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Sandys man charged with double murder

A Sandys man appeared in Magistrates’ Court this morning charged with the premeditated murders of Haile Outerbridge and Ricco Furbert. Gariko Benjamin, 23, was also charged with two counts of using a firearm while committing an indictable offence, na...
Aug 28, 2015
Court

Witness accused of ‘embellishing’ his story

The defence for a woman on trial for the murder of 16-year-old Shijuan Mungal has accused a witness for the Crown of “embellishing” his story to protect his friend. Appearing in the Supreme Court, Ja-Ja DeSilva, 17, gave his account of the events of ...
Aug 26, 2015
Court

Waterfront claims partially struck out

Part of a legal action against the Bermuda Government over the Hamilton waterfront has been struck out by the Supreme Court. Waterfront developers Allied Development Partners Ltd (ADPL), headed by Michael MacLean, launched legal action against the Mi...
Aug 26, 2015
Politics

Government satisfied with waterfront ruling

The Bermuda Government has expressed satisfaction with a Supreme Court ruling that struck out several legal claims linked to the Hamilton Waterfront project. A spokeswoman noted that Chief Justice Ian Kawaley found the claims from developer Michael M...
Aug 26, 2015
Court

Assault trial ends with jury discharged

The Supreme Court trial of a man accused of attacking his stepfather ended yesterday with the jury being discharged. Garth Wayne Bell, 40, has denied a charge of intentionally causing grievous bodily harm to Herbie Spencer during an altercation at a ...
Aug 22, 2015
Court

Man ‘attacked stepfather with a weapon’

Neighbours of a man accused of seriously injuring his stepfather heard shouting on the evening of the alleged assault, a court heard yesterday. Garth Wayne Bell, 40, has pleaded not guilty to intentionally causing Herbie Spencer grievous bodily har...
Aug 20, 2015
Court

Driver told teen to get help, court hears

The trial of a woman accused of killing a teenager with a baseball bat continued yesterday, with the court hearing how a bus driver urged the victim to go to the hospital. Kiahna Trott-Edwards, 32, has been charged with murder over the death of 16-ye...
Aug 20, 2015
Court

Bat-wielding taxi driver sent to jail

A taxi driver has been jailed for deliberately crashing into his ex-girlfriend’s car and threatening her while wielding a baseball bat. Dean Byron ploughed into Penelope Henry’s car in the early hours of August 24, 2014, in Paget, causing extensive d...
Aug 20, 2015
Court

Murder trial halted as witness breaks down

The trial of a woman accused of murdering a schoolboy came to an abrupt halt yesterday when a teenage witness broke down in tears. The 16-year-old boy was due to give evidence for the prosecution in the case of Kiahna Trott-Edwards, who is accused of...
Aug 19, 2015
Court

Murder trial hears of baseball bat attack

A woman fatally injured a 16-year-old boy when she hit him around the head with a baseball bat, a court has heard. Kiahna Trott-Edwards is alleged to have attacked Shijuan Mungal on September 8, last year, in the communal area of an apartment complex...
Aug 18, 2015
Other

Jamaican prisoner in landmark court victory

A Jamaican prisoner who claimed his constitutional rights were infringed because he was not allowed to apply for parole after serving a third of his sentence has won a landmark victory in the Supreme Court. Leighton Griffiths was convicted in 2007 of...
Aug 17, 2015
Court

Man stashed cannabis worth $230,000 in home

A water trucker was sentenced to 3½ years behind bars yesterday for stashing more than $200,000 of cannabis in his home. Clienty Butterfield, a 36-year-old father of six, pleaded guilty earlier this year to two charges of possessing cannabis with int...
Aug 15, 2015
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