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The president of the Bermuda Taxi Owners Association was banned from the roads yesterday for drink-driving.
David Frost, 69, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to a charge of driving while more than 2½ times the legal limit.
Frost admitted that he ...
DATE: Apr 30, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A homeless man who gave someone else’s name to avoid being arrested used the identity of a man who also had a warrant out on him, a court heard.
Police pulled Ernest Smith over on Montpelier Road, Devonshire, at about 10pm on April 20 after they spot...
DATE: Apr 27, 2019
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An American man was fined $2,000 after admitting to drug importation yesterday.
Daniel Dias De Faria, 26, pleaded guilty to bringing 37.45 grams of marijuana into Bermuda.
Magistrates’ Court heard that the Paterson, New Jersey resident was a passeng...
DATE: Apr 27, 2019
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A man accused of stabbing a restaurant worker 13 times in an attempted robbery told a jury he was robbed the same night.
Alex Wolffe, 20, said he was on a borrowed motorcycle in the Keith Hall Road area of Warwick when he was confronted by two men, o...
DATE: Apr 27, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who crashed his car into a pillar near his home has been banned from the road for refusing to give a breath sample.
Herbert Biryomumaisho, 35, apologised to Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty to the offence on Monday.
The court heard that...
DATE: Apr 26, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
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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CATEGORY:
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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CATEGORY:
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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Court
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