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Women’s rights advocates have condemned the police for failing to dismiss an officer who pleaded guilty to a crime against a woman colleague.
Sean Simons admitted to a charge of intruding on a woman’s privacy when he appeared in Magistrates’ Cour...
DATE: Dec 02, 2022
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A police officer will be sentenced in January after pleading guilty to a charge of intruding on the privacy of a female.
Sean Simons admitted the crime after prosecutors withdrew a second, more serious charge of sexual assault against his victim, a f...
DATE: Nov 30, 2022
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A man found guilty of driving without due care following a collision in which a motorcyclist was injured has had his conviction quashed on appeal.
Patrick Francis was driving west on Middle Road in Southampton in February 2019 when the accident happe...
DATE: Nov 18, 2022
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Scam artists are duping online customers into paying for purchases but then failing to deliver them, according to police.
The Bermuda Police Service have received several reports of victims making payments online for items advertised for sale on seve...
DATE: Nov 18, 2022
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Scores of stolen vehicles recovered by police will be destroyed unless claimed by their owners.
The Bermuda Police Service has published a list of six cars and 60 cycles currently in the police impound in Prospect.
A spokesman said: “Our priority is...
DATE: Nov 17, 2022
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Fifteen motorists have been arrested on suspicion of driving while impaired in the past four weeks, according to police
A crackdown on motorists has also revealed that drivers continue to get behind the wheel without insurance or a valid driver’s lic...
DATE: Nov 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was stabbed in the leg in a Hamilton park yesterday.
Eyewitnesses saw the 31-year-old victim walking through Queen Elizabeth Park before collapsing at about 5.15pm.
Police and emergency medical technicia...
DATE: Oct 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Bermuda Police Service will be carrying out firearms training for armed police officers this week.
The scenario-based training will be carried out in and around the Prospect, Devonshire BPS headquarters area, as well as Middle Road and Montpelier...
DATE: Oct 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A 38-year-old man has been jailed for three years after stabbing another man during a Christmas Eve bar brawl.
Jaha Mallory, from Southampton, was also ordered to serve two years’ probation once he has completed his prison sentence.
At a sentencing h...
DATE: Oct 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The island is facing a “crisis” in gang violence and “candid discussions” need to be held with stakeholders to resolve the problem, according to Michael Weeks, the Minister for National Security.
Mr Weeks added that the issue of violence “is the prov...
DATE: Oct 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan