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A social inquiry report was ordered for 40-year-old woman who solicited cash, pretending it was earmarked for a charity.
Fredericka Fox, of Pembroke, admitted in Magistrates’ Court to dishonestly obtaining money. The Angle Street resident said she wa...
DATE: Jan 18, 2011
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A Jamaican waiter was yesterday found guilty in Supreme Court of conspiring to import more than $424,000 worth of cocaine into the Island.
Ricardo Stewart had denied conspiring with Adrian Morris and others to import the cocaine to Bermuda on the Ex...
DATE: Jan 18, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 24-year-old Pembroke man was charged in Magistrates’ Court yesterday with attempted murder.
Noet Alexander Barnett, of Footbridge Lane, was charged with attempting to murder 27-year-old Jeremiah Dill. Mr Barnett was also charged with using a firear...
DATE: Jan 18, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A teacher who was hit in the head with a cricket bat by her fiancé's ex sobbed in court today as she told how the woman had “abused” her for four years.
Tara Burchall broke down in tears after Audrey Swainson admitted a charge of common assault befor...
DATE: Jan 17, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A young father who claimed he was kicked in the face by a policeman has been found not guilty of assaulting the same officer.
Troy Smith denied assault causing bodily harm to Pc Richard Geraghty, resisting arrest and wielding an offensive weapon on P...
DATE: Jan 17, 2011
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A former civil servant could get thousands of dollars in legal costs after drawing a judge’s attention to a little-known court rule.
LeYoni Junos won a Supreme Court ruling in April 2009 that she was unlawfully dismissed from her Government job as ad...
DATE: Jan 17, 2011
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A man who rode a motorcycle without a helmet on Christmas Eve admitted he was more than two times over the legal alcohol limit at the time.
Andre Mitchell pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to impaired driving.
He was arrested on December 24. A br...
DATE: Jan 17, 2011
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A teenager was caught with 4.7 grams of marijuana after police saw him acting suspiciously during a liquor licence check at a Hamilton bar.
Jahfari Flood, 19, of West Park Lane, Pembroke, admitted possessing the drugs on August 6 when he appeared in...
DATE: Jan 17, 2011
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A man who roped a female friend into smuggling more than $22,000 worth of cannabis into Bermuda is facing jail after pleading guilty.
Jason Fox, 35, of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, was stopped at LF Wade International Airport on June 16 last year.
He a...
DATE: Jan 17, 2011
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A 27-year-old St. David’s man admitted to driving with twice the legal amount of alcohol in his system.
Gregory Caesar admitted in Magistrates’ Court to driving while impaired in the early hours of January 9.
Crown counsel Kirsty-Ann Kiellor told the...
DATE: Jan 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell