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DATE: Sep 14, 2011
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A jury has found drug smuggler Mary Johnson guilty of conspiring to import millions worth of cannabis to Bermuda.
Johnson, 53, of Edgeway Lane, Pembroke, was apprehended by US drug enforcement agents at Newark’s Liberty International Airport on Octob...
DATE: Sep 13, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A teenager was yesterday charged with committing a daylight robbery that left a tourist injured.
Jermaine Usher, 19, denied the offence in Magistrates’ Court. The court heard that Canadian Ryan Emms was driving a rented scooter on North Shore Road in...
DATE: Sep 13, 2011
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A judge suspects a man facing fraud charges who has been seeking lengthy medical treatment overseas is “malingering”.
Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves yesterday ordered Cedric Oates to return to Bermuda by November 21 to stand trial, or face the possibi...
DATE: Sep 13, 2011
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A 38-year-old Sandys man was yesterday charged with sexually exploiting two girls under the age of ten.
The man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was charged with three counts of touching a girl under the age of 14 for a sexual purpose, an...
DATE: Sep 13, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who falsely claimed to be the driver of a car that crashed last December was fined $1,000 in Magistrates’ Court.
Christopher Wardman, 24, of Paget admitted attempting to pervert the cause of justice, following an accident in which a close frien...
DATE: Sep 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 53-year-old woman took the stand in her defence yesterday in the Supreme Court, telling a jury she feared being targeted by gangsters if she didn’t bring “illegal” luggage back to Bermuda from the US.
Mary Johnson is accused of conspiring with othe...
DATE: Sep 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Supreme Court trial of a woman charged with smuggling cannabis into Bermuda continued yesterday, with the jury shown CCTV footage of her alleged co-conspirators entering and leaving her hotel in the US.
Mary Johnson, 53, of Smith’s, is accused of...
DATE: Sep 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Warwick man was fined $1,000 after tussling with police.
Ajunte Tuzo admitted in Magistrates’ Court to obstructing a police officer and using offensive words outside a Bermuda College dance last weekend.
The court heard that at 3.30am, officers on ...
DATE: Sep 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Pembroke man was charged in Magistrates’ Court yesterday with the murder of Denise Evans-Wilkinson.
David Wayne DeSilva, 46, was charged with murdering the 45-year-old between a date unknown and April 29, 2011.
Her body was discovered in the water ...
DATE: Sep 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes