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Bermuda’s top magistrate has hit back at claims that the court system is riddled with inefficiencies and incompetence. Juan Wolffe, the senior magistrate, defended the lower court after top lawyer Jerome Lynch QC claimed lat week that defendants on t...

A pair of defendants were sent to Supreme Court after they were accused of a conspiracy to smuggle $173,000 worth of drugs into Bermuda. Tyrone Burchall, 48, and Angela Simmons, 55, were charged in Magistrates’ Court last Wednesday with two counts of...

A 74-year-old driver accused of injuring a cycling magistrate has given evidence in his Magistrates’ Court trial. Brian Alkon, a real estate agent from St George’s, is charged with causing grievous bodily harm to Craig Attridge by driving a vehicle w...

A man who yesterday admitted being more than double the legal alcohol limit when he was involved in a crash was ordered to take part in a DUI programme. Basil Gibbons, 57, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to drink driving. The court heard that po...

A motorcyclist who admitted being more than two and a half times the legal alcohol limit when he was in collision with a car was sent to DUI Court. Shawn Showers, 49, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday to drink driving. The court hear...

Defendants are being denied a fair trial in Magistrates’ Court because of inefficiencies that cause hearings to drag on for years, it has been claimed. Top attorney Jerome Lynch QC made the accusation during a Court of Appeal hearing yesterday into t...

A man who racked up more than $9,000 in unpaid traffic fines over five years will be considered for community service. Andrew Phillips, 57, who appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday, was also charged with driving an unlicensed car, driving without...

A man was referred to the Driving Under the Influence Court yesterday after he admitted refusal a breath test for the third time in a decade. Al-Rashid Ebbin, 38, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to refusal to take a breath test and riding withou...

A suspended police officer today denied posting a “grossly offensive” message on social media. Barbi Bishop, 43, pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court to posting a meme on Facebook and Instagram that read “All Lives Splatter. Nobody cares about y...

Three men have denied an assault on another man. Josonne Smith, 52, Joseph Smith, 72, and Jay-Lon Roberts, 30, pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court to an assault on Donavan Allan and causing him bodily harm. The incident is alleged to have happen...

A 29-year-old man accused of child pornography offences in the United States today consented to be extradited from Bermuda – provided the Governor approves it. The man appeared in Magistrates’ Court where it was heard he faced one count each of poss...

A man will be sentenced next month after he admitted the theft of a bicycle from a restaurant storage room. Jason Liburd, 50, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to trespassing on to Port-O-Call in Hamilton and the theft of a $300 bicycle. The court...