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A police officer has described how he chased down two suspects on a motorbike through Southampton at speeds of more than 90km/h before the pillion passenger opened fire at him.
Sergeant Minton Gilbert told jurors bullets hit his car as he tried to ge...
DATE: Sep 05, 2015
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Two men on a motorbike murdered a gang member and then opened fire on police as they tried to make their escape, a court has heard.
Jaquii Pearman Desilva and Joshua Usher are accused of the “cold-blooded” murder of Prince Edness on the evening of De...
DATE: Sep 04, 2015
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A security guard who tried to smuggle more than $260,000 worth of cannabis hidden in his suitcases into Bermuda has been jailed.
Zicco Pearman was caught with 12 packages of drugs stashed in the inside linings of his two bags when he arrived at LF Wa...
DATE: Sep 03, 2015
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A Pembroke man was this morning convicted of violently resisting arrest in Dockyard.
The court heard that on August 5, police on duty at Dockyard received a report of a man harassing a female tourist on Dockyard’s North Arm.
When officers arrived on ...
DATE: Sep 03, 2015
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Construction of a maintenance yard at the Botanical Gardens has been halted by an interim injunction from the Supreme Court.
The injunction came as a result of a legal action between the Minister of Public Works and two people who live near the works...
DATE: Sep 02, 2015
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A former police officer and “respected” athlete has been sentenced to 15 years behind bars for sexually exploiting his daughter and committing incest.
Such offences in Bermuda are “fast becoming an epidemic”, according to prosecutor Cindy Clarke — an...
DATE: Sep 02, 2015
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A woman accused of murdering a teenage boy has told jurors she lashed out at him with a baseball bat because she thought he was going to attack her.
Kiahna Trott-Edwards said she “knew” Shijuan Mungal was going to hit her so she reached for a basebal...
DATE: Sep 02, 2015
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A Paget man appeared in Magistrates’ Court this morning charged with possessing cannabis and rifle magazines.
Jason DeCouto, 35, pleaded not guilty to a charge of possessing cannabis with intent to supply in an incident in Paget on April 6. He also d...
DATE: Sep 02, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A trio of defendants were this morning charged in Magistrates’ Court with possessing cocaine with intent to supply.
Daymon Simmons, 40, and Erica Young, 37, both from Sandys, were both charged possessing cocaine and cannabis with intent to supply whi...
DATE: Sep 02, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The mother a teenager who died after being struck with a baseball bat wiped tears from her eyes as she described how she rushed her only child to hospital.
Chandra Mungal told jurors that her son, Shijuan, had blood on his shirt and running down fr...
DATE: Sep 01, 2015
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