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A man who launched and abandoned a legal action against the Government will not have to pay for the Attorney-General’s legal bills, according to a recent court ruling.
Martin Holman sued the Government after he and his wife were forced to leave the I...
DATE: Nov 09, 2015
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Southampton man appeared in Magistrates’ Court this morning to deny a charge of wounding his father.
Leigh Swann, 31, pleaded not guilty to the offence, which allegedly took place on November 5.
Prosecutors allege that Mr Swann threw a kitchen knif...
DATE: Nov 09, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Hamilton Parish man has admitted possessing crack cocaine and cannabis, as well as owning an illegal pitbull.
Lekan Scott, 26, pleaded guilty to both offences at Magistrates’ Court this morning.
On January 16 this year, police officers in Paget st...
DATE: Nov 06, 2015
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A 50-year-old man who admitted driving dangerously has been fined and banned from the roads for 18 months.
Appearing in Magistrates’ Court this morning, Charles Ratteray, of Sandys, pleaded guilty to the offence, which took place in St George’s on S...
DATE: Nov 05, 2015
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A 36-year-old man who admitted robbing another man of jewellery and cash has been remanded into custody and ordered to observe Drug Treatment Court.
Appearing in Magistrates’ Court on Monday, Robert Damon Green, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to ...
DATE: Nov 04, 2015
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Court
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A high-risk sex offender will be supervised in the community for three years when he is released from prison after a landmark Court of Appeal ruling.
Merrick Seaman, now 30, was jailed for eight years for subjecting a five-year-old girl to a serious ...
DATE: Nov 03, 2015
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Court
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A 30-year-old Devonshire man has been handed a 12-month conditional discharge for cannabis possession.
At a previous Magistrates’ Court appearance in September, Patrick Hayward had pleaded guilty to having 7.03 grams of the drug in Devonshire on Apr...
DATE: Nov 03, 2015
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Court
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A Devonshire man who attacked his wife’s co-worker has been handed a 12-month suspended prison sentence.
At a previous Magistrates’ Court appearance in September, Janos Lindsay had pleaded guilty to causing a man grievous bodily harm in Paget on Aug...
DATE: Nov 02, 2015
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Court
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A 26-year-old Warwick man has been fined $300 and ordered to pay restitution for causing $1,825 worth of damage to a woman’s motorcycle.
Appearing in Magistrates’ Court this morning, Christyola Smith pleaded guilty to wilfully and unlawfully damagin...
DATE: Nov 02, 2015
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Court
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Hospital chiefs will seek legal costs from a quadriplegic who was paralysed after an accident at Bermuda’s only mental hospital.
Thomas Hofer, 52, recently lost an 18-year legal battle to sue the Bermuda Hospitals Board for massive damages for injuri...
DATE: Oct 30, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
