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A man convicted of unlawful carnal knowledge of a 14-year-old has lost an appeal in which he claimed he should have been charged with sexual assault. Aaron O’Connor, who was 20 at the time of the offence, argued before the Court of Appeal that had he...

A 21-year-old man will have to wait to find out whether his appeal against a conviction of having underage sex with a 15-year-old girl will be successful. Aaron Ashley O’Connor, 21, of The Glebe Road, Pembroke was jailed for 12 months for the offence...

A high-risk sex offender will be supervised in the community for three years when he is released from prison after a landmark Court of Appeal ruling. Merrick Seaman, now 30, was jailed for eight years for subjecting a five-year-old girl to a serious ...

The man convicted of the murder of social worker Ida James is expected to appear before the Court of Appeal this week to challenge that conviction. Norris Simpson was jailed for life in April 2013 after being convicted of killing Ms James, who was fo...

A legal battle between Bermuda Hospitals Board and a patient who suffered an agonising wait for surgery has attracted the attention of lawyers for Britain’s national health service. The NHS Litigation Authority has applied to intervene in the case in...

Remarks by Marc Bean suggesting involvement in criminal activity on the part of Michael Dunkley cannot be taken as fair comment, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The defamation case between Mr Bean and Mr Dunkley began after comments by the Leader of t...

A Paget man jailed for having unlawful carnal knowledge with a 13-year-old girl has had his sentence increased by the Court of Appeal. Cleveland Rogers, 48, pleaded guilty to charges of having unlawful carnal knowledge and three counts of sexual expl...

A man caught with a gun linked to three murders has lost an appeal to have his 14-year sentence reduced. While defence lawyer Marc Daniels argued that the sentence was “manifestly excessive”, the Court of Appeal found that it was difficult to see how...

A man convicted of assaulting a woman has been released from prison after the Supreme Court ruled the injuries did not amount to “grievous bodily harm”. Colin Menzies, 46, from Southampton, was tried in Magistrates’ Court for assaulting Joanna Hassel...

The killer of social worker Ida James has had the minimum term he must serve in prison before he can be considered for release reduced by eight years. Norris Simpson was jailed for life in April 2013 after being convicted of Ms James’s murder. The bo...

A local barrister has lost an appeal against a Bermuda Bar Council ruling, which resulted in him being banned from practising. The barrister, who was not identified in the Court of Appeal judgment, was taken before a disciplinary tribunal in 2013 aft...

A sex offender sentenced to ten years behind bars has lost an appeal against his conviction. Shuja Amon Muhammad was convicted last year of four counts of sexually exploiting a seven-year-old girl while in a position of trust on unknown dates between...