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Not one person has been convicted under a law passed three years ago to protect Bermuda's seniors from abuse, The Royal Gazette can reveal. And the only case to make it to court under the Senior Abuse Register Act 2008 was thrown out by a magistrate ...
DATE: Apr 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Two young women have been arrested in connection with the gang-related fatal shooting of 26-year-old Jahmiko LeShore.
Detective Chief Inspector Nicholas Pedro said yesterday the females, aged 21 and 22, were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to com...
DATE: Mar 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Ten days ago Mangrove Bay was the scene of a shocking gun murder in broad daylight.
But last night the mayhem was replaced with sorrow, remembrance and hope as Colford Ferguson’s family, friends and neighbours gathered to honour him.
An emotional can...
DATE: Feb 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda’s first murder of 2011 had “elements of a gang shooting” though victim Colford Ferguson is not believed to have been in a gang.
Detective Chief Inspector Nick Pedro told a press conference yesterday his investigating team was following variou...
DATE: Feb 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Almost three million dollars has been paid out to victims of crime since 2002 by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (CICB).
The money was given as a result of 283 successful claims, according to information released by Government for the first ...
DATE: Feb 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Police seized a record $29.5 million worth of narcotics last year and saw drug-related offences increase by more than 90 percent.
The number of confirmed firearms incidents rose by almost 90 percent and there were more murders, serious assaults, sexu...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Each day, when Maxzine Puckerin walks out of her front door in Footbridge Lane, Pembroke, a wall of graffiti confronts her.
The words spray painted by local youths opposite her home commemorate her murdered son Perry Puckerin Jr, along with two of hi...
DATE: Jan 03, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Kerry Puckerin-Tear has a memory box in her bedroom containing three yellow paper hearts covered in her neat handwriting.
On each heart, the nine-year-old has carefully listed all the things she must do to help her deal with the murder of her father ...
DATE: Jan 03, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Draconian drugs laws are exacerbating rather than improving Bermuda's escalating gang warfare, according to former PLP MP Delaey Robinson.
He told the joint parliamentary select committee on violent crime and gun violence last week that Bermuda's lea...
DATE: Dec 13, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Former Police Commissioner Jonathan Smith called yesterday for better results from those working to prevent Bermuda’s at risk children falling into gang crime.
He told the joint select committee on violent crime and gun violence that “legislatively b...
DATE: Dec 10, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
