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Businessman Andre Curtis siphoned funds from Government’s Faith-Based Tourism initiative and from a building contract into his own pockets, a prosecutor alleged.
Mr Curtis, 49, is further accused of fabricating a document explaining how he spent fund...
DATE: Sep 29, 2011
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Accused thief Andre Curtis was paid $25,000 in advance for Faith-Based Tourism before he even signed a contract with Government, a former tourism chief admitted.
Cherie-Lynn Whitter, former director of the Department of Tourism, told Supreme Court th...
DATE: Sep 29, 2011
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A 46-year-old Pembroke man has appeared in Magistrates' Court on charges of unlawfully wounding another man.
Guest worker Armindo Daponte, of Rockville Lane, denied injuring Timotoe Silva on June 12.
Arruda Construction boss Ricardo Arruda translated...
DATE: Sep 28, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Pembroke man who pushed officers and swore at them as they tried to search him, received a stiff fine in Magistrates’ Court.
Richard Judge, 57, said he lashed out because it was the second time he was stopped for a search in a matter of minutes, an...
DATE: Sep 27, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Magistrates are said to be “bending over backwards” to help those who are struggling to pay their debts during the economic crisis.
Lawyer Chris Swan has highlighted how presiding magistrates in civil proceedings have become more understanding of peo...
DATE: Sep 27, 2011
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The trial of a businessman accused of defrauding the Bermuda Government is due to begin tomorrow at Supreme Court.
Andre Curtis, 49, is accused of stealing an unspecified amount of cash from Government and falsifying the accounts of the Faith Based ...
DATE: Sep 27, 2011
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A St George’s man was fined $200 in Magistrates’ Court yesterday after he admitted stealing $39 worth of groceries.
Anthony Iris, 58, pleaded guilty to one count of theft, telling the court that he was out of work.
Crown counsel Auralee Cassidy said ...
DATE: Sep 27, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Pembroke man was banned from driving after he crashed his car on Crow Lane.
Reginald Lamb-Thompson, 20, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to driving while impaired on September 17.
Crown counsel Tawana Tannock told the court that at around 4.07a...
DATE: Sep 26, 2011
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 16-year-old was yesterday accused wilful damage after allegedly starting a fire in a boy’s correctional home.
Jiriko Powell was charged in Magistrates’ Court with setting a couch on fire in Oleander Cottage, where he himself is a resident, in a way...
DATE: Sep 24, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A police clerk has been fined more than $8,000 for showing no respect for the law and cancelling 79 parking tickets.
Mom-of-two Jahmeeka Wilson did “the exact opposite” of what was expected of her in her job with the Bermuda Police Service.
Magistrat...
DATE: Sep 24, 2011
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