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A 53-year-old man was charged yesterday with the rape of a woman 30 years ago. The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is alleged to have committed the offence between September 1, 1988, and October 1, 1988. The defendant was not required t...

A parliamentary report on the management of sex offenders has been hailed as a huge victory by sexual abuse prevention charity Saving Children and Revealing Secrets. Debi Ray-Rivers, the founder and executive director of Scars, and Jon Brunson, the c...

A homeless man whose attempt to rape a woman was foiled by passers-by was sentenced to more than three years in prison yesterday. Junius Caines, who has psychiatric problems, will also be under a supervision order for five years after his release. Pu...

Convicted sex offenders should undergo mandatory treatment or spend more time behind bars, MPs heard yesterday. The recommendation was included in a report by a Joint Select Committee on the need for a public sex offenders register and related matter...

A public register of sex offenders will take a step closer today after a special report is tabled in the House of Assembly. The report, the result of work by a Joint Select Committee of the House, was asked to look at current legislation relating to ...

A civil servant accused of a series of sexual offences against a child appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday. The 43-year-old Sandys man was charged with seven offences. Prosecutors alleged that on March 27, the defendant showed a boy, who was und...

A 43-year-old man has been arrested over an allegation of the sexual assault of a minor. A police spokesman confirmed the arrest and said there is an active investigation under way. The spokesman said: “The Bermuda Police Service wishes to reassure e...

A 72-year-old man yesterday admitted sexually assaulting a young girl more than 40 years ago. Bernard Marshall, of Smith’s, pleaded guilty to unlawfully and indecently assaulting a girl under the age of 14 in Magistrates’ Court. The incident took pl...

A woman staff member of Big Four professional services firm Deloitte was sexually assaulted by a partner from its New York office in a Bermuda hotel room, it has been alleged in an Australian financial newspaper. The Bermuda Police Service launched a...

A women’s charity raised concerns yesterday after it was announced a dangerous sexual predator is to be housed at the Co-Educational facility. Part of the St George’s jail for women and younger offenders has been redesignated as a hospital to block t...

A man convicted of two sex offences against a schoolgirl has had his conviction overturned by the Supreme Court. Chief Justice Ian Kawaley ruled the magistrate failed to explain why he did not doubt the victim’s story after he found one of three alle...

Part of the Co-Educational Facility has been redesignated as a hospital to block the release of a dangerous child sex offender. Merrick Seaman is to be held at the St George’s jail, which holds women prisoners and men aged 20 and younger, under the ...