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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...
DATE: Aug 25, 2020
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
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...
DATE: Aug 24, 2020
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Court
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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...
DATE: Aug 24, 2020
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Court
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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...
DATE: Aug 21, 2020
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Court
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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...
DATE: Aug 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
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...
DATE: Aug 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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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 ...
DATE: Aug 19, 2020
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Court
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A Supreme Court judge highlighted yesterday the continued failure by the Government to set up coronavirus-compliant courtrooms for criminal trials.
Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons said she was keen to set trial dates for 19 cases.
But she told Mark...
DATE: Aug 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
A lawyer told the Supreme Court that a colleague had not done his job when he advised a mentally ill man to plead guilty to an alleged street attack on a 70-year-old man on New Year’s Day.
Charles Richardson said that Bruce Swan, who appeared for the...
DATE: Aug 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A troubled teenager was spared jail yesterday after a court heard he had experienced “a great deal of trauma and turmoil”.
Zywonde Lema said he was “really remorseful” after he pleaded guilty to taking two motorcycles without consent and twice handli...
DATE: Aug 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter