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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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Court
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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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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man charged with animal abuse told Magistrates' Court he was trying to help the suffering pitbull, which he had given away years earlier.
Kurt Dowling, 30, said he took nine-year-old Venom to a veterinarian after a dog warden contacted him about th...
DATE: Feb 14, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A homeless man has been charged with stealing more than $3,000 of cash and alcohol from a Front Street business.
Robert Hewey, 62, denied entering as a trespasser and stealing money and liquor worth $3,550 on January 29.
Senior Magistrate Archibald W...
DATE: Feb 14, 2012
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The judge in the Derek Spalding murder trial banned the media from naming six prosecution witnesses, a move that prompted defence lawyer Mark Pettingill to comment, “people have to have the courage of their convictions and be prepared to put their na...
DATE: Feb 13, 2012
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Court
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Youngsters training on Spirit of Bermuda will have to undergo police checks in the aftermath of the Derek Spalding controversy.
The move was announced by the Bermuda Sloop Foundation after Supreme Court allegations that murderer Spalding smuggled gun...
DATE: Feb 13, 2012
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Court
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Murder victim Shaki Crockwell’s father has thanked the father of the killer for having the strength to testify against him in court.
Derek Spalding’s father was a key prosecution witness in the murder trial, which resulted in a guilty verdict on Frid...
DATE: Feb 13, 2012
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Court
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The father of murder victim Shaki Crockwell said he harbours no hatred for his son’s killer.
Derek Spalding, 36, was convicted by a jury on Friday of shooting the football star dead in revenge for a drug debt.
The victim’s father, Danny Crockwell, 51...
DATE: Feb 13, 2012
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Court
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The grieving father of murdered footballer Shaki Crockwell said he would sleep easier in his bed last night after his son’s killer was finally brought to justice.
Derek Spalding was convicted by a unanimous verdict of shooting Mr Crockwell dead on Au...
DATE: Feb 11, 2012
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Court
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A 27-year-old Warwick man was sentenced to three years’ probation after nearly running down an officer while trying to avoid arrest.
Aswad Wilson pleaded guilty In December to assaulting an officer last October, in an attempt to pervert the course of...
DATE: Feb 10, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
