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A Pembroke woman has denied trying to import more than $45,000 worth of cannabis and cannabis resin into the island.
Sheneal Harris is accused of trying to smuggle the drugs into Bermuda on May 18 last year.
She also faces a further two charges of po...
DATE: Feb 02, 2018
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Two men charged in connection with a multimillion-dollar drugs supply network appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
Jamal Robinson and Isiah Ejiikeme face a string of drugs charges related to a police seizure in Warwick on May 11 last year.
Mr Ro...
DATE: Feb 02, 2018
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Security at the Supreme Court must be improved, Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons has said.
“The physical security of the building, and of the judges in particular, is conspicuous by its absence,” Ms Justice Simmons said.
“The House of Assembly has ...
DATE: Feb 01, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Welsh accountant has pleaded guilty to laundering almost $1.8 million stolen from the Bermuda Government.
Jeffrey Bevan, 50, from Cwmbran, admitted transferring the money into his own bank account, using it to buy homes, a Mercedes car and fund his...
DATE: Jan 31, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 55-year-old woman who killed a young man after she crashed into the back of his motorbike was jailed yesterday for three months.
Margaret DeSilva accidentally pushed down on the accelerator at the same time as the brake pedal after hitting Jokeem R...
DATE: Jan 31, 2018
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A Canadian airline passenger was fined $1,000 yesterday after he admitted drunken and disruptive behaviour that forced his flight to divert to Bermuda.
Magistrates’ Court heard Joseph Matrundola, 60, demanded alcohol, shouted and swore and had to be...
DATE: Jan 30, 2018
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A generation of “lost boys” need to be saved, senior magistrate Juan Wolffe warned on Friday.
Mr Wolffe said abuse of drugs and alcohol by young Bermudians had created a crisis.
He added: “The vast majority of male teenagers who find themselves in Ma...
DATE: Jan 30, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man convicted of a plot to import cannabis to Bermuda using his mother’s name on the package has lost an appeal in the Supreme Court.
Tafari Wilson, 36, lodged an appeal against his conviction after trial by magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo in March last...
DATE: Jan 29, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 48-year-old man has been banned from the roads for 18 months after being caught riding his motorcycle while nearly three times the legal alcohol limit.
Rudolph Smith, of Pembroke, admitted in Magistrates’ Court this morning impaired driving while ...
DATE: Jan 29, 2018
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Chief Justice Ian Kawaley called for action to secure judicial independence as he formally opened the 2018 legal year.
Leading the ceremony for the last time as Chief Justice, Mr Justice Kawaley said: “Judicial independence has been consistently unde...
DATE: Jan 27, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes