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A man jailed for the murder of Perry Puckerin has lost an appeal against his conviction. Jeremiah Dill, 35, was sentenced to 35 years behind bars after a jury found he fatally shot Mr Puckerin as he was about to leave Hamilton Parish Workman’s Club o...

A man found guilty of murder has had the conviction quashed and will now face a retrial, appeal judges ruled yesterday. Kiari Tucker was jailed last July for at least 25 years for the killing of Morlan Steede plus ten years for use of a firearm. Mr T...

The appointment process for the Commissioner of Education post was “fatally flawed”, a lawyer claimed this week. Mark Diel, who represented veteran teacher and education administrator Gina Tucker, told the Court of Appeal on Wednesday that the Board ...

A man jailed for sexual offences against a ten-year-old schoolgirl has lost an appeal against his conviction. William Franklyn Smith, 27, was sentenced to ten years in jail earlier this year after he was found guilty of unlawful carnal knowledge, att...

The case of a police officer convicted of the destruction of traffic tickets will return to court next month as prosecutors seek a longer prison sentence. The Department of Public Prosecutions has launched a Court of Appeal action against the 30-mont...

A judicial review ruling that police acted unlawfully in a doctor’s arrest and search of his house has been upheld by the Court of Appeal. Mahesh Reddy’s 2017 Supreme Court victory against police after an early morning arrest was supported in a judgm...

A man jailed for ten years after he was convicted of stabbing a restaurant worker 13 times in an attempted robbery has lost his appeal against conviction. In the Supreme Court last May, Alex Wolffe was found guilty by a majority verdict of wounding ...

Prisoners appealing their convictions could have remained in jail for months longer than necessary because of delays at the Court of Appeal caused by “lamentable failures” by lawyers. The court issued a hard-hitting judgment after four criminal appea...

Two convicted killers are expected to appear before the Court of Appeal this month in efforts to have their convictions quashed. Kiari Tucker and Jeremiah Dill are among several defendants included on the draft cause list for the Court’s November ses...

A former Bermuda judge has been criticised by the Court of Appeals for saying he was getting “horny” in the middle of a murder trial. Carlisle Greaves, who had served as a puisne judge until last month, made the comment as Troy Harris, a witness in t...

A Bermudian father locked in a transatlantic custody battle after allegations of sex abuse overseas has been told he can keep his two daughters until a hearing on their future is held. The Court of Appeal heard the pre-teenage girls, who cannot be id...

The Human Rights Commission shed some light yesterday on its decision to pull out of a legal attempt to ensure children’s rights were protected in court proceedings. The HRC said that, although there were several reasons behind the decision, the matt...