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Members of the public could start their own sex offenders register irrespective of what steps are taken by the Government, a forum has heard. Shari-Lynn Pringle, a social activist, said someone with good computer knowledge as well as the time and abi...

A forum to discuss the establishment of a sex offenders register is to be held tomorrow. The open mike night at the Astwood Arms pub on Hamilton’s Front Street will be hosted by Robyn Swan, a One Bermuda Alliance senator, and Dany Pen, a member of th...

Wayne Caines, Bermuda’s Minister of National Security, posted a video of himself at a cereal café in London last week, asking two female servers whether they had “any titty milk”. Apparently the irony of sexually harassing servers after attending a ...

A 36-year-old man charged in connection with an alleged sex assault in the West End this month was granted bail yesterday. The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was charged in Magistrates’ Court with sexual assault causing bodily harm and...

David Burt said that a video posted by Wayne Caines in which he asked a young woman server in a London restaurant for “titty milk” displayed a “lack of respect for women”. However, the Premier did not indicate whether the comment would cost Mr Caine...

Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, met yesterday with representatives of the National Crime Agency during his visit to Britain to promote Bermuda’s fintech business development. Mr Caines discussed investigation procedures for child sex...

Dear Sir, There are not many things on which I agree with Zane DeSilva, but I do think his consideration of treating paedophilia with chemical therapy is a sound one. I think calling it “castration” is very unfortunate and triggers an unnecessary emo...

A forensic psychiatrist said there was no clear evidence to show that public sex offender registries result in a reduction in the reoffending rate — and that they could even increase the risk of further crimes. Seb Henagulph, a consultant at the Mid...

Compulsory chemical castration is “the enemy of justice”, a Bermudian pastor who was sexually assaulted as a child said yesterday. The Reverend John-Anthony Burchall said that a call by Zane DeSilva for the use of drugs to kill the sexual urge in pae...

As a proud survivor of child abuse at the hands of my Barbadian aunt’s husband when I was just 8 years old, I read backbencher Zane DeSilva’s comments with dyspeptic irritability. Yet again he exercises the politician’s prerogative to appeal to the t...

The crisis of the Catholic Church is not a matter for Catholics only. Love it or hate it — or anywhere in between — this is one of the most important, influential institutions in world history, with boots on the ground in every corner of the world. I...

A brave survivor of child sex abuse said yesterday she had to face in court the man who violated her almost 50 years ago. The woman said: “I had to do that. I had to be in court.” She was speaking after Bernard Marshall, now 72, was jailed for four ...