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A teenager who told Supreme Court she watched a group of men rape and grope her 14-year-old friend has denied lying to the jury about the evening of the attack.
The witness had previously told the court that she didn’t know they were being taken to t...
DATE: Apr 24, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Murder victim Stefan Burgess was an “amazing” father who wanted to turn his life around following the birth of his daughter, a Supreme Court jury has been told.
Mr Burgess, 24, from Frog Lane, Devonshire, was gunned down while attending a birthday pa...
DATE: Apr 23, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A teenager told the court she watched as her 14-year-old friend was raped and groped by a group of men.
All four defendants — aged between 19 and 21 — have denied a charge of serious sexual assault on July 27 of last year. One of the defendants, aged...
DATE: Apr 23, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
After nearly two decades as an official “Observer” of Bermuda’s Court of Appeal, long-time England and Wales circuit court judge Patricia Dangor has been promoted to full member.
Government House announced the appointment of Justice Dangor and Englis...
DATE: Apr 22, 2014
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Court
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A man accused of handling and firing a gun has been acquitted after a key witness at his trial told the court she’d lied to police about the incident.
Zikai Cann, 24, of Seawall Drive, Sandys denied possessing and discharging a firearm on a date betw...
DATE: Apr 22, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A woman who pleaded guilty to driving an uninsured motorcycle has had her conviction overturned by the Supreme Court after she discovered that, in fact, she was insured.
Jennifer Stovell pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court last July to driving a veh...
DATE: Apr 22, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man found guilty of “chatting up” a 12-year-old schoolgirl has lost an attempt to overturn his conviction.
Desmond Trott, 31, from Sandys, was convicted of intruding on the privacy of a female in connection to an incident on March 1, 2012.
The cour...
DATE: Apr 21, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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The victim of an alleged sex attack has defended her account of the assault at the ongoing trial of the four men accused in the incident.
All four — aged 21, 20, 20 and 19 respectively — have denied a charge of serious sexual assault on July 27 of la...
DATE: Apr 18, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Prosecutors closed their case yesterday in the Supreme Court against a man accused of handling and firing a gun inside a Sandys residence.
Zikai Cann, 24, of Seawall Drive, Sandys, has denied the charges, which date to an unspecified day in November,...
DATE: Apr 17, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man accused of possessing and firing a gun was seen handling and shooting the weapon, a Supreme Court witness told police.
However, a jury at the trial of Zikai Cann, 24, of Seawall Drive, Sandys, also heard the same witness insist that she’d been ...
DATE: Apr 15, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
