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Trying to get accurate information from Andre Curtis was like “pulling teeth,” according to a Government financial controller.
Mr Curtis is on trial at Supreme Court accused of stealing more than $130,000 from the Faith-Based Tourism initiative Gover...
DATE: Sep 30, 2011
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Puisne Judge Ian Kawaley is to succeed Chief Justice Richard Ground on his retirement next year.
Governor Sir Richard Gozney made the announcement yesterday. “I convened an ad hoc judicial panel earlier this year to consider candidates for the positi...
DATE: Sep 30, 2011
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A 54-year-old Pembroke man caught breaking into a car got a suspended sentence when he appeared in Magistrates’ Court, after being branded “a lifelong thief” by Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner.
The court heard from Crown counsel Susan Mulligan tha...
DATE: Sep 30, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 39-year-old Pembroke man has appeared in Magistrates’ Court accused of plotting to smuggle drugs into Bermuda.
Kenneth Jamel Zuill, of Deepdale Road, was charged with conspiring to import cannabis into Bermuda, between a date unknown and October 21...
DATE: Sep 29, 2011
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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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