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A former prison officer convicted of smuggling drugs into Westgate Correctional Facility has won a Supreme Court appeal.
Chief Justice Ian Kawaley ruled that three convictions against Art Simons should be quashed.
The judge did not dismiss the charge...
DATE: Feb 22, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Magistrates’ Court and Hamilton Police Station were evacuated after an alarm this morning.
Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service attended the Dame Lois Browne-Evans Building and the police station to investigate at about 10am.
Shortly before 10.15am, peopl...
DATE: Feb 21, 2018
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Court
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A Hamilton Parish man has been banned from the roads for 18 months after pleading guilty to drink-driving.
Charles Hartman, 64, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court yesterday to providing a breath sample above the legal limit.
Hartman was arrested ...
DATE: Feb 20, 2018
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Court
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A man who jumped from a balcony at his home to escape a gunman has testified in court that he instantly identified his attacker.
The witness, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, said: “I knew for a fact from the second he came to the door. I ...
DATE: Feb 20, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man has appeared in Magistrates’ Court charged with child pornography offences.
The Devonshire man, who cannot be identified, was charged with eight counts of accessing child pornography.
The court heard that the allegations related to hundreds o...
DATE: Feb 19, 2018
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Court
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An accountant who admitted laundering a fortune stolen from the Bermuda Government has been jailed for seven years and four months by the Welsh courts.
Confiscation proceedings are now under way to recover the funds stolen from the island by Jeffrey ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A bartender has been taken off the road after drinking and driving.
Jahdal Williams, 36, admitted driving while over the legal blood-alcohol limit.
Magistrates’ Court heard that officers were conducting traffic stops near the junction of Middle Road ...
DATE: Feb 16, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two people have been banned from the road after being caught drinking and driving on the same street almost a month apart.
William Roberts, 53, was stopped by police on Church Street after police saw him veering across both lanes on Queen Street at 1...
DATE: Feb 16, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A jury heard how a man struggled with his would-be shooter in the middle of the street after being targeted in a daylight attack.
Another man ran into the fray, but prosecutor Carrington Mahoney alleged he was attempting to help the shooter.
The gunm...
DATE: Feb 16, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Warwick teenager stole electronics from two homes and took a motorcycle.
Daneko Cann-Hayward, 19, admitted four separate offences, October and December 2016.
Magistrates’ Court heard that Hayward stole $1,848 of valuables including speakers, a came...
DATE: Feb 16, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes