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A Devonshire man who gave a false name to police was fined today for attempting to pervert the course of justice. Kyree Burch, 26, was also fined and banned from the roads for 18 months for driving while impaired on Saturday. The court heard that pol...

There will be no roadside breath test checkpoints over the Cup Match holiday, it was revealed yesterday. However, the Bermuda Police Service and the Ministry of National Security still pledged a “special” emphasis on tackling drink-driving over the f...

Police will conduct roadside sobriety checkpoints to crackdown on drink driving during Cup Match weekend. And a number of Bermuda’s bar and restaurant are backing the bid. Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, announced the measure in the...

The Royal Gazette took to the streets yesterday to gauge public opinion on the introduction of roadside breath tests. Members of the public were asked if they had experience of drink driving and what they thought of the Government’s plan for police ...

A new law to introduce roadside breath tests at mobile checkpoints was said to be a victory for road safety yesterday. Lauren Wilson, the mother of Wolde Bartley, who was left bed-ridden after he was injured in a 2004 drink-related crash while travel...

A taxi driver who got behind the wheel after drinking to celebrate good news about his disabled son was yesterday banned from the roads for 18 months and fined. Cornell Bailey, 57, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to driving while more than twic...

A Pembroke man who drove while more than three times the alcohol limit was today fined and banned from the roads. Lionel Roberts, 41, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to driving while over the legal limit in Pembroke in the early hours of Saturd...

Legislators last night approved the introduction of police checkpoints to screen motorists for sobriety, in a bid to curtail drink-driving. Transport minister Walter Roban told the House of Assembly that while the Bill was “not the cure-all — but it...

Members of the House of Assembly told powerful stories about the impact that impaired driving has had on their lives and the wider community. Lawrence Scott, the Government Whip, recalled: “I’ve been there in the hospital, on the ICU ward when a frie...

Dear Sir, As a UK magistrate and a regular visitor, spending four to six weeks a year on this jewel of an island, I read with interest Paul Johnston’s article on the Government’s consideration to reduce the drink-drive alcohol limit from 80mgs to 50m...

A Warwick man was banned from driving for a year yesterday after he refused to take a breath test. Magistrates’ Court heard Damon Robinson, 40, was arrested in the early hours of yesterday. Police clocked Robinson on Crow Lane near Hamilton travellin...

A 30-year-old woman has been fined and banned from the roads for driving while more than two-and-a-half times the legal alcohol limit. Jebrie Hill pleaded guilty to the offence, which happened in Paget on November 30 last year, at a Magistrates’ Cou...