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Chief Justice Richard Ground has requested further assistance in sentencing a 25-year-old mentally ill man for sexually attacking a five-year-old girl.
Justice Ground adjourned the sentencing of Merrick Seaman, of Park Hill, Warwick, who suffers from...
DATE: Jun 22, 2011
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Murder accused Leroy Symons told Police his half brother Ronniko Burchall confessed to shooting Shane Minors.
Mr Minors, 30, was fatally shot on December 17, 2009, in a stairwell leading to his lower floor apartment on South Terrace, Pembroke.
Mr Bur...
DATE: Jun 22, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An American tourist who claimed she brought cannabis into the Island for medical purposes has had her jail sentence cut.
Edith Lord Wolff was sentenced to a month in prison after she admitted importing 35.6 grams of cannabis.
The 59-year-old from Cal...
DATE: Jun 21, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Shane Minors was murdered in an attempt to avenge the death of Gary (Fingaz) Cann, according to prosecutors.
Ronniko Burchall, 22, a childhood friend of Mr Cann, and Leroy Symons, 20, Mr Burchall’s half-brother, have both been charged with the murder...
DATE: Jun 17, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Former Premier Ewart Brown has welcomed news of a police inquiry into corruption claims made against him in Supreme Court by businessman David Bolden.
He pledged last night to assist the investigation in any way he can, and threw down the gauntlet to...
DATE: Jun 17, 2011
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Financiers David and Antoinette Bolden cried, hugged and prayed after they were cleared of theft and money laundering allegations, but convicted of misleading the Bermuda Monetary Authority.
Yesterday’s verdicts came at the end of a five-week trial a...
DATE: Jun 15, 2011
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The Bermuda Broadcasting Company (BBC) has been charged with breaking reporting restrictions, by naming two individuals accused in court of sexual offences.
CEO Rick Richardson appeared in Magistrates’ Court on the BBC’s behalf.
Advised by lawyer Mar...
DATE: Jun 15, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Former Premier Ewart Brown failed yesterday in an attempt to gag the media over court claims he sought a personal stake in a private firm pitching for Government business.
Dr Brown was ordered by Chief Justice Richard Ground to pay The Royal Gazette’...
DATE: Jun 15, 2011
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Former Premier Ewart Brown tried to get his wife on the board of a private firm pitching for business with Government and get himself a personal stake in the company, it has been alleged in court.
Businessman David Bolden claimed a Government Ministe...
DATE: Jun 15, 2011
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The jury in the long-running Emerald Capital International [ECI] theft trial is due to consider verdicts in the case today.
Financiers David and Antoinette Bolden have been on trial at Supreme Court since May 9, accused of stealing from ECI, launderi...
DATE: Jun 14, 2011
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