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Proceedings in the Court of Appeal will now be recorded and made available to attorneys and litigants, Supreme Court president Edward Zacca announced yesterday.
The issue came to the fore most recently in September when one litigant wanted to obtain ...
DATE: Nov 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
A local forensic accountant has been using a head for figures and a nose for crime to help sniff out frauds, thefts and corruption.
Todd Boyd, of Forensic First, has been working with the Bermuda Police Service to get to the bottom of financial crime...
DATE: Nov 21, 2012
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Court
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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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CATEGORY:
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
