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Jailed murderer Wolda Gardner has lost an appeal against his conviction for the shooting of Malcolm Augustus. Gardner, 37, was sentenced on July 28, 2015 to 20 years behind bars before being eligible for parole, after a majority jury found him guilty...

A West End Development Corporation tenant has won a reduction in the damages she was ordered to pay the quango in rent arrears. Carla Crockwell was told to pay Wedco $12,321 in March 2015 after protracted legal proceedings spanning more than two year...

The Court of Appeal has rejected a ruling by the Supreme Court which could have opened the window for British Overseas Territories citizens to seek Bermuda status. While the original ruling by Puisne Judge Stephen Hellman found that Bermuda’s immigra...

A man convicted of perjury and witness intimidation has had his sentence extended after an appeal. Dujon Reid-Anderson was convicted alongside his cousin, Devon Hewey, of causing a witness to give false evidence in an attempted murder case in which H...

An employer who was fined for work-permit offences has had his fine significantly reduced after appealing the decision of the Chief Immigration Officer to the Supreme Court. Kenneth Dill Jr, the proprietor of Changes Beauty Salon, was fined $35,000 i...

Two men jailed for the premeditated murder of David Clarke have lost an appeal against their conviction. Jahkeo LeShore and Darrion Simons were both found guilty of the fatal shooting of Mr Clarke, who was killed on the evening of April 17, 2011. Dur...

Bermuda Emissions Control Ltd have lost a legal appeal in advance of a scheduled appearance before the Commission of Inquiry. BECL launched an appeal against a recent Supreme Court decision, stemming from a subpoena by the commission requesting the c...

Three men convicted of murder will appear before the Court of Appeal next month, pleading their innocence. Jahkeo Leshore and Darrion Simons are both appealing their premeditated murder conviction for the 2011 slaying of David Clarke, who was fatally...

Kiahna Trott-Edwards has been granted bail as she awaits a retrial on the charge of murdering a 16-year-old boy. Last week, Ms Trott-Edwards’s conviction and sentence for murdering Shijuan Mungal were set aside as the Court of Appeal pointed to “regr...

The Governor, George Fergusson, has appointed Sir Christopher Clarke as a new Justice to the Court of Appeal in Bermuda. Sir Christopher, who was appointed a High Court Judge in 2005 and a Lord Justice of Appeal in 2013, will begin his new post on Ma...

A gay couple have applied to be married in Bermuda and their lawyer has warned that they will take the matter to court within days if they are not given permission to wed. Bermudian Winston Godwin, 26, and his fiancé Greg DeRoche, 29, who live in Tor...

Prosecutors have failed in their bid to overturn a trial judge’s decision to direct a jury to acquit a lawyer accused of perjury and fabricating evidence. Kamal Worrell was alleged to have arranged a meeting with a prosecution witness in a shooting t...