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One of five teenagers accused of killing Bermudian Lyrico Steede has said one of his co-accused admitted the fatal stabbing in a Nottingham park.
Remmell Miller-Campbell, 18, told Nottingham Crown Court he did not know the group had gone to the park ...
DATE: Dec 04, 2018
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An accountant jailed for swindling $1.8 million from the Bermuda Government has had 18 months added to his sentence for cheating his mother out of nearly $64,000.
Now, Jeffrey Bevan has had 18 months added to the seven years and four months he was se...
DATE: Dec 01, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The compensation system for injuries caused by criminals needs more money pumped into it, a top appeals judge has advised.
Sir Scott Baker, president of the Court of Appeal, said: “If the Government is to provide a scheme for the compensation of the ...
DATE: Nov 30, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A total of five people were banned from the road and fined at Magistrates’ Court today for drink driving or refusal to take a breath test.
Jason Brown pleaded guilty to driving while impaired.
The court heard Brown was pulled over by police near We...
DATE: Nov 30, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A seaman jailed for smuggling drugs and guns to Bermuda has lost an appeal to reduce his sentence.
Romonito Adlawan was sentenced to spend 8½ years behind bars after he admitted money laundering, importing a firearm and importing cannabis in 2015.
Ho...
DATE: Nov 29, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A ten-year sentence for a man caught with a loaded handgun has been upheld by the Court of Appeal.
Prosecutors appealed the sentence on the grounds it was too low and said Dion Cholmondeley should have got 12 years in jail.
The Court of Appeal ruled ...
DATE: Nov 28, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 17-year-old boy accused of killing a Bermudian teenager in the UK denied claims that messages on his phone referred to the murder.
The defendant, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, admitted being one of four men who chased Lyrico Steede th...
DATE: Nov 26, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Court of Appeal has convicted Andrew Lake of causing the death of New Zealander Mary McKee after it was revealed he was accidentally acquitted by the Supreme Court.
Lake had admitted the offence during a Supreme Court trial, but the charge was ne...
DATE: Nov 23, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Corporation of Hamilton has lost a legal bid to get power firm Belco to pay to move electricity lines on a city street underground.
The corporation argued in the Supreme Court that a 2012 agreement required Belco to move “apparatus” at no cost to...
DATE: Nov 23, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man racked up the latest in a string of drink-driving convictions after he ignored police advice to take a taxi.
Officers saw Franklyn Pearman unsteady on his feet at a gas station before he rode away on a bike, Magistrates’ Court heard today.
The ...
DATE: Nov 23, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter