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A woman jailed for importing cannabis has had sentence reduced by eight months — but the court refused a request to increase the sentence of a second woman for drugs offences. Valisa Holder appealed against a 2½-year sentence imposed in Magistrates’ ...

Just weeks before he was battered to death by his partner, Edmund John Flood told a friend: “I might not be alive much longer.” The chilling comment in September last year came only a day before Keivon Scott viciously attacked Mr Flood and put him in...

A fourth man has been jailed for his role in the double murder of Ricco Furbert and Haile Outerbridge. Gariko Benjamin was jailed for life at Supreme Court yesterday and told he would serve a minimum of 25 years behind bars before he can be considere...

Two young men who were part of an armed raid where a homeowner was held up at gunpoint have been jailed. Wakeem Philpott, Detre Ford and a third man targeted the Barrack Close residence in St George’s on July 1, last year. Ford stood guard outside th...

A woman was charged yesterday in connection with a fatal road crash. Margaret DeSilva, 55, was charged in Magistrates’ Court with causing the death of Jokeem Richardson, 23, by driving without due care and attention. The incident happened on Blue Hol...

Former Hamilton alderman Carlton Simmons denied a charge of attempted murder in Supreme Court yesterday. The 40-year-old was accused of the attempted murder of Jahkeil Samuels on August 12, in Ambiance Lounge, owned by Mr Simmons, on Angle Street, Ha...

A 22-year-old Jamaican was today charged with conspiring with others to import a kilogram of cocaine into Bermuda. Dwayne George Watson was also accused in Magistrates’ Court of possessing the drugs worth $240,350 with intent to supply in St George’s...

The former government’s civil lawsuit against the Port Royal trustees for breaching fiduciary duties has been taken off the Supreme Court list while it is reviewed by the Attorney-General. Kathy Lynn Simmons called a press conference last month to ex...

Is law and its adjudication applicable only because they have been written and only then to be observed and followed? Or is law improvisational and can be determined in the moment whose true efficacy is eternally meant as to be discovered through rea...

A 19-year-old footballer was yesterday cleared by a jury of the knife murder of Raymond Butterfield — but unanimously found guilty of manslaughter. Larry Mussenden, the Director of Public Prosecutions, said after the verdict was announced that the ju...

A female witness to the murder of Raymond Butterfield has admitted walking arm-in-arm with his alleged killer minutes before the attack. Mr Butterfield, 28, clashed with another man in the middle lane of East Broadway at about 11.10pm on March 5 in C...

A footballer suffered fatal stab wounds after a fight erupted over a refused drink, the Supreme Court heard yesterday. A female witness gave evidence that Raymond Butterfield got into a fight with Mikiel Thomas, 19, outside the Blue Waters Anglers Cl...