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“No legal mechanism” exists to keep convicted sex offender Jonathan Cumberbatch in jail past his scheduled release date of February 21, according to Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security. Mr Caines spoke yesterday after Cumberbatch’s releas...

A jury heard how a man struggled with his would-be shooter in the middle of the street after being targeted in a daylight attack. Another man ran into the fray, but prosecutor Carrington Mahoney alleged he was attempting to help the shooter. The gunm...

The mother of the victims of a high-risk sex offender was in shock last night after his release was made public without her family being informed. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, learnt of the impending release of Jonathan Jon Cumbe...

A man accused of smuggling the controlled drug fentanyl to Bermuda was found not guilty last night. Craig Lawrence was also cleared by a Supreme Court jury of possessing the synthetic opiate with intent to supply. The Canadian national from Markham,...

An admitted heroin user pleaded guilty yesterday to theft to support his drug habit. Kevin Robinson, 58, from Hamilton Parish, pleaded guilty to stealing from Sports R Us on February 10. Magistrates’ Court heard that Robinson was seen concealing a ...

A man accused of a plot to import fentanyl was cleared of charges yesterday. A jury found Maurice Martin not guilty of conspiring to import a controlled drug on the instructions of Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons. She told the jury: “As a result of...

A 54-year-old man clocked driving nearly three times the speed limit has been ordered off the roads for 18 months after pleading guilty to impaired driving. Peter Araujo, from Smith’s, was pulled over by police officers on North Shore Road near Terc...

A motorcyclist who crashed into a car while more than 2½ times the legal alcohol limit was fined and banned from the roads. Daniel Farrar, from Southampton, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to driving while over the alcohol limit in Warwick on No...

The introduction of roadside breath tests could face legal and constitutional hurdles. Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe said the use of a breathalyser programme would need to be regulated. He said: “If there is going to be roadside testing, there have g...

Police are hunting a man with a “bladed article” who robbed a supermarket. A spokesman said the man entered Maximart in Sandys on Tuesday night and demanded money. When he was unable to get any cash, he escaped with tobacco and cigarette papers. No o...

Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe has warned that the endless stream of roads offences is clogging up the court system. Mr Wolffe said that the courts deal with at least 650 traffic offences every month. He added: “That’s not a small number. In some cas...

A convicted drugs mule who smuggled fentanyl into Bermuda broke down in tears yesterday as she recounted how doctors told her she could have died after the rupture of one of the drug pellets she had swallowed. Canadian Jacqueline Robinson said that h...