daylight attack on Court Street on Mother’s Day, a Supreme Court jury heard yesterday. Prosecutor Karen King said the victim escaped to Hamilton Police Station, but one bullet grazed his head. Jahmico Trott...

A wine expert who claimed to be on his way home from a tasting when he was arrested on suspicion of drink driving was banned from the roads for 18 months and fined yesterday. Arne Schwarz, 57, a sommelier, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to refu...

A lawyer was yesterday charged with the murder of a young woman missing for ten months. Kamal Worrell appeared in Magistrates’ Court this morning in connection with the death of Chavelle Dillon-Burgess on an unknown date between April 10 and June 11 ...

A 22-year-old man charged with attempted murder walked free from court yesterday after he was found not guilty by a jury. Zachary Fox said just after the verdict was announced in Supreme Court: “I’m happy to be a free man. That’s all.” Mr Fox was cha...

The legal battle over a bid to axe the Corporation of Hamilton wound up in the Supreme Court yesterday. The Attorney-General’s Chambers said the Municipalities Reform Act – which would change the Corporations of Hamilton and St George into quangos le...

An alleged gunman insisted yesterday that he did not carry out shooting incident near his home. Zachary Fox, 22, told the Supreme Court that he had been a drug dealer and a gang member, but was not a murderer. Mr Fox said: “I do not shoot at people. ...

The Corporation of Hamilton yesterday claimed the proposed abolition of the municipalities was a misguided attempt to destroy a perceived “white oligarchy”. The Corporation argued in the Supreme Court that amendments to the Municipalities Reform Act ...

A man accused of attempted murder admitted that he was a gang member, but said he had nothing to do with a shooting on Happy Valley Road. Zachary Fox, 22, told the Supreme Court: “I’m not a killer. I sell drugs.” He told the court that on the night t...

Sir Austin Ward QC, the former Chief Justice of Bermuda, has died in his native Barbados, aged 85. A quiet man gifted with a sharp wit for any lawyer who was less than thoroughly prepared, Lisle Austin Ward came to Bermuda in 1969. He served in priva...

An investigation into a ferry pilot convicted of driving a public ferry into a floating dock while impaired has been completed, the Department of Marine & Ports has revealed. A recommendation for disciplinary action against Ascot Lightbourne, 60, has...