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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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CATEGORY:
Court
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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
A drug smuggler caught importing cocaine while on probation for heroin trafficking has been jailed for another 12 years.
Rudolph Travers Clarke was jailed for more than seven years in the United States in 2012 for his part in a $3.9 million heroin im...
DATE: Jan 27, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A drug smuggler was caught red-handed with a large stash of cocaine only months after being released from prison for his involvement in an international heroin trafficking operation.
Bermudian Rudolph Travers Clarke was jailed for more than seven yea...
DATE: Jan 26, 2018
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A 52-year-old woman caught driving while three times over the legal alcohol limit has been fined and banned from the roads.
Karen Woollery, from Sandys, admitted in Magistrates’ Court yesterday to driving in Warwick while impaired by alcohol on Decem...
DATE: Jan 26, 2018
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