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A Sandys teenager was today fined $800 in connection with a collision in Southampton last summer.
Jair Phillips, 18, pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention in Magistrates’ Court this morning. It stemmed from a crash on Middle Road....
DATE: Mar 23, 2018
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A man sentenced to 25 years in jail had his conviction overturned yesterday.
Trevone Saltus was convicted in May last year of the murder of Lorenzo Stovell in Sandys in 2012.
Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves sentenced Saltus to life with a minimum term ...
DATE: Mar 21, 2018
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Charges have been dropped against Spirit of Bermuda captain James Doughty after the sail training ship collided with a government ferry.
Mr Doughty denied a failure to maintain a lookout and failure to avoid a collision over the incident involving th...
DATE: Mar 17, 2018
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Court
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News Staff
A 24-year-old man who shot himself in the hand by accident with a home-made gun has been jailed for six years.
Shayne James was earlier convicted by a jury of two charges — handling a firearm and discharging it.
Larry Mussenden, the Director of Publi...
DATE: Mar 17, 2018
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The Department of Public Prosecutions may appeal against a court’s decision to dismiss a charge of careless driving against a defence lawyer, it was revealed yesterday.
Larry Mussenden, Director of Public Prosecutions, said his department was examini...
DATE: Mar 16, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A Warwick man who admitted drink-driving twice in less than two months has been banned from driving for 18 months and fined $2,700.
Marco Costa, 37, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to driving over the limit on January 14 and March 1.
The court h...
DATE: Mar 15, 2018
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A careless driving charge against lawyer Charles Richardson was dismissed by a magistrate yesterday because of lack of evidence.
A further charge of failing to give a breath sample was dropped by prosecutors.
Mr Richardson said afterwards: “I always ...
DATE: Mar 15, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Chief Justice has revealed why he barred the media and public from a court hearing involving an attempt by the island’s gaming commission to silence its former executive director.
The chambers session on March 7 in the matter of Bermuda Casino Ga...
DATE: Mar 14, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Supreme Court has ruled that Mission Road is a public road in a long-running dispute over a garage.
Mark Sousa, who operates Cardoza’s Limited on the road, argued the Paget road is private because the order making the road public was not properly...
DATE: Mar 13, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Supreme Court has dismissed the case against a teenager accused of stabbing a man on Front Street.
Trenton Williams was accused of unlawfully wounding Eric Thomas in a fight outside of Cosmopolitan Night Club.
Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves found ...
DATE: Mar 09, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes