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A magistrate will rule next month on whether a man used threatening behaviour to intimidate a female magistrate.
Laurie Furbert was arrested following an exchange of words with Magistrate Nicole Stoneham outside a supermarket.
He has argued that the...
DATE: Nov 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A career criminal was warned by a Magistrate that he would have lost both his hands and his feet in another jurisdiction with his 22-page-long conviction record for dishonesty offences.
Randolph Simons pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to stealing...
DATE: Nov 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
A “curious” case resulted in Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner acquitting Deborah Smith of charges of using a hand-held device while driving a vehicle.
Ms Smith, a Pembroke resident,was stopped by Police near the Shelly Bay MarketPlace after one of...
DATE: Nov 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
A man whose anger “about Jamaicans coming into his country” spilled into a violent altercation, and brought a 22-year-old man who was already on probation into Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Kenneth Leverock, who supported in court by his mother and f...
DATE: Nov 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Bermuda’s justice system is due for change in its approach to cases of sexual abuse, according to children’s welfare campaigner Sheelagh Cooper.
In a bid to transform the way Bermuda treats its most dangerous criminal offenders, Ms Cooper has joined ...
DATE: Nov 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Former Senator Llewellyn Peniston is facing criminal charges alleging that he practised illegally as a lawyer without a certificate.
He was disbarred and struck off the roll of barristers and attorneys in January after being found guilty of improper ...
DATE: Nov 17, 2012
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Court
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Anti-conscription campaigners suffered a blow yesterday when they were refused permission to take their case to the Privy Council in London.
Bermudians Against the Draft have lost court battles in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal where they argu...
DATE: Nov 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A man caught drunk driving a toy scooter has had his sentence reduced due to the unusual nature of the offence.
Adam Petty, 25, was arrested near his Woodbourne Avenue home on July 14 after officers saw him riding the electric scooter, which has a to...
DATE: Nov 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Former Bermuda Housing Corporation manager and Regiment Major Glenn Brangman is today beginning a three-and-a-half year jail sentence for sexually assaulting a male BHC clerk.
The 60-year-old launched an immediate appeal against the prison term but ...
DATE: Nov 16, 2012
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Court
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A Southampton man has been charged with manslaughter in connection to the death of his aunt, 62-year-old Patricia Diane Roque.
Paul Anthony Defontes, 48, was not required to enter a plea as the matter is indictable and must be heard by the Supreme Co...
DATE: Nov 15, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
