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A troubled teenager who admitted a string of offences was spared jail after he showed a desire to turn his life around. Najiyah Raynor, 18, was given two years’ probation after he pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to possession of a bladed article...

Two men have been charged with assaulting a prison officer more than two years ago. Mikiel Thomas, 22, and Josef Smith, 32, pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court on Friday to assaulting David Lawes and causing actual bodily harm. The incident was ...

The significance of Chief Justice Narinder Hargun’s ruling that Bermuda’s jury selection process ran counter to the Constitution extended beyond the island, a defence lawyer said yesterday. Mark Pettingill said: “It is a hugely significant and in-dep...

Two Bermudian-born men have been cleared of terrorism charges after a trial in Britain. Hisham Muhammad, 26, from Manchester was found not guilty of plotting a terror attack. Mr Muhammad’s 25-year-old cousin, Faisal Abu Ahmad, was found not guilty of...

A motorcylist who assaulted a police officer and ran off after he was stopped for speeding has been fined $1,100. Shawn York was pulled over on St John’s Road in Pembroke after an officer saw his motorbike run past a stop sign at high speed, Magistra...

A man who broke into a school and stole some power tools has been ordered to attend Drug Treatment Court. Andrew Arorash, 50, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court on Friday to trespass on the grounds of Mount Saint Agnes Academy in Hamilton and steal...

A police officer who was fired for using “excessive force” on a teenage suspect after a high-speed chase has won an appeal against the decision. Police Constable Oswin Pereira was found by a disciplinary panel of the Bermuda Police Service to have st...

A coronavirus-compliant courtroom at Sessions House is to be created so backlogged Supreme Court criminal trials can go ahead, a government minister has revealed. Neville Tyrrell, the Acting Minister of Public Works, said: “Funding has been identifie...

A man was fined and banned from the road for six months after he admitted causing a crash. Leroy Bartram, 45, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to driving without due care and attention. The court heard that Bartram’s motorbike collided with a wo...

A man denied an assault and unlawful detention of a woman yesterday. Dudley Swan, 61, pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court to an assault on Nora King and unlawfully depriving her of her liberty. The incident is alleged to have happened on August ...