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Convicted gunman Noet Barnett was left devastated as a young boy when his father, Stanley Barnett, was killed in a street fight. He was later failed by the education system, according to child welfare campaigner Sheelagh Cooper. This is the heartfelt...
DATE: Feb 16, 2012
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A man who sexually abused a young boy and hoarded almost 3,500 child pornography images has been jailed for ten years.
Dennis Eldridge, 47, was caught out when the victim, who became physically sick with stress, told his parents of the abuse.
The chi...
DATE: Feb 16, 2012
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A mentally-challenged gunman who shot a former friend after they got caught up in rival gangs has been jailed for 25 years.
Noet Barnett, who has a mental age of nine or 10, left victim Jeremiah Dill with multiple gunshot wounds. Prosecutors believe ...
DATE: Feb 16, 2012
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A former Berkeley Institute student yesterday received a suspended sentence for supplying cannabis on the school grounds.
Kiarron Minks admitted in January to supplying cannabis to another student and possessing cannabis in an increased penalty zone....
DATE: Feb 15, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Jamaican man who abducted a guest worker from a bus stop and sexually assaulted her has been jailed for 16 years.
Brittonie Taylor, 30, subjected the 31-year-old victim to the attack in broad daylight in Smith’s on the morning of May 28, 2011.
Supr...
DATE: Feb 15, 2012
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A self-confessed drug addict who stole food and three bottles of rum from a grocery store was fined $500 in Magistrates’ Court.
Anthony Outerbridge, 50, admitted stealing $125.71 worth of items from the Southampton MarketPlace on June 30, 2010.
The c...
DATE: Feb 15, 2012
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A 22-year-old man was charged in Magistrates’ Court with bringing more than 2,000 grams of cannabis to the Island four years ago.
Vincent Hewey, of Fenton Drive, Pembroke, was charged with importing the drug on December 17, 2008.
He was further accus...
DATE: Feb 14, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Charges have been dropped against two former Works and Engineering workers in an alleged fraud case.
Greatfield Carmichael, 61, and Calvin Waldron, 43, were released from Supreme Court yesterday after prosecutor Kirsty-Ann Kiellor told Supreme Court ...
DATE: Feb 14, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
In spite of pleas for leniency, two female cruise passengers women were each sentenced to six years in jail yesterday after trying to smuggle drugs into Bermuda.
“Drug mules are never hardened criminals,” Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves told defence la...
DATE: Feb 14, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A recovering drug addict was remanded pending sentencing after he admitted stealing a motorcycle and trying to cash a stolen cheque.
Jamel Nesbit, 28, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to taking a vehicle without consent, stealing a cheque, making...
DATE: Feb 14, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
