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A total of $300,000 has been pumped into Bermuda’s new witness protection programme for the next financial year, Minister of Justice Michael Scott announced.
That’s despite the Ministry overall suffering a 12 percent funding cut compared to last year...
DATE: Mar 10, 2011
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Minister of Justice Michael Scott admitted Bermuda’s Supreme Court facilities are “unsuitable and inadequate” for holding jury trials.
And he said extra security may have to be implemented due to the number of gang-related cases producing an “unsafe ...
DATE: Mar 10, 2011
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The mother of a five-year-old alleged sexual assault victim recalled her child was “wide-eyed” and “upset” moments after she was said to have been attacked by a stranger.
The woman told a Supreme Court jury yesterday about the events that transpired...
DATE: Mar 10, 2011
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Suspected gunman Marico Bassett allegedly shot Randolph Lightbourne in a bid to move up the ranks of a gang, prosecutors claimed yesterday.
The Crown, summarising its case against Mr Bassett, said the 20-year-old shot Mr Lightbourne for higher-rankin...
DATE: Mar 10, 2011
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A client of Mid Atlantic Wellness Institute was yesterday on trial for the sexual assault of a five-year-old girl.
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, faces two charges of sexual exploitation of a young person in an incident that unfolde...
DATE: Mar 09, 2011
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A 20-year-old Pembroke man has admitted carrying a four-inch knife into the MarketPlace, on Church Street.
Mikhail Butterfield, of Sea Gull Lane, was charged in Magistrates’ Court with possession of a bladed article.
He admitted carrying the steak kn...
DATE: Mar 09, 2011
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The same firearm used to shoot Randolph Lightbourne was used to murder two other men according to firearms experts.
Both Dekimo Martin, 24, and 29-year-old Colford Ferguson were gunned down in Sandys, using the same firearm that wounded Mr Lightbourn...
DATE: Mar 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A pair of jeans found with gunshot residue on them after a shooting was linked via DNA to the accused man, a jury heard.
The trial of Marico Bassett, 20, for the alleged attempted murder of Randolph Lightbourne, 44, has previously heard how police se...
DATE: Mar 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man admitted to large-scale money laundering and had $1.47 million in criminal assets confiscated from him by the Supreme Court.
Roger Cox, 38, from St George’s, admitted to laundering $338,920 of dirty money on April 2, 2009 in collaboration with ...
DATE: Mar 08, 2011
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A 20-year-old man involved in a “crime spree” was jailed for two years after breaching his probation order.
Tyrone Pedro, of Fork Lane, Southampton, could be heard shouting loudly as he was taken into custody following an appearance before Magistrate...
DATE: Mar 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
