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The head of the police internal discipline unit has returned to Britain and a Bermudian officer has replaced her.
The announcement that Superintendent Gillian Murray – seconded from the British Transport Police – had left the island came more than fi...
DATE: May 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The head of the Bermuda Police Service’s internal discipline unit is returning to the UK, a police spokesman said today.
Superintendent Gillian Murray was seconded to Bermuda from the British Transport Police on a 12 month contract in October 2019. ...
DATE: May 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A man arrested after an arson attack at a charity is also being investigated in connection with a string of suspicious fires that has plagued the area, police said yesterday.
The arrest was helped by a network of cameras provided by security firms to...
DATE: May 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A convicted sex offender has launched a legal bid to avoid being deported back to his homeland of Jamaica.
Brittonie Taylor, released from Westgate last October after serving eight years for a serious sex assault, will ask the Supreme Court today to ...
DATE: Apr 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A drug trafficker jailed for 18 years has had an appeal for a lighter sentence rejected.
Omar Davy, 40, was found guilty of smuggling $765,700 worth of heroin on a flight from Toronto in 2018.
Last month he launched an appeal for a lesser senten...
DATE: Apr 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Police today warned the public faced heavy fines of up to $6,000 if they broke the latest Covid-19 rules.
A spokesman said that – although most people had stuck to the rules – police officers, soldiers and the Bermuda Coastguard had still detected br...
DATE: Apr 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A grief-stricken family who lost a loved one to violence was struck another blow when they were evicted from their home this week.
But the family – who suffered a massive loss of income because of the Covid-19 pandemic – were saved further stress aft...
DATE: Apr 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A neighbourhood rocked by a series of suspected arson attacks has staged a fight back – by rebuilding a playground destroyed in a fire.
The Pig’s Field play area, on Pembroke’s Bandroom Lane, was razed to the ground in a fire on Saturday, April 10.
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DATE: Apr 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Firefighters were called out to yet another blaze in Pembroke in the early hours of yesterday.
A crew of four firefighters from the Hamilton Fire Station responded to reports of a fire at King’s Court, on King Street, just after 5.30am.
A spokesman f...
DATE: Apr 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Police have again urged the public to follow guidelines and not mix households after several reported breaches over the weekend.
A police spokesman said that at 5.40pm on Friday officers responded to reports of several people gathering near Cedar Par...
DATE: Apr 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes