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Prisoner numbers have been slashed by more than 50 per cent over the last 11 years, The Royal Gazette can reveal. Senior Magistrate Juan Wolffe said that locking up offenders was the “last option” and that community-based sentences meant debts to soc...

More than 30 services and programmes are offered to help people in the island’s prison system, a Government spokeswoman said. She added that a refusal to take part in some core courses could affect release dates and parole chances. The Department of ...

A Bermudian man in the UK has been jailed 30 months for drug offences. Trundae Darrell, 30, admitted possession of crack cocaine and heroin with intent to supply, at an appearance last week in Stafford Crown Court, according to the Birmingham Mai...

Crime stories have been vying with Covid-19 headlines for attention in recent days, and that is bad news for Bermuda. Two different shootings that left four people wounded on Court Street over the past eight days have been the most shocking incident...

A fight broke out between two men – one wielding a machete and another armed with a helmet – near Lindo’s supermarket in Devonshire yesterday afternoon. Police responded to the incident shortly after 5pm and both men were arrested on the scene. Bot...

The daylight shooting on Court Street that resulted in two men being wounded bore all the hallmarks of a gang crime, the acting police commissioner said last night. Darrin Simons said police were unsure whether yesterday’s shooting was linked to a s...

A man and two women were injured in a stabbing at John Smith’s Bay in the early hours of yesterday morning. All three were taken via a private vehicle to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital to be treated for their injuries, not believed to be life-th...

Criminals exploited the cover of Covid-19 to use the “dark web” to commit fraud against local businesses, a top detective with the Bermuda Police Service has revealed. Detective Superintendent Nicholas Pedro said fraud-related numbers during the lock...

Police are investigating fake social media accounts claiming to belong to the Governor, Rena Lalgie. A spokeswoman for Government House said: “Government House is aware of false social media accounts, specifically Facebook and Instagram, purporting t...

A man who punched an elderly person leaving him unconscious and needing overseas treatment yesterday admitted a charge of wounding a senior with intent to disable him. The Supreme Court heard Alvin Leverock, 41, who has spent the last 18 months in cu...

Two policemen accused of “causing disaffection” among their colleagues have been told they will not be charged with a criminal offence. Officers raided the homes of Sergeant Mark Monk and Pc Robert Butterfield last December, seizing electronic equipm...

An investigation has been launched at the Westgate Correctional Facility after the sudden death of an inmate. A spokeswoman for the Ministry of National Security confirmed the death early yesterday afternoon. The spokeswoman said: “The incident is cu...