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Government lawyers will argue in court that the Registrar-General was right to refuse to marry a gay couple because marriage is not a “service” as defined in the Human Rights Act.
Acting Solicitor-General Norman MacDonald told a Supreme Court hearing...
DATE: Sep 16, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A 29-year-old Pembroke man has denied importing and possessing more than $130,000 worth of cocaine.
Appearing in Magistrates’ Court this morning, Cal-Lee Wray pleaded not guilty to the offences, which allegedly took place in St George’s on March 21....
DATE: Sep 16, 2016
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A witness who claims an accused killer confessed fatally shooting Rickai Swan denied that his story was “riddled with lies” during cross-examination.
While the witness had claimed that Shantoine Prinston Burrows admitted shooting Mr Swan around a mon...
DATE: Sep 15, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda Emissions Control’s bid to avoid an investigation by the Commission of Inquiry may have been scuppered by the Supreme Court.
A legal effort to prevent the investigation has been ruled invalid.
However, according to a Supreme Court judgment, t...
DATE: Sep 15, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man charged with the murder of Rickai Swan admitted the killing to a group of friends, a witness told the jury yesterday.
The witness — who cannot be named in further reporting after a ruling from Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons today — testified...
DATE: Sep 14, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Pembroke man has been fined after he admitted attacking a bus driver while his infant son watched on.
Eamonn Gibbons, 36, committed the assault on Arelias James after the pair argued over his fare.
Gibbons boarded the bus at about 7.40am on August...
DATE: Sep 14, 2016
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Court
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A father-of-five has admitted attacking and threatening a man he discovered at the house of his former partner.
Blair Showers spent ten minutes knocking on the bedroom window of the Warwick residence at around 1am on July 26 to try to get the attent...
DATE: Sep 14, 2016
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Court
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A Sandys man whose DNA was found on a loaded semi-automatic pistol walked free from court yesterday after being cleared of handling a weapon.
Despite conceding that Gariko Benjamin “must have” handled the firearm, Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves order...
DATE: Sep 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A motorbike that prosecutors say was used by a gunman after he murdered a man at Southampton Rangers Sports Club was seen on CCTV in the White Hill area and Barnes Corner earlier in the day, a court has heard.
Jurors were shown footage of the white m...
DATE: Sep 13, 2016
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Court
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A man who stabbed a friend has been ordered to receive further treatment at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness centre.
Shirwin Smith, 28, stabbed Pernell Outerbridge in the area of his left ear with a four-inch pocket knife in Hamilton Parish on March 29, 201...
DATE: Sep 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes