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A bar owner charged with attempted murder told a court yesterday he feared alleged gang leader Jahkeil Samuels was armed with a gun when he stabbed him. Carlton Simmons, owner of the Ambiance Lounge in Hamilton, told the Supreme Court: “I was afraid....

A man who admitted he spray-painted obscenities on a Dunkley’s Dairy truck on the day of last year’s General Election has been referred to the Mental Health Court. Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo also ordered a social inquiry report on 25-year-old Khayrie...

A Supreme Court jury saw graphic CCTV footage yesterday of an attack in a Hamilton nightclub. A silent courtroom watched a series of short clips taken from the Ambiance Lounge on August 12 last year that appeared to show Carlton Simmons stab Jahkeil...

A trail of blood across a Hamilton nightclub was described in court yesterday as the trial of Carlton Simmons, a former alderman for the Corporation of Hamilton, began. Crown counsel Nicole Smith told the court that Mr Simmons was working at the nigh...

A former prison officer convicted of smuggling drugs into Westgate Correctional Facility has won a Supreme Court appeal. Chief Justice Ian Kawaley ruled that three convictions against Art Simons should be quashed. The judge did not dismiss the charge...

Magistrates’ Court and Hamilton Police Station were evacuated after an alarm this morning. Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service attended the Dame Lois Browne-Evans Building and the police station to investigate at about 10am. Shortly before 10.15am, peopl...

A Hamilton Parish man has been banned from the roads for 18 months after pleading guilty to drink-driving. Charles Hartman, 64, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court yesterday to providing a breath sample above the legal limit. Hartman was arrested ...

A man who jumped from a balcony at his home to escape a gunman has testified in court that he instantly identified his attacker. The witness, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, said: “I knew for a fact from the second he came to the door. I ...

A man has appeared in Magistrates’ Court charged with child pornography offences. The Devonshire man, who cannot be identified, was charged with eight counts of accessing child pornography. The court heard that the allegations related to hundreds o...

An accountant who admitted laundering a fortune stolen from the Bermuda Government has been jailed for seven years and four months by the Welsh courts. Confiscation proceedings are now under way to recover the funds stolen from the island by Jeffrey ...