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A man caught with a gun linked to three murders has lost an appeal to have his 14-year sentence reduced.
While defence lawyer Marc Daniels argued that the sentence was “manifestly excessive”, the Court of Appeal found that it was difficult to see how...
DATE: Jul 06, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man and a woman have appeared in court accused of assaulting and obstructing police officers.
Jahkera Ingham and Denzil Chase both denied assaulting and obstructing an officer on June 13 in Pembroke.
Ms Ingham, 19, also denied assaulting another of...
DATE: Jul 06, 2015
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A St George’s man who attacked another man with a pole has been ordered to complete 20 hours unpaid work for the community.
Mark Trott, 49, previously pleaded guilty to unlawfully wounding Steven Paynter and having an offensive weapon in his possess...
DATE: Jul 06, 2015
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Marc Bean, the Leader of the Opposition, is scheduled to go on trial accused of using offensive language on August 7 at Magistrates’ Court.
Mr Bean appeared in court this morning when the trial date was set by Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo.
The charge i...
DATE: Jul 04, 2015
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A police sting operation resulted in a Filipino sailor being snared with $200,000 worth of cannabis and a loaded gun after arriving in Bermuda on board a container ship.
Romonito Adlawan was put under police surveillance as soon as the Somers Isles b...
DATE: Jul 04, 2015
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A man convicted of assaulting a woman has been released from prison after the Supreme Court ruled the injuries did not amount to “grievous bodily harm”.
Colin Menzies, 46, from Southampton, was tried in Magistrates’ Court for assaulting Joanna Hassel...
DATE: Jul 03, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
His restaurant may have been targeted in a burglary, but Wok Express owner Gilles Calliere turned the other cheek and insisted the offender is a “good guy”.
Mr Calliere told The Royal Gazette Ernest Smith Jr, who stole more than $2,000 worth of stock...
DATE: Jul 03, 2015
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Two young men who admitted cloning debit cards and using them to go on a spending spree were given conditional discharges in Magistrates’ Court this morning.
Prosecutor Alan Richards told the court that the pair, both from the Dominican Republic, we...
DATE: Jul 03, 2015
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The killer of social worker Ida James has had the minimum term he must serve in prison before he can be considered for release reduced by eight years.
Norris Simpson was jailed for life in April 2013 after being convicted of Ms James’s murder.
The bo...
DATE: Jul 03, 2015
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A former policeman has been jailed for four years after he was caught trying to smuggle more than $200,000 worth of cannabis into Bermuda.
Owen Simons hid the drugs inside 35 small black packages that were folded into two new air beds before boarding...
DATE: Jul 03, 2015
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