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As an officer in the Bermuda Police Service, Steve Taylor led the May 24 half-marathon on several occasions on a motorcycle. This year, the 66-year-old former sergeant set his heart on taking part and power walked the 13.1 miles of the 2016 Appleby ...

An initiative to tackle online child sexual abuse imagery has been welcomed by charity Saving Children and Revealing Secrets. Bermuda teaming up with the International Watch Foundation is a “huge” step in the fight against child sexual abuse, chairma...

Bermuda, along with a host of other Overseas Territories, is today launching an initiative aimed at tackling child sexual abuse. Twelve territories are expected to roll out dedicated International Watch Foundation Reporting Portals, intended to allow...

People at mass gatherings this summer are urged not to let themselves be “taken advantage of” by potential sexual offenders. Nurses from the Sexual Assault Response Team are reminding people to be responsible if they are drinking and to be aware of t...

People are being urged to reconsider how they view those who have experienced sexual assaults amid concerns victims are often blamed for the crimes against themselves. Survivors are also being urged to speak about their experiences this month to help...

A 21-year-old Pembroke man has denied the luring and sexual assault of a child. Communication “for the purpose of committing exploitation” allegedly took place between the defendant and the accuser, neither of whom can be named for legal reasons, bet...

A 38-year-old Devonshire man has admitted sexually assaulting a woman. Kevin Rubaine pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court this morning to committing the offence, which he had denied at a previous appearance, in Devonshire in December last year. Pros...

A Sandys teenager has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a fellow student. Magistrates’ Court heard this morning that the incident allegedly took place in Sandys on Thursday. Neither the defendant nor the victim can be named for legal reasons...

Principals, deputy principals and administrative staff from government schools have taken part in child sex abuse prevention and awareness training. The Department of Education sent 36 members to attend the programme facilitated by Saving Children an...

Sex offenders are increasingly using social media to initiate contact and then groom their child victims, according to senior magistrate Juan Wolffe. Mr Wolffe says he has noticed a “worrying rise” in the number of Supreme and Magistrate cases involv...

A man convicted of unlawful carnal knowledge of a 14-year-old has lost an appeal in which he claimed he should have been charged with sexual assault. Aaron O’Connor, who was 20 at the time of the offence, argued before the Court of Appeal that had he...

The Sexual Assault Response Team is dealing with an increasing number of cases — and most of the victims are adolescents. Nineteen incidents were reported to them last year, compared with 13 in 2013 and 16 in 2012. Five victims were under the age of ...