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This month’s referendum could lead to a constitutional crisis if the majority of ballots are against same-sex marriage and civil unions, a court heard yesterday.
With less than a week to go before early polling on the June 23 referendum begins, the C...
DATE: Jun 09, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Chief Justice Ian Kawaley may order the Bermuda Government to change the location of some polling stations in the referendum on same-sex relationships so they are not held on church premises.
Dr Justice Kawaley indicated during a Supreme Court hearin...
DATE: Jun 09, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A Devonshire teenager who repeatedly breached the conditions of his probation was this morning jailed for four months.
Raheem Wray, 19, was initially placed on 12-months probation for traffic offences, but his period of probation was extended by two ...
DATE: Jun 09, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Supreme Court has upheld a finding by the Employment Tribunal that a man was unfairly dismissed after being accused of theft.
Earlston Bradshaw was summarily dismissed by Raynor’s Service Station after an incident involving a $50 bill dropped by ...
DATE: Jun 08, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A St George’s man caught with drugs on a stolen bike has been sentenced to time already served behind bars.
John O’Connor, 29, was convicted earlier this year of possessing 0.36g of cannabis, 1.9g of cocaine and taking a vehicle without consent — all...
DATE: Jun 08, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Sandys man admitted cannabis possession this morning after the substance was discovered in his car, his house and his waistband.
Levi Robinson, 48, was driving along Cricket Lane in Somerset when he was stopped by police at the junction with Broom...
DATE: Jun 07, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A Warwick teenager has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for theft two days before his 18th birthday.
Meshach Crichton pleaded guilty to taking a motorcycle without consent, as well as stealing a laptop from one home and $11,132 of valuables fro...
DATE: Jun 07, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A Hamilton Parish man who admitted stealing a bottle of Scotch this morning told the court that he needed help.
Jamaka Gibbons, 39, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a $68.10 bottle of Dewar’s White Label scotch from Lindo’s in Devonshire.
The c...
DATE: Jun 06, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man convicted by a jury of a fatal shooting has won an appeal against his conviction.
In 2014 a jury found Wolda Gardner guilty of the murder of George Lynch, but in a judgment delivered yesterday the Court of Appeal found that some evidence includ...
DATE: Jun 04, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Canadian airline passenger has admitted assaulting three police officers minutes after landing in Bermuda.
Madeline Masters, 28, also pleaded guilty to offensive and indecent behaviour, after urinating on one of the officers she had just assaulted....
DATE: Jun 04, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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