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Former Bermuda Housing Corporation manager and Regiment Major Glenn Brangman has had his sentence for sexual assault reduced on appeal.
The 61-year-old was facing a three-and-a-half year jail term after being found guilty of four counts of sexual ass...
DATE: Apr 05, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A Southampton Rangers football player has been jailed for 15 years for his role as “kingpin” in a plot to bring almost $500,000 worth of cocaine into Bermuda.
Everett Bean, 31, masterminded the plan to smuggle in the shipment from the Caribbean in Ja...
DATE: Apr 05, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An American cruise ship passenger who attempted to smuggle $369,000 worth of cocaine into Bermuda has been jailed for 12 years.
Jane Carmichael, 52, from Hazelhurst, Georgia, had strapped the drugs to her body inside a girdle.
When authorities accom...
DATE: Apr 05, 2013
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CATEGORY:
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Two young men who traded stolen jewellery for cash were yesterday given suspended sentences.
Joshua Usher, 19, pleaded guilty to two counts of receiving stolen goods; Richai Young, 18, pleaded guilty to a single count.
The jewellery was stolen from t...
DATE: Apr 05, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The murderers of footballer Randy Robinson have been jailed for life — with 40 years before any chance of parole.
The unprecedented sentence was hailed by police as a “strong message” that would be heeded by would-be gunmen.
Killers Jay Dill, 23, and...
DATE: Apr 05, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Convicted murderer Norris Simpson has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the brutal 2011 slaying of his landlady, Ida James.
The body of Ms James, 66, was discovered in a pool of blood on the floor of her Berry Hill, Paget home on the morning of...
DATE: Apr 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Runner Lamont Marshall has been jailed by Supreme Court for aggressive driving that left two people injured.
The 28-year-old athlete was told by Puisne Judge Stephen Hellman: “You were an accident waiting to happen — and that accident did happen.”
Ma...
DATE: Apr 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A teenager convicted of murder had his sentencing delayed after refusing to consent to a psychological evaluation.
But Puisne Judge Stephen Hellman advised 16-year-old Rashaun Codrington to cooperate with social workers, before he could be sentenced ...
DATE: Apr 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man accused of premeditated murder may now not stand trial for the offence.
Crown counsel Susan Mulligan yesterday told Supreme Court that the case against Roger Lightbourne Jr had been put on hold.
Mr Lightbourne had been charged with murdering 26...
DATE: Apr 04, 2013
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Court
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Two students yesterday admitted stealing a bike containing more than $5,000 worth of jewellery and other goods.
Jamie Cann Jr, of Warwick, and Ru-Jzarr Simmons, of Devonshire, told Magistrates’ Court they took Katarina Rocha-Bulhoes’s motorcycle as w...
DATE: Apr 03, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
