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Two longserving Meyer shipping company employees were jailed for 21 months between them yesterday for stealing almost $200,000 from the firm.
Stephen Paynter, 59, worked for the company for 35 years before being fired over the theft. Debra Pacheco, 5...
DATE: May 09, 2012
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Court
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A Southampton man who missed his impaired driving trial avoided being arrested on the resulting warrant by pleading guilty.
Marco Lovell, 33, was scheduled to appear in Magistrates’ Court for trial at 9.30am yesterday, but was not present in the cour...
DATE: May 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Internal wrangling at the Progressive Labour Party over Leroy Bean’s general election candidacy continued on Monday night with a lengthy and heated discussion at a meeting of the party’s Central Committee, The Royal Gazette has learned.
The meeting a...
DATE: May 09, 2012
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Politics
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Prisoners in Westgate get the same drugs sold on Bermuda’s streets, a court inquest heard — but former inmates were quiet on methods used to smuggle contraband into the facility.
One ex-inmate said he couldn’t let the “tricks” be revealed.
Witnesses...
DATE: May 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Jeff Baron, a 36-year-old former police officer, was announced yesterday as the One Bermuda Alliance’s general election candidate for Pembroke South East.
Mr Baron, whose family homestead is in the constituency, will be up against the ruling party’s ...
DATE: May 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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For the first time tomorrow, hundreds of residents in Hamilton and St George’s will go to the polls to elect their respective Corporations.
Graeme Outerbridge is challenging Mayor Charles Gosling for the top job in the City of Hamilton, while Alfonso...
DATE: May 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda Gold Exchange owner James Gilbert has joined a campaign raise money for the Island’s youth, citing his own troubled past as the inspiration to help others.
Throughout this month, the business is encouraging customers to donate part of their p...
DATE: May 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A firefighter who got a 12-year-old girl to perform a sex act on him when he was 20 years old was spared a jail sentence yesterday.
Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo said Joshua Crockwell “ought to have known that she was off limits. You were old enough to ...
DATE: May 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A former trainee firefighter today escaped a spell behind bars after sexually exploiting a 12-year-old girl when he was 20 years old.
Joshua Crockwell, who is also well known as a member of the Robin Hood football team, met the victim when she was pl...
DATE: May 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A contractor told a court alleged fraudster Kyril Burrows paid him thousands of dollars to carry out work at his home.
Steve Wilson, the first cousin of Mr Burrows’ co-accused wife Delcina Bean-Burrows, said he was hired two years ago to work at thei...
DATE: May 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith