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The Supreme Court trial of a man accused of murdering Perry Puckerin Jr has ended in a mistrial. Jeremiah Dill, 34, had denied charges of premeditated murder and using a firearm to kill Mr Puckerin, who was fatally shot in Hamilton Parish Workman’s C...

A businessman and a former Mayor of Hamilton appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Michael MacLean, who planned to create a hotel on the Par-la-Ville Road car park, and his wife, Yasmin, appeared alongside Graeme Outerbridge. Ed Benevides, the su...

An American teacher has been acquitted this afternoon after being extradited back to the island to face sexual assault charges against a former student. The defendant, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, stood trial in Magistrates’ Court for ...

A 40-year-old serial offender who pleaded guilty to a sex assault on a schoolgirl on a bus was today referred to the mental health court. Magistrates’ Court heard that Kevin Rubaine’s victim was “shaken and violated” after he put his hand up her skir...

Chief Justice Ian Kawaley issued a statement this afternoon thanking Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General, for new court rules and legislation to improve court proceedings. Ms Simmons, the Government Senate Leader, “safely piloted” the Evidence A...

Two men denied separate murder charges at the Supreme Court arraignments session yesterday. Khyri Smith-Williams, from Sandys, pleaded not guilty to the murder of Colford Ferguson, who was fatally shot on February 4, 2011. The 27-year-old also denied...

A mother of two jailed for importation of cannabis to treat her seizures has lodged an appeal against her sentence. Natasha York, 41, was sentenced to a year in prison on Monday for bringing in 1,430 grams of cannabis, but magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo ...

Bermuda’s court system is crippled by a staffing crisis, the island’s top judge said yesterday. Chief Justice Ian Kawaley and Acting Registrar Alexandra Wheatley said in a joint statement that successive Attorneys-General had failed to tackle the pro...

A Warwick man was banned from driving for a year yesterday after he refused to take a breath test. Magistrates’ Court heard Damon Robinson, 40, was arrested in the early hours of yesterday. Police clocked Robinson on Crow Lane near Hamilton travellin...

A truck driver was found guilty yesterday of causing the death of a 21-year-old model by careless driving. Clinton Smith, 41, was convicted on a majority verdict by a Supreme Court jury of killing Sophie Fraser-Smith last year. The verdict came afte...