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A man who led police on a chase after he escaped from custody following a crash and a woman who helped him were fined yesterday in Magistrates’ Court.
Sanchez Smith, 32, from Southampton, was riding his motorcycle on Middle Road when he ran into the ...
DATE: Feb 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A man is feared to have died after an overdose of fentanyl-laced heroin, police revealed yesterday.
He was among several people who went to hospital because of the substance.
A police spokesman said six suspects were arrested over the weekend after r...
DATE: Feb 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Two fires were tackled by police early on Saturday, including one blaze outside a Warwick residence.
Police and the fire service were called to the scene of a motorcycle on fire at 4.25am on Curving Avenue in Pembroke.
They extinguished the fire and ...
DATE: Feb 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Research on the creation of a “culturally acceptable” police watchdog is to be handed to the Government this year, the national security minister has announced.
Renée Ming said a “Bermuda-centred” body to scrutinise the police, promised in 2020, woul...
DATE: Feb 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police have released an image of two suspects wanted in connection with a “brutal” attack on a 14-year-old boy yesterday morning.
The boy’s injuries were said by police to be serious, but not life-threatening, and that he was recovering in hospital.
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DATE: Feb 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An appeal for an end to violence was made by Hamilton Parish community leaders yesterday after a resident was killed on Wednesday.
Representatives from the Hamilton Parish Workman’s Club and the Bailey’s Bay Cricket Club gathered at Shelly Bay Field ...
DATE: Feb 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Police have launched a murder investigation in the wake of an off-duty prison officer dying after he tried to break up a fight between two men on Wednesday.
Daemon Bell, 49, from Hamilton Parish, stepped in to break up the scuffle near Shelly Bay Fie...
DATE: Feb 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermuda College has fallen victim to a suspected cyber attack, it was revealed yesterday.
But the Paget college said that initial indications suggested that students’ personal information has not been compromised.
A spokeswoman added: “Bermuda Colle...
DATE: Feb 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The island has a domestic violence related murder and “multiple” incidents that involve serious injuries every year, the Director of Public Prosecutions has revealed.
Cindy Clarke said that statistics showed that the annual toll from abuse was eviden...
DATE: Feb 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The deportation of a convicted sex offender on the Governor’s orders was welcomed by a charity leader.
Tina Laws, the executive director of the Women’s Resource Centre, said on Sunday she hoped that the decision, announced in court last week, would g...
DATE: Feb 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter