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A teenager jailed for a daylight robbery had his conviction and sentence quashed yesterday because of his age. OJ Campbell, 17, admitted that he used an imitation firearm to rob the Rubis gas station on St John’s Road on May 28, last year. He was sen...

Three convicted gunmen yesterday claimed their trials were tainted by unconstitutional jury selection in the Supreme Court. Leveck Roberts, Quincy Brangman and Khyri Smith-Williams asked to have their convictions quashed by the Court of Appeal in the...

A man who claimed he was kidnapped and forced to smuggle heroin to Bermuda argued his sentence should be reduced because he pleaded not guilty to the offence because of bad legal advice. Omar Davy, 40, was sentenced to 18 years in jail after he was ...

Two of Britain’s top barristers will battle it out in front of the Privy Council in London from tomorrow over whether same-sex marriage should be banned in Bermuda. The Government has hired Jonathan Crow QC – said by the Legal 500 ranking agency to b...

The Bermudian who launched the legal fight for marriage equality four years ago said he was optimistic about how it would end – and about the future for gay people on the island. Winston Godwin said: “There are always going to be pockets of people wh...

The legal battle over marriage equality will be decided after a two-day virtual hearing which is due to start tomorrow in front of the Privy Council in London. A panel of five judges at Bermuda’s highest court of appeal will hear the Government’s arg...

An American author whose teenage years in Bermuda were marred by homophobia yesterday appealed to opponents of same-sex marriage to give in to progress. Kirkland Hamill, who married his same-sex partner two years ago in the United States, said: “Gay ...

A gay rights charity that fought for same-sex marriage in Bermuda’s courts has welcomed its last legal challenge this week. OutBermuda hailed its “final appeal in London for Bermuda’s historic marriage equality decision”. Legal arguments will be ...

The legal battle over same-sex marriage will be heard by the Privy Council in London next month, the court has confirmed. The Government has appealed against judgments in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal that sections of the Domestic Partnership...

A Court of Appeal judge has called for digital recording in court cases to speed up proceedings. Justice of Appeal Geoffrey Bell made the recommendation in a written judgment in the case of Kenneth Williams, who was convicted in Magistrates’ Court of...

A man jailed for three years for a string of sex offences against a schoolgirl has had his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal. Kenneth Williams was found guilty of offences against a child under the age of 14 last year. But lawyers asked for t...

A child sex offender jailed for 18 months will not get a heavier sentence, the Court of Appeal ruled yesterday. Cindy Clarke, for the Crown, argued that Chez Rogers should serve at least three years after he was convicted on charges of luring and hav...