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A doctor charged with using a cell phone while driving had charges against him dismissed after the court heard he was making to an emergency call.
Dr Eyitayo Fakunle, 38, pleaded guilty to the charge but as Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner began to...
DATE: Jun 07, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Alleged drug-smuggling sailor Janis Zegelis was “under threat from a Russian mobster” when he brought cocaine to Bermuda and should be acquitted, his lawyer argued.
However, the prosecutor said Mr Zegelis knew exactly what he was doing and “no doubt ...
DATE: Jun 07, 2012
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Bermudian construction boss Rudolph Travers Clarke has been jailed for more than seven years in the United States for his part in a $3.9 million heroin importation plot.
Prosecutors had suggested he should have been locked up for up to 15 years. They...
DATE: Jun 07, 2012
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A sailor at the centre of a $48 million cocaine importation trial spoke of the “shocking” moment he discovered the drugs on board partway through a voyage across the Atlantic.
Janis Zegelis said he was hired by a Russian man to sail the yacht Arturs ...
DATE: Jun 06, 2012
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Two mothers who got in a fight after one “accidentally spilled a drink” on the other, appeared yesterday in Magistrates’ Court
Lavida Codrington, 24, and Shamir Gordon, 28, pleaded guilty to fighting on Front Street early Sunday morning.
Crown counse...
DATE: Jun 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Alleged gun-and-drug importing sailor Janis Zegelis e-mailed — apparently with his mother — about throwing bags and an “iron toy” overboard before his boat arrived in Bermuda.
Supreme Court heard yesterday about messages sent to and from the accused ...
DATE: Jun 05, 2012
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Two men were yesterday charged with murdering Kimwandae Walker more than two years ago on Good Friday.
David Jahwell Cox, 32, and Julian Marcus Washington, 23, were charged in Magistrates’ Court with premeditated murder.
Mr Cox, of Smith’s, and Mr Wa...
DATE: Jun 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A St George’s man has been jailed for 30 days after he admitting he kicked a police officer trying to arrest him.
Prince Smith, 30, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to assaulting an officer causing actual bodily harm, violently resisting arrest, ...
DATE: Jun 04, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 12-month sentence handed to a serial burglar was described as manifestly inadequate in a Supreme Court appeal.
Crown counsel Susan Mulligan cited 46-year-old Stanley Davis’ dozens of prior convictions for burglary as she argued why he should have b...
DATE: Jun 02, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Canadian businessman has been fined in Magistrates’ Court after he admitted bringing around 14g of cannabis into Bermuda.
Dougal Munro, from Brampton, Ontario pleaded guilty to importing a controlled substance on May 27 on a WestJet flight from Tor...
DATE: Jun 02, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
