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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
An unemployed homeless man who tried to smuggle more than $200,000 worth of cocaine into the Island was yesterday jailed for five years.
Randy Robinson, 56, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to conspiring to import a controlled substance. He also...
DATE: Sep 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Sri Lankan accountant yesterday admitted stealing almost $70,000 from her insurance company by falsely claiming she had surgery overseas.
Chadima Gangula Archchige, 37, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court, to three counts of dishonestly obtaining ...
DATE: Sep 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police are hunting a teenager who failed to appear in Supreme Court after pleading guilty to wounding.
Sherwin Hall, of Spring Benny Road, Sandys, had previously denied grievous bodily harm by stabbing 17-year-old Kyle Fraser near Traditions restaura...
DATE: Sep 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A woman attempted to smuggle 49 kilos of cannabis into Bermuda from the US in false-bottomed luggage, a jury heard yesterday.
Mary Darnell Johnson, 53, of Pembroke, is accused of conspiring with others to import the drugs to Bermuda, between a date u...
DATE: Sep 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man has appeared in Magistrates’ Court on charges of attempted robbery and unlawfully causing grievous bodily harm.
Marekco Ratteray, 27, of North Shore Road, Hamilton Parish, denied trying to take a gold bracelet off Philip Doars on September 1 in...
DATE: Sep 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 53-year-old man has been charged in Magistrates’ Court with the murder of social worker Ida James.
Norris Albert Simpson, of St John’s Road, Pembroke, was not required to enter a plea, as his case must be dealt with by the Supreme Court.
He is accu...
DATE: Sep 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
