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A Bermudian man fined after he unleashed a torrent of abuse at aircrew and a family on a flight to the island has had his conviction overturned. Peter Sanderson, counsel for Helder Viera, argued that his client could not be convicted in Bermuda as th...

A man accused of causing a fatal boat crash told the Supreme Court yesterday he at first thought he had hit a buoy. Andrew Lake, 27, said he heard screams after the impact and realised he had been involved in a collision with another boat. Mr Lake to...

A man accused of causing the death of a woman in a Hamilton Harbour boat crash told police he “just didn’t see” the vessel, a court heard yesterday. Jurors were played a video recording of a police interview with Andrew Lake, who was questioned the d...

A man charged with causing the death of a woman in a Hamilton Harbour boat crash told police he “might have been going too fast”, a jury heard yesterday. PC Milton Hill told the court that minutes after the crash last June, Andrew Lake approached him...

A yachtsman involved in a fatal crash said he was lucky not to have lost a leg after a motorboat smashed into his inflatable. Charlie Watson said his boat did not have lights, but that the collision would not have been as serious if the other boat ha...

A man knocked unconscious in a crash between two boats told of his horror when he woke up and found his wife was missing. Arthur McKee fought back tears yesterday as he relived the aftermath of the collision that led to his wife’s death. He told the ...

A complaint by a government lawyer against other members of the profession was thrown out of court, one of the barristers involved has said. Senior Crown counsel Norman MacDonald claimed in a judicial review application that the Bermuda Bar Associati...

A man jailed for the fatal shooting of two men has lost an appeal against his conviction. Lawyers for Romano Mills argued the jury should not have heard evidence from Christoph Duerr, his co-accused who was convicted of being an accessory to the shoo...

A 28-year-old man has denied allegations that he sent death threats to the Premier. Jared Gordon, of no fixed abode, pleaded not guilty in Supreme Court to sending David Burt a series of messages between October 2 last year and March 28 to demand unw...

The Crown vowed to launch an appeal yesterday after the case against an American life coach accused of stealing $56,000 from an elderly Bermudian client was thrown out on technical grounds. Melissa Burton walked free from court after Puisne Judge Cha...

Judicial independence is a vital safeguard of the Constitution, the island’s new Chief Justice said yesterday. Narinder Hargun added that the requirement of the judiciary to be independent was not a legal technicality. Mr Justice Hargun said: “The j...

A jury will decide the fate of an American life coach accused of stealing $56,000 from an elderly Bermudian client today. Prosecutors told the Supreme Court Melissa Burton, 53, was a gold-digger who transferred thousands out of Katherine Trimingham’s...