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A group of high-profile inmates at Westgate Correctional Facility appeared before the courts yesterday morning charged with attacking a fellow prisoner.
David Cox, 37, Noel Barnett, 29, and Antoine Anderson, 39, all denied a charge of causing greivou...
DATE: Aug 19, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
One Bermuda Alliance MP Leah Scott has been given an absolute discharge by the Magistrates’ Court after admitting a charge of trespassing.
The court heard the incident on January 29 came as a result of a long-lasting love triangle involving the MP, t...
DATE: Aug 18, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Smith’s man has been charged with causing the death of 21-year-old Ezariah “Ezra” Matthie.
George Simmons, 43, is accused of causing Mr Matthie’s death on the afternoon of February 29 this year by driving without due care and attention on Ord Road ...
DATE: Aug 17, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 55-year-old Warwick woman has been charged with conspiring to import $250,000 worth of heroin into Bermuda.
Denise Morris appeared in Magistrates’ Court accused of committing the offence on January 22, and possessing $15,210 believed to be the proc...
DATE: Aug 15, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A Southampton man has been charged with possession of 15 rounds of ammunition on August 11.
Appearing at Magistrates’ Court, 22-year-old Ralston Wright was bailed for $10,000 with one like surety and ordered not to leave the jurisdiction without cou...
DATE: Aug 15, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A 66-year-old Pembroke man arrested on suspicion of drink-driving has been banned from the roads for 12 months after failing to give a breath sample.
Marvin Paynter, who pleaded not guilty to driving while impaired, did admit not having his bike lic...
DATE: Aug 15, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A civil suit over the handling of a home birth came before Magistrates’ Court yesterday, with a mother claiming “wilful negligence”.
Keanne Bean is seeking $2,195 from Sophia Cannonier, the operator of Lotus, claiming that the midwife hired by Ms Can...
DATE: Aug 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Jamaican visitor has denied trying to leave Bermuda with $10,671 in undeclared cash.
Dean Fagon, 44, was arrested at L.F. Wade International Airport on Wednesday as he allegedly tried to fly out with the mixture of Bermudian and American currency....
DATE: Aug 12, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A Sandys man has denied having cannabis on the grounds of Westgate Correctional Facility.
Jahroy Simons, 30, pleaded not guilty to possessing 12.37 grams of the drug in an increased penalty zone and attempting to convey contraband into the prison. Bo...
DATE: Aug 11, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Kiahna Trott-Edwards has been granted bail as she awaits a retrial on the charge of murdering a 16-year-old boy.
Last week, Ms Trott-Edwards’s conviction and sentence for murdering Shijuan Mungal were set aside as the Court of Appeal pointed to “regr...
DATE: Aug 10, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan