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A St George’s man was fined $2,500 this morning after admitting fishing in a protected area. Arnold Pitcher, 34, pleaded guilty to attempting to take fish from a protected area last summer. Magistrates’ Court heard that Pitcher and another man were ...

A man accused of smuggling the controlled drug fentanyl to Bermuda was found not guilty last night. Craig Lawrence was also cleared by a Supreme Court jury of possessing the synthetic opiate with intent to supply. The Canadian national from Markham,...

An admitted heroin user pleaded guilty yesterday to theft to support his drug habit. Kevin Robinson, 58, from Hamilton Parish, pleaded guilty to stealing from Sports R Us on February 10. Magistrates’ Court heard that Robinson was seen concealing a ...

A man accused of a plot to import fentanyl was cleared of charges yesterday. A jury found Maurice Martin not guilty of conspiring to import a controlled drug on the instructions of Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons. She told the jury: “As a result of...

A 54-year-old man clocked driving nearly three times the speed limit has been ordered off the roads for 18 months after pleading guilty to impaired driving. Peter Araujo, from Smith’s, was pulled over by police officers on North Shore Road near Terc...

A motorcyclist who crashed into a car while more than 2½ times the legal alcohol limit was fined and banned from the roads. Daniel Farrar, from Southampton, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to driving while over the alcohol limit in Warwick on No...

Failing to provide a breath sample has led to a Pembroke man being fined $800. Reginald Smith, 60, pleaded guilty to refusing to provide a sample of breath for analysis on February 10. Magistrates’ Court heard that Smith made a U-turn in front of a ...

A 34-year-old man has been banned from the roads for 18 months for drinking and driving after a traffic stop in the early hours of New Year’s Day. Daniel Joell, of Smith’s, was stopped by police on Angle Street, Hamilton, after disobeying a traffic s...

A 36-year-old man who shut down the island’s courts with a hoax bomb threat escaped a jail sentence yesterday. Robert Somner, who spent about a month behind bars before trial, was sentenced to time already served. Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo told Somn...

The introduction of roadside breath tests could face legal and constitutional hurdles. Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe said the use of a breathalyser programme would need to be regulated. He said: “If there is going to be roadside testing, there have g...