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"Man charged with smuggling cocaine"

A Barbadian was yesterday charged with smuggling around $178,000 of cocaine to Bermuda. Dave Trotman, 39, appeared in Magistrates’ Court to face charges of importing a controlled substance, and possessing a controlled drug with intent to supply in an...
Dec 22, 2012
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"Judge says DPP can be sued for not publishing ‘caution’ policy"

The Centre for Justice is taking the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) to court over his refusal to detail a caution policy intended for minor offences. The DPP, Rory Field, announced in October 2010 the policy was in effect, but the Centre said t...
Dec 20, 2012
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"Fracas as prison vans leave Supreme Court"

Male prisoners charged with serious crimes managed to open the back of a prison van following a Supreme Court hearing this morning. Meanwhile another van was rocked and tipped from inside by female prisoners. One occupant could be heard banging and s...
Nov 01, 2012
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"New rules aim to streamline Supreme Court trial procedures"

Chief Justice Ian Kawaley has unveiled new rules for the Supreme Court, to help cases run more efficiently. Mr Justice Kawaley, who became Bermuda’s top judge in April, said the Criminal Procedure Rules will come into effect on January 1. He explaine...
Oct 31, 2012
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"Oates guilty of swindling fellow teacher"

A school guidance counsellor was yesterday convicted of using false statements to convince a teacher to invest her life savings into a real estate scheme. A Supreme Court jury found Cedric Oates guilty of making statements he knew to be false or misl...
Oct 27, 2012
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"‘He was dishonest to benefit from those investments himself’"

Lawyers make closing arguments in case against Cedric Oates By Owain Johnston-Barnes A man charged with defrauding a schoolteacher of her life savings acted as a manipulative predator according to prosecutors. However defence lawyer Charles Richardso...
Oct 26, 2012
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"Investigator describes ‘unusual’ documents in dishonesty trial"

A US fraud investigator on Friday detailed his investigation into real estate projects at the heart of a Bermuda guidance counsellor’s dishonesty trail. Cedric Oates, 41, has denied allegations that he used false or misleading statements to induce Di...
Oct 22, 2012
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"Teacher claims in court that business partners lied to her"

A woman who lost her life savings in a real estate scheme broke down in tears as she recalled how she was “lied” to by her business partners. Dianne Laird told Supreme Court she thought she could trust Cedric Oates a friend, coach and guidance counse...
Oct 17, 2012
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"Teacher is quizzed on how much she knew of risky property scheme"

A woman who cried foul after losing her life savings in a house “flipping” scheme sparred in the Supreme Court over her awareness of the risks she was taking. Lawyer Charles Richardson is defending Cedric Oates, 41, against a charge of making a state...
Oct 16, 2012
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"Every parent’s worst nightmare"

A childminder faces jail over the death of a toddler who died of accidental strangulation in his playpen after she left him home alone. Nasir Burgess, aged 18 months, was left close to an electrical cord dangling from an air conditioning unit. It got...
Oct 16, 2012
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