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A pressure group fighting to obtain access to recordings of court proceedings has questioned official claims that the sessions were never taped.
Last month the Civil Justice Advocacy Group (CJAG) filed a criminal complaint against Court of Appeal pre...
DATE: Feb 06, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A businessman has told how police “destroyed” his Christmas after seizing more than $6,000 in cash from him at the airport as he headed off for a festive vacation.
Construction boss Gladstone Headlam, 73, successfully applied to have the money return...
DATE: Feb 05, 2014
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
An HSBC Bermuda employee has been charged with stealing more than $50,000 over the course of four years.
Traci Ball, 46, of Horseshoe Road, Southampton, denied five counts of stealing credit balances belonging to HSBC, one count of stealing a $5,100 ...
DATE: Feb 05, 2014
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A man who texted a series of murder threats to his ex-girlfriend avoided trial by switching to a guilty plea after the jury was sworn in.
Geontai Minors, 22, told his estranged partner Andrea Warren that he would do “something f***ed up” before makin...
DATE: Feb 05, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A woman who swore and kicked out at police as they tried to arrest her walked away from court without a criminal conviction yesterday.
Rogernae Lightbourne, 24, of Tommy Fox Road, St David’s, admitted saying to the officer: “F*** you, p***y. I’ll rem...
DATE: Feb 05, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A Paget man admitted conspiring to import drugs while a second man refused to answer charges of sexually exploiting a young girl when they appeared at a Supreme Court Arraignments session.
Howard Charles, 64, pleaded guilty to a single count of consp...
DATE: Feb 04, 2014
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Court
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Motorists charged with using a hand-held device while driving — when actually using a hands-free device — are being “victimised” by the courts, according lawyer Rick Woolridge.
After mounting the first successful defence against the law last week, M...
DATE: Feb 04, 2014
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Court
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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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