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A customs officer found a series of packages hidden in an alleged drug smuggler’s suitcases, the Supreme Court heard. Zadun Robinson, 22, has denied charges that he smuggled more than $400,000 of drugs into the island on August 28, 2018. Prosecutors ...

A man was convicted by a unanimous verdict yesterday of a 2018 gun murder in St David’s

A magistrate launched legal action yesterday for wrongful arrest against the Attorney-General and a police officer. Khamisi Tokunbo filed a writ against the Commissioner of Police last year, but the Supreme Court heard yesterday that he wanted to ame...

Counsel for a man accused of the gun murder of a man as he left a Christmas party appealed to a jury yesterday to scrutinise the evidence and weigh the motivations of witnesses. Charles Richardson, who appeared for defendant Taaj Muhammad, said the e...

A struggling bakery business has been given one last chance to make full restitution of money it owes to former employees. Cake Shop Limited, which operates an outlet on Curving Avenue in Pembroke, is before the Supreme Court of Bermuda on a winding-...

A man who broke into a teenager’s bedroom and raped her is to be released from prison on Monday, the Ministry of Legal Affairs confirmed yesterday. TeWolde Mathin Selassie, 44, was sentenced to 25 years for the 2005 assault on a 15-year-old girl. Kat...

The Supreme Court has ordered creditor meetings to consider schemes of arrangements proposed by Markel CATCo Reinsurance Fund Ltd and CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities Fund Ltd, both provisional liquidators appointed for restructuring purposes. In a fi...

A friendly society has lost a legal battle to offer its members car insurance after a judge ruled their $20m compensation case had no chance in court. Puisne Judge Larry Mussenden said in a February 10 judgment the Bentley Friendly Society had adopte...

A particle that could have been produced by gunfire was found by investigators in the pocket of a sweatshirt linked to a man accused of murder. The Supreme Court heard from Tarah Helsel, an expert from Pennsylvania-based RJ Lee Group, that a “particl...

The Supreme Court will find out Wednesday afternoon just how sweet it is, the enhanced transaction terms offered by a unit of the Markel Group to buy out retrocessional reinsurance investment funds they are managing. The funds are already in run-off,...

Close to $2 million was racked up in legal fees at home and overseas by the City of Hamilton as part of two court battles. More than $1 million was spent on the City’s fight with the Government over its proposal to change both of the island’s municip...

A man who killed a grandfather was yesterday ordered by the Supreme Court to be detained at a psychiatric hospital in Britain. David Grant pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Henry Santucci in May 2020 on the grounds of diminished responsibility. A...