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A barrister who heads up the Police Complaints Authority, as well as a committee that investigates the conduct of lawyers, should resign from both roles because of a conflict of interest, a pressure group has said.
The Civil Justice Advocacy Group, w...
DATE: Jul 18, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Crown vowed to launch an appeal yesterday after the case against an American life coach accused of stealing $56,000 from an elderly Bermudian client was thrown out on technical grounds.
Melissa Burton walked free from court after Puisne Judge Cha...
DATE: Jul 18, 2018
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Court
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A 32-year-old woman who led police on a motorcycle chase through Hamilton was banned from the road for 12 months and fined for refusal to take a breath test.
Magistrates’ Court heard how Samantha Hill missed collisions with a taxi and a wall and drov...
DATE: Jul 17, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A jury will decide the fate of an American life coach accused of stealing $56,000 from an elderly Bermudian client today.
Prosecutors told the Supreme Court Melissa Burton, 53, was a gold-digger who transferred thousands out of Katherine Trimingham’s...
DATE: Jul 13, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 37-year-old Jamaican national appeared in court this morning accused of smuggling $647,000 worth of heroin into Bermuda.
Omar Davy was charged in Magistrates’ Court with importing the drug and possessing it with the intent to supply.
Mr Davy is al...
DATE: Jul 13, 2018
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Court
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A taxi driver who got behind the wheel after drinking to celebrate good news about his disabled son was yesterday banned from the roads for 18 months and fined.
Cornell Bailey, 57, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to driving while more than twic...
DATE: Jul 12, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A woman accused of trying to set three people on fire has been acquitted on the instructions of a Supreme Court judge.
Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves ordered a jury to find Ehbony Allen, 30, not guilty of all charges.
Ms Allen, from Warwick, denied al...
DATE: Jul 11, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Pembroke man who drove while more than three times the alcohol limit was today fined and banned from the roads.
Lionel Roberts, 41, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to driving while over the legal limit in Pembroke in the early hours of Saturd...
DATE: Jul 09, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The captain of Premier Division champions PHC Zebras was today fined and banned from the roads for driving while disqualified.
Cecoy Robinson, who has played for Bermuda as a midfielder, admitted the offence when he appeared in Magistrates’ Court thi...
DATE: Jul 09, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A 72-year-old man yesterday admitted sexually assaulting a young girl more than 40 years ago.
Bernard Marshall, of Smith’s, pleaded guilty to unlawfully and indecently assaulting a girl under the age of 14 in Magistrates’ Court. The incident took pl...
DATE: Jul 07, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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