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A 36-year-old man who shut down the island’s courts with a hoax bomb threat escaped a jail sentence yesterday. Robert Somner, who spent about a month behind bars before trial, was sentenced to time already served. Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo told Somn...

A former teacher on the island appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with sexual assault on a teenager after he was extradited from the United States. The 47-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded not guilty to sexually a...

Tougher penalties and more sentencing options are needed to tackle traffic offences. Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe said legislation to give the bench more powers would help the courts to do their part in the battle against dangerous driving. “Magistr...

A 47-year-old man caught riding a motorbike while more than double the drink-driving limit was banned yesterday for 18 months. Calvin Trott, from Smith’s, was also fined $1,200 at Magistrates’ Court. Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo heard that Trott was st...

A police officer pleaded not guilty to a charge of unlawful wounding on Friday. Oswin Pereira, 39, from Smith’s, pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court to unlawfully wounding Talundae Grant in Southampton on May 13, 2017. Mr Pereira elected to ha...

A 29-year-old man admitted a profanity-laced tirade against a female traffic warden. Arya Outerbridge, of Hamilton Parish, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court on Friday to using offensive language and uttering threatening words in an incident on Fr...

A motorcyclist was banned from driving for three years and fined $3,100 after he led police on a dangerous high-speed chase. John Glasgow was flagged down by officers in Southampton on September 28 last year after he was caught travelling at 57km/h. ...

A 20-year-old man has denied stabbing a man in a robbery attempt. Lawrence Smith is alleged to have stabbed John Lynch-Wade on December 19 last year in the Lighthouse Road area of Southampton. Mr Smith is accused of wounding Mr Lynch-Wade with intent...

A Pembroke woman has denied trying to import more than $45,000 worth of cannabis and cannabis resin into the island. Sheneal Harris is accused of trying to smuggle the drugs into Bermuda on May 18 last year. She also faces a further two charges of po...

Two men charged in connection with a multimillion-dollar drugs supply network appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Jamal Robinson and Isiah Ejiikeme face a string of drugs charges related to a police seizure in Warwick on May 11 last year. Mr Ro...

A Canadian airline passenger was fined $1,000 yesterday after he admitted drunken and disruptive behaviour that forced his flight to divert to Bermuda. Magistrates’ Court heard Joseph Matrundola, 60, demanded alcohol, shouted and swore and had to be...

A generation of “lost boys” need to be saved, senior magistrate Juan Wolffe warned on Friday. Mr Wolffe said abuse of drugs and alcohol by young Bermudians had created a crisis. He added: “The vast majority of male teenagers who find themselves in Ma...