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Accused man said he had people shot, witness claims

A former friend of alleged murderer Wolda Gardner told the Supreme Court the defendant admitted ordering the shooting that killed George Lynch. Michael Flood told the court that during an altercation in a truck in 2011, Mr Gardner threatened to make ...
May 22, 2014
Court

Jury finds Washington guilty of murder

Julian Washington has been found guilty by a jury of the premeditated murder of father-of-one Stefan Burgess following a Supreme Court trial. Washington, 24, was also found guilty of attempting to murder a second man, using a firearm to commit an ind...
May 07, 2014
Crime

Aunt ‘can no longer stay’ at gun murder home

The aunt of slain construction worker Erin Richardson says she can’t sleep another night in her Southampton home, where her beloved godson met his untimely death. Mr Richardson was shot at around 10.45pm on Wednesday outside the family home at Rivier...
Apr 26, 2014
Court

Cash and drugs found at scene of shooting

Police called to a murder scene in which two people were shot unearthed drugs and wads of cash, as well as a number of bullets and shell casings at the property. During the fourth day of the trial of Julian Washington yesterday, the jury heard eviden...
Apr 25, 2014
Crime

Grieving family shocked by death

Erin Lee Richardson had started working in construction since his recent release from prison before he died in a hail of bullets on his family property. Mr Richardson, who was tried in January in connection with a home invasion, and was known to pol...
Apr 25, 2014
Court

Partygoers fled as bullets flew, court hears

Panicked partygoers were forced to flee into the bathroom of a studio apartment after a gunmen burst into the dwelling firing shots into the crowd. Father-of-one Stefan Burgess, 24, was killed in the melee, while a second guest, Davano Bremer, was sh...
Apr 24, 2014
Court

Ex-gangster wanted to turn his life around

Murder victim Stefan Burgess was an “amazing” father who wanted to turn his life around following the birth of his daughter, a Supreme Court jury has been told. Mr Burgess, 24, from Frog Lane, Devonshire, was gunned down while attending a birthday pa...
Apr 23, 2014
Crime

MPs approve giving judges more power in sentencing murderers

The House of Assembly has passed legislation to give judges greater flexibility to sentence murderers. The Criminal Code Amendment Act 2014, if approved by the Senate and Government House, would end the 25-year cap on minimum sentences for convicted ...
Mar 22, 2014
Court

Killer Cox sentenced to 25 years

Convicted killer David Cox has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 25 years — the maximum penalty allowed under Bermuda law for premeditated murder. Cox, 33, to life in prison for gunning down Troy (Yankee) Rawlins,...
Jan 17, 2014
Court

Murderer Myers has sentence slashed

A convicted killer has had his minimum sentenced more than halved as a result of a recent Privy Council ruling. Antonio Myers, 28, had been sentenced to spend at least 38 years behind bars for the murder of Kumi Harford, however that sentence has now...
Jan 17, 2014
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