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Gunshot residue particles were found on both handle grips of a motorbike that prosecutors say was used by a gunman to flee from a murder scene, a court has heard. Shantoine Prinston Burrows is accused of shooting Rickai Swan dead outside the Southamp...

A witness who claims an accused killer confessed fatally shooting Rickai Swan denied that his story was “riddled with lies” during cross-examination. While the witness had claimed that Shantoine Prinston Burrows admitted shooting Mr Swan around a mon...

A grieving mother whose son was shot dead fought back tears last night as she made an impassioned plea for women who had lost children to gun and gang crime to stand together. Nicole Furbert-Fox’s call came during a community engagement meeting hoste...

A man charged with the murder of Rickai Swan admitted the killing to a group of friends, a witness told the jury yesterday. The witness — who cannot be named in further reporting after a ruling from Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons today — testified...

Tips for heading off violent crime are to be shared tonight amid police concern at younger recruits continuing to join gangs. Sharing the latest crime statistics, Police Commissioner Michael DeSilva said that while more than a dozen cases were ready ...

A Sandys man whose DNA was found on a loaded semi-automatic pistol walked free from court yesterday after being cleared of handling a weapon. Despite conceding that Gariko Benjamin “must have” handled the firearm, Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves order...

A motorbike that prosecutors say was used by a gunman after he murdered a man at Southampton Rangers Sports Club was seen on CCTV in the White Hill area and Barnes Corner earlier in the day, a court has heard. Jurors were shown footage of the white m...

A 28-year-old man appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday accused of murdering Lorenzo Stovell in Sandys. Travone Saltus, of no known address, is alleged to have shot Mr Stovell on September 23, 2012, by a lay-by opposite Woody’s bar on Boaz Island....

The communities and individuals affected by gang and gun crime in Bermuda can play a vital role in helping to tackle the problem, according to senator Jeff Baron. The Minister for National Security told The Royal Gazette that enforcement agencies ha...

A lone gunman opened fire on his victim after the man had tripped and fell while trying to escape, a court has heard. Shantoine Prinston Burrows is accused of murdering Rickai Swan outside Southampton Rangers Sports Club on the evening of October 23...

Police have confirmed that a 23-year-old man suffered an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound yesterday afternoon in the area of Fentons Drive, Pembroke. The Pembroke man reported to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital with a gunshot wound to his hand...

There is a theory doing the rounds that it will take “the wrong person” to be shot and killed before this island readily can get to grips with the gun violence that has now claimed 30 lives since May 2009. What qualifies as the wrong person if neithe...