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An appeal for an end to violence was made by Hamilton Parish community leaders yesterday after a resident was killed on Wednesday.
Representatives from the Hamilton Parish Workman’s Club and the Bailey’s Bay Cricket Club gathered at Shelly Bay Field ...
DATE: Feb 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Police have launched a murder investigation in the wake of an off-duty prison officer dying after he tried to break up a fight between two men on Wednesday.
Daemon Bell, 49, from Hamilton Parish, stepped in to break up the scuffle near Shelly Bay Fie...
DATE: Feb 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermuda College has fallen victim to a suspected cyber attack, it was revealed yesterday.
But the Paget college said that initial indications suggested that students’ personal information has not been compromised.
A spokeswoman added: “Bermuda Colle...
DATE: Feb 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The island has a domestic violence related murder and “multiple” incidents that involve serious injuries every year, the Director of Public Prosecutions has revealed.
Cindy Clarke said that statistics showed that the annual toll from abuse was eviden...
DATE: Feb 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The deportation of a convicted sex offender on the Governor’s orders was welcomed by a charity leader.
Tina Laws, the executive director of the Women’s Resource Centre, said on Sunday she hoped that the decision, announced in court last week, would g...
DATE: Feb 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Police on the beat are to get their first change of uniform in decades.
The Bermuda Police Service has today unveiled the new working patrol uniforms.
The move will bring officers’ dress code up to date with worldwide best practice.
The new look has ...
DATE: Jan 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Publicity over widespread theft of crops has dampened what farmers charge is an underground marketplace in stolen produce.
But the chairman of Bermuda’s Board of Agriculture still urged the community to “do their due diligence” before buying suspect ...
DATE: Jan 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The public is invited to join a virtual open discussion on domestic violence.
The Domestic Violence Awareness Panel will be hosted by Tinée Furbert, the Minister for Social Development and Seniors, and Lindsay Simmons, senator, and takes place tonig...
DATE: Jan 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A convicted sex offender will be deported from Bermuda back to his homeland of Jamaica on the Governor’s orders, a court heard yesterday.
Brittonie Taylor, 40, was granted a temporary reprieve in October after his lawyer Victoria Greening argued that...
DATE: Jan 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The number of traffic collisions dropped dramatically towards the end of last year after police launched a crackdown on bad driving habits.
Operation Vega began last July, with police patrols targeting speeding motorists. To date, almost 5,000 ti...
DATE: Jan 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan