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A total of five people were banned from the road and fined at Magistrates’ Court today for drink driving or refusal to take a breath test.
Jason Brown pleaded guilty to driving while impaired.
The court heard Brown was pulled over by police near We...
DATE: Nov 30, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A seaman jailed for smuggling drugs and guns to Bermuda has lost an appeal to reduce his sentence.
Romonito Adlawan was sentenced to spend 8½ years behind bars after he admitted money laundering, importing a firearm and importing cannabis in 2015.
Ho...
DATE: Nov 29, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A ten-year sentence for a man caught with a loaded handgun has been upheld by the Court of Appeal.
Prosecutors appealed the sentence on the grounds it was too low and said Dion Cholmondeley should have got 12 years in jail.
The Court of Appeal ruled ...
DATE: Nov 28, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 17-year-old boy accused of killing a Bermudian teenager in the UK denied claims that messages on his phone referred to the murder.
The defendant, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, admitted being one of four men who chased Lyrico Steede th...
DATE: Nov 26, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Court of Appeal has convicted Andrew Lake of causing the death of New Zealander Mary McKee after it was revealed he was accidentally acquitted by the Supreme Court.
Lake had admitted the offence during a Supreme Court trial, but the charge was ne...
DATE: Nov 23, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Corporation of Hamilton has lost a legal bid to get power firm Belco to pay to move electricity lines on a city street underground.
The corporation argued in the Supreme Court that a 2012 agreement required Belco to move “apparatus” at no cost to...
DATE: Nov 23, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man racked up the latest in a string of drink-driving convictions after he ignored police advice to take a taxi.
Officers saw Franklyn Pearman unsteady on his feet at a gas station before he rode away on a bike, Magistrates’ Court heard today.
The ...
DATE: Nov 23, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A repeat offender was sent to drug treatment court after he admitted stealing shirts from PriceRite.
Saje Nearon, 39, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to a charge of stealing $192 of merchandise from the store in Mill Reach, Pembroke.
Prosecutors...
DATE: Nov 22, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A British teenager accused of killing Bermudian youngster Lyrico Steede said he saw the fatal stabbing, but was not involved.
The 17-year-old defendant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said he was “frozen in shock” as co-accused Kasharn Campbe...
DATE: Nov 20, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Sir Christopher Clarke has been appointed as the new president of the Bermuda Court of Appeal.
The judge, who has served on the Court of Appeal since 2016, is best known for being counsel for the Bloody Sunday Inquiry and is a former senior member of...
DATE: Nov 17, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
News Staff