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A 22-year-old man was remanded in custody yesterday after he was extradited from Britain to face a sex assault charge.
The man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, pleaded not guilty to an alleged sex assault on a girl aged under 16 and use o...
DATE: Apr 26, 2019
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Defence lawyer Elizabeth Christopher has been elected the new president of the Bermuda Bar Association.
Ms Christopher was vice-president under former president Karen Smith Williams.
Cindy Clarke, the Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, has been ...
DATE: Apr 26, 2019
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two drink-drivers caught at roadside breath test checkpoints were banned from the road and fined yesterday.
Lydia Rawlins, 40, from Southampton, admitted refusal of a breath test after she was stopped on March 24 on South Shore Road near its junction...
DATE: Apr 26, 2019
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The lead officer in an investigation into a brutal stabbing denied yesterday that a witness had asked for probation in exchange for evidence.
Detective Sergeant Jason Smith told the court he spoke to the witness while he was behind bars, but that no ...
DATE: Apr 24, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Bermuda footballer was charged yesterday with assault on a police officer at a sports ground at the weekend.
Cecoy Robinson, 31, from Hamilton Parish, denied the charge at Magistrates’ Court.
The incident is alleged to have happened on Saturday as ...
DATE: Apr 23, 2019
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Police seized a knife from the bedroom of a man accused of stabbing a bartender 13 times, a court heard yesterday.
Anneka Donawa, a police officer, told the court that she was involved in the search of Alex Wolffe’s home days after the stabbing.
Ms D...
DATE: Apr 23, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A PHC Zebras footballer has admitted causing the death of a bartender in a fight outside a nightclub.
Rakeem DeShields, 26, pleaded guilty at Supreme Court yesterday to a charge of the manslaughter of Dejon Simmons, who was 30, after an altercation o...
DATE: Apr 23, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with an attack on another man.
Bobby DeGraff, 46, pleaded not guilty to assaulting Graham Lathan with intent to cause bodily harm. The incident is alleged to have happened last June in St George’...
DATE: Apr 23, 2019
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Unpaid fines hit almost $2.4 million last year after thousands of criminal and traffic warrants remained in force.
The total owed has risen by about $300,000 over two years although judicial authorities said agencies worked together to find people wa...
DATE: Apr 22, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A witness told Supreme Court that a man confessed to being involved in an attempted robbery and stabbing while he was held at Westgate.
But the witness said Alex Wolffe claimed he did not stab anyone.
The witness, who cannot be identified for legal r...
DATE: Apr 18, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes