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A Westgate prisoner had 18 months added to his sentence yesterday after he admitted he punched a prison officer in the mouth. Gavaska Bascome, 24, pleaded guilty to an assault on officer David Laws. The court heard that Bascome was confined to his ce...

A man who crashed his motorcycle was almost three times the legal alcohol limit, Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday. Kevin Lightbourne, 59, pleaded guilty to drink driving. The court heard that police and an ambulance attended a single-vehicle collis...

A low-ranking officer who admitted corruption has quit the Bermuda Police Service, the Commissioner of Police revealed yesterday. Stephen Corbishley said that he had accepted the resignation of constable Kyle Wheatley. Wheatley, 34, pleaded guilty t...

A motorcyclist caught at a roadside breath test checkpoint pleaded guilty to drink-driving. Magistrates’ Court heard on Monday that David Lewis, 36, was stopped on Friday near the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute on East Broadway near Hamilto...

A woman motorcyclist involved in a traffic collision in Devonshire was twice the legal alcohol limit, Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday. Courtney Kromer, 25, pleaded guilty to a charge of drink driving. The court heard that police officers attended ...

A British woman caught with more than a kilogram of cannabis resin at the airport admitted possession of more than $139,000 of cannabis resin with intent to supply yesterday. Kirsty Hewitt, 30, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to both charges. Th...

A man denied a string of bike-related crimes yesterday. Wayne Simmons Jr, 30, pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court to possession of a tool for theft and causing damage to a motorcycle on June 6 in Pembroke. He also denied stealing a motorcycle on...

The assistant director of the Department of Child and Family Services appeared in Magistrates’ Court today charged with assault and mistreatment of a child. Kennette Robinson, 51, pleaded not guilty to the alleged offences, said in court to have happ...

A man who robbed a woman to help feed his drug habit and punched her 13-year-old son has expressed remorse for his actions in Magistrates’ Court. Ernest Smith, 42, added that hearing the facts of the case gave him the push he needed to seek help. Smi...

The island’s psychiatric hospital refused to admit a vulnerable homeless man with mental health problems, Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday. Eric Richardson’s lawyer told the court it was a disgrace that the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute had refus...

A man yesterday admitted nine drug-related charges at Magistrates’ Court. Pepe Outerbridge, 44, pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of money from criminal conduct and two counts of possession of cocaine with intent to supply. He also pleaded g...

A woman was shown leniency by a senior magistrate yesterday after he cancelled more than $2,000 in fines. Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe let Danyell Webbe, 40, off the hook for $2,200 in traffic fines after he was told of “private matters” that were n...