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A mentally disabled sex offender was sentenced to three weeks at the Prison Farm yesterday to allow a psychiatric hospital to prepare to look after him. Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe also reminded the mother of Khayriek Woolridge, 27, who was present...

A mentally disabled sex offender will learn today if a suitable home has been found for him so he can comply with his probation order. Khayriek Woolridge, 27, was sent to Westgate prison on Monday after he was kicked out of the Mid-Atlantic Wellness ...

People with mental health issues who commit crimes need care not the courts, a leading lawyer has claimed. Elizabeth Christopher said she was frequently asked to represent mentally ill people who are pushed through the judicial system instead of bein...

Bermuda’s top magistrate called for better mental health treatment options for people with intellectual disabilities after he was forced to hold a mentally challenged man in Westgate because he was kicked out of a group home. Senior magistrate Juan W...

Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) today announces that a consultation has been launched on a draft Code of Practice (the Code) relating to the Mental Health Act 1968 and subsequent amendments. As allowed by the Act, the Minister of Health has delegated t...

A man who admitted two sex offences against a 13-year-old schoolgirl is be sentenced at Magistrates’ Court next week. Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe signalled that Khayriek Woolridge, 27, would probably be sentenced to time served after he spent five ...

Christopher Famous About one month ago, I received a notification on Facebook that Dexter Smith had tagged me in a post. My first instinct was that somehow he was going through delayed withdrawal symptoms and was yearning to talk about the “greatest ...

A wave of mental health problems in families will sink Bermuda if action is not taken, the freshly retired head of a major charity warned yesterday. Martha Dismont, who stepped down as executive director of Family Centre on Tuesday after 30 years, sa...

A judge renewed calls for better treatment for mentally ill offenders after he jailed a man for indecent exposure only three days after he was released from prison. Eric Richardson, 29, pleaded guilty to exposing himself to a woman in an incident on ...

Residents were urged to remember the importance of kindness as mental health awareness campaigns took place in other countries. The Bermuda Mental Health Foundation said that stress levels had increased for everyone because of the coronavirus crisis....

A man who challenged a blanket ban on bike riding during shelter in place has been allowed back on the road. Karl Outerbridge was cleared to practise the sport by Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, after he told The Royal Gazette that n...

Cycling kept Karl Outerbridge’s mental health challenges at bay; shelter-in-place took that coping mechanism away from him. Over the past three weeks, he has struggled with severe depression in the tiny home where he lives alone in North Hamilton, wi...