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A court dispute between the Ministry of National Security and the Bermuda Prison Officers’ Association was dropped yesterday.
Both sides agreed in the Court of Appeal to withdraw the case and the Government also agreed to pay the prison officers’ cos...
DATE: Oct 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A truck driver was charged in connection with the death of a motorcyclist two years ago.
It was alleged in Magistrates’ Court that Charles Johnson, 64, caused the death of Arthur Wales while drink-driving.
Mr Wales, 48, died after a collision involvi...
DATE: Oct 08, 2020
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Court
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A social worker who sued the Government for more than $2.6 million over a failure to pay her for work on court cases that involved vulnerable children has settled the case for an undisclosed sum.
Tiffanne Thomas claimed she was owed the money as paym...
DATE: Oct 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A 44-year-old mother of two has won an appeal against a three-month jail term imposed for an attempt to smuggle cannabis into Bermuda to treat her chronic epilepsy-like seizures.
Natasha York was sentenced to a year in prison in 2018 after she admitt...
DATE: Oct 07, 2020
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Court
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A 62-year-old man will return to court on sex assault charges after a magistrate ruled yesterday that there was sufficient evidence to go to trial.
Magistrate Craig Attridge rejected a no case to answer submission, which would have dismissed the char...
DATE: Oct 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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An attempt to overturn a conviction for refusal of a breath test has been rejected by the Supreme Court.
Safiyah Talbot claimed that she had told officers she would take the test after she had spoken to her lawyer. But Puisne Judge Shade Subair Willi...
DATE: Oct 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who denied posting a threat against the Premier on social media will be released from prison after almost three months on remand.
Magistrates’ Court ordered yesterday that Jared Gordon, 31, should be released on $3,500 bail on condition he wear...
DATE: Oct 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A man has denied possession of more than $1,700 in cocaine.
Zjah Fari Bean Smith, 25, pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court to possession of cocaine with intent to supply and the possession of a grinder for the misuse of drugs.
The incident is all...
DATE: Oct 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A man who evaded a speeding charge for three years was fined more than $1,000 after police found a warrant for his arrest when he was pulled over for speeding in February.
Thomas Heyliger-Crane, 26, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to speeding at...
DATE: Oct 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A 29-year-old man is to face an extradition hearing after he was charged with child pornography offences in the United States.
Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday that the man, from Devonshire, was charged with one count each of possession and receivi...
DATE: Oct 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
News Staff