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A former teacher on the island appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with sexual assault on a teenager after he was extradited from the United States.
The 47-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded not guilty to sexually a...
DATE: Feb 08, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 47-year-old man caught riding a motorbike while more than double the drink-driving limit was banned yesterday for 18 months.
Calvin Trott, from Smith’s, was also fined $1,200 at Magistrates’ Court.
Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo heard that Trott was st...
DATE: Feb 08, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police officers who seized a terrified three-year-old boy from his parents acted outside the law, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Assistant Justice David Kessaram said that the Department of Child and Family Services and Family Court had been wrong to b...
DATE: Feb 07, 2018
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A convicted drugs mule who smuggled fentanyl into Bermuda broke down in tears yesterday as she recounted how doctors told her she could have died after the rupture of one of the drug pellets she had swallowed.
Canadian Jacqueline Robinson said that h...
DATE: Feb 07, 2018
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A police officer pleaded not guilty to a charge of unlawful wounding on Friday.
Oswin Pereira, 39, from Smith’s, pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court to unlawfully wounding Talundae Grant in Southampton on May 13, 2017.
Mr Pereira elected to ha...
DATE: Feb 05, 2018
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A 29-year-old man admitted a profanity-laced tirade against a female traffic warden.
Arya Outerbridge, of Hamilton Parish, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court on Friday to using offensive language and uttering threatening words in an incident on Fr...
DATE: Feb 05, 2018
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A mother who lost her son in a road crash has now lost a civil claim seeking damages from the other driver involved.
Sandra Matthews-Wilson launched the case on behalf of her grandchildren, arguing that Lesley Cox was partially responsible for the de...
DATE: Feb 05, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A speciality court could be introduced to focus on drink drivers.
Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe said he wants to tackle Bermuda’s crippling culture of drink driving and break the cycle of repeat offending.
It would mean offenders go through intense c...
DATE: Feb 05, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A motorcyclist was banned from driving for three years and fined $3,100 after he led police on a dangerous high-speed chase.
John Glasgow was flagged down by officers in Southampton on September 28 last year after he was caught travelling at 57km/h.
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DATE: Feb 05, 2018
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A 20-year-old man has denied stabbing a man in a robbery attempt.
Lawrence Smith is alleged to have stabbed John Lynch-Wade on December 19 last year in the Lighthouse Road area of Southampton.
Mr Smith is accused of wounding Mr Lynch-Wade with intent...
DATE: Feb 02, 2018
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