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A teenager responsible for “a tidal wave” of break-ins pleaded guilty to a string of offences yesterday. The crime spree netted Elisha Thomas more than $22,000 of jewellery, cash and electronic equipment. Thomas admitted charges in connection with si...

Just in case anyone out there is of the belief that we have lost our minds and legalised cannabis in Bermuda, get off whatever it is you have been smoking — or drinking. The decriminalisation of cannabis is about to come into law for the specific pur...

A team set up to provide immediate help to people affected by violent crime represented the best of Bermuda, the national security minister said today. Wayne Caines described the co-ordinated Crisis Response Team as a “testament to the spirit of lov...

A man sentenced to 12 years behind bars for possession of a firearm has lost an appeal against his conviction. Eston Joell, 48, argued that he had been ambushed by new evidence in the middle of the trial, and that the jury should not have heard about...

An American educator is to be extradited to Bermuda to face sexual assault charges — more than ten years after his alleged offence against a teenage student at a local school. The accused, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, has been ordered ...

Decriminalisation of cannabis must be followed up with further laws and programmes to change Bermuda’s drug culture, according to an anti-racism charity. Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda welcomed the passing of legislation by MPs last weekend, wh...

A 32-year-old motorcyclist who hit a police officer on a busy pedestrianised lane was yesterday fined $2,750 and banned from the roads for a year. Colvin Brown, from Hamilton Parish, told Magistrates’ Court that he had been punched in the face and wa...

A community activist’s dream of establishing Bermuda’s first grief camp to help children deal with loss has moved a step closer. Gina Spence hopes to launch a bereavement camp to support the scores of grieving youngsters who have lost family to gun c...

A Joint Select Committee to look into the need for a public sex offenders register has been established. Progressive Labour Party MP Renée Ming will chair the Parliamentary Committee whose membership will include PLP MPs Chris Famous and Michael Week...

A Bill to decriminalise small quantities of cannabis was passed in the House of Assembly last night. The Misuse of Drugs (Decriminalisation of Cannabis) Amendment Act, tabled by Zane DeSilva, the Minister of Social Development and Sport, was designed...

The mom of murdered teenager Isaiah Furbert described her endless battle with grief and despair yesterday after her only son died at her feet. Arretta Furbert said she “lost faith in people” on the night a gunman opened fire on her 19-year-old in the...

A terrified woman jumped 20ft off a cliff into the sea in darkness to escape from her estranged boyfriend because he was armed with a handgun. The woman snatched the pistol out of Gavaska Lodge Bascome’s sweater pocket before leaping into the ocean o...