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The issue of overtime and budget cuts has forced early Christmas visits for the Island’s prison population this year.
Some 263 inmates will spend Christmas behind bars, just eleven less than the total number incarcerated during the festive season la...
DATE: Dec 24, 2011
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Crime
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Two men have been arrested in connection with the shooting of a 38-year-old man in Southampton as police pledge to step up holiday patrols to clamp down on violence.
The man was shot on East Avenue during the early hours of the evening on Wednesday, ...
DATE: Dec 23, 2011
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Crime
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Government vowed to strike back against the Island’s gangs, in the wake of a shooting that left a 38-year-old Southampton man injured.
National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief also promised to investigate additional sentencing tariffs, similar to ...
DATE: Dec 23, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda should be able to roll out its own Operation CeaseFire by April or May and may even have a national summit on gangs in 2012, National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief has revealed.
He told The Royal Gazette he was convinced his Ministry and...
DATE: Dec 23, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The UK would have stepped in and provided the funds to tackle gun violence in Bermuda if 16 white men had been shot dead since May 2009, according to National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief.
Mr Perinchief made the remark during an interview with ...
DATE: Dec 23, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Persons responsible for gun-related violence will feel “the full weight of the criminal justice system”, National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief has warned.
The MP issued a statement this afternoon, after two recent incidents: a 38-year-
old man ...
DATE: Dec 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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A Devonshire teenager was arrested yesterday morning following a high-speed chase in Paget.
According to a Police Spokesman, at around 12.20am officers saw two men travelling at a high speed on Ord Road.
The spokesman said: “As a result, officers at...
DATE: Dec 21, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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A young man who suffered serious injuries to his back, shoulder and arms in a shooting on Saturday has been airlifted to the United States for specialist surgery.
The victim, who has not been named by police, was shot multiple times outside Gravity n...
DATE: Dec 21, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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A man was arrested on suspicion of impaired driving after his car hit a wall in Paget early on Saturday.
Police were called to the scene at the junction of South Road and Point Finger Road around 12.30am.
A spokesman said: “ It appears that a car was...
DATE: Dec 20, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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Police believe a firearm was brandished during a robbery at Henry’s Parlour in Southampton last night.
Business at the popular Henry VII bar and restaurant in the same building appeared unaffected by the incident, during which a quantity of cash was ...
DATE: Dec 20, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
