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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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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Devonshire man was fined $2,500 for bringing drugs into an increased penalty zone.
Shawn Smith, 34, admitted having 1.3 grams of cannabis in his pockets when searched by police.
Crown counsel Kirsty-Ann Kiellor told Magistrates’ Court that at 4.50p...
DATE: Jan 15, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Jamaican waiter charged with conspiring to import cocaine told Supreme Court that he had no knowledge of drug smuggling.
However, Crown counsel Carrington Mahoney described him as trying to look like a “super pimp drug pusher.”
Ricardo Stewart, 32,...
DATE: Jan 15, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Lawyer Charles Richardson has launched a constitutional challenge after being accused of libelling a policeman on Facebook.
The 39-year-old claims the charge he faces of criminal defamation breaches his constitutional right to freedom of expression.
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DATE: Jan 15, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A lawyer for a woman accused in Magistrates’ Court of stealing from a shop argued that his client’s behaviour was caused by bipolar disorder.
Molly McGirr, 34, an American who resides in St. George’s, was arrested at LF Wade International Airport on ...
DATE: Jan 15, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A second cruise ship employee admitted involvement in a cocaine-smuggling ring and pointed the finger at a man who’s on trial accused of being the ringleader.
According to Kelnile Bushay, 35, from St Vincent, Jamaican waiter Ricardo Stewart arranged ...
DATE: Jan 14, 2011
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