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The two newest members of the Bermuda Bar Association, Dominique Rivas and Tricia Warner, were inducted into the Island’s legal fraternity on Friday.
They were approved by Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons.
The packed courtroom included Mrs Warner’s...
DATE: Feb 03, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Chief Justice Ian Kawaley has published sentencing guidelines for sexual offences in Magistrates’ Court to address public outcry.
The guidelines, available on the judiciary’s website, detail the range of sentences acceptable for several offences, inc...
DATE: Feb 03, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
After nearly nine hours of deliberations a Supreme Court jury told a judge last night it was unable to reach a verdict on the case of accused gunman Blaine Simmons for the attempted murder of Lo’Torean Durrant.
The hung jury verdict came in at 8.35pm...
DATE: Feb 01, 2014
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A Pembroke man was accused in Magistrates’ Court this morning of causing grievous bodily harm to two Sandys residents.
Thirty-two year-old Jevon Daniels, of Union Street, denied charges he unlawfully assaulted and caused grievous and actual bodily ha...
DATE: Feb 01, 2014
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Court
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Forensic scientists discovered gunshot residue on a motorcycle found in Botanical Gardens in the aftermath of a shooting outside a Hamilton nightclub.
Devon Hewey, 25, Cervio Cox, 30, both from Warwick, and Julian Washington, 24, from Pembroke, all d...
DATE: Feb 01, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Members of the public will get an inside view of the work done in the courts during Law Week, which is planned to be introduced this year by the Magistrates’ Court.
According to the 2013 Supreme Court Annual Report, the week is hoped to include speci...
DATE: Jan 30, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Mental Health Court will be fully operational by the end of 2014, according to a report by the Bermuda Judiciary.
Attorney General Mark Pettingill promised last May the court would begin operation in a matter of weeks, but Government later said suita...
DATE: Jan 30, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A witness described seeing a gunman open fire on Reid Street as the trial of three men accused of attempted murder continued yesterday.
Devon Hewey, 25, Cervio Cox, 30, both from Warwick, and Julian Washington, 24, from Pembroke, all deny two charges...
DATE: Jan 29, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Crown lawyers are struggling to provide a “first rate prosecution service” because of increasing workloads and understaffing within the Department of Public Prosecutions.
And a drive to cut costs through pay cuts and furloughs is having a “moral defl...
DATE: Jan 28, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Forensic evidence against a teen athlete accused of attempting to shoot another man dead includes a single microscopic particle of what can unequivocally be called gunshot residue.
And a reference to “shooting at close range” retrieved from the phone...
DATE: Jan 28, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
