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A Sandys man pleaded guilty yesterday to a five-month burglary spree in which he stole cash, alcohol and jewellery from the Anglican Cathedral, homes and businesses. Jahroy Simons, 36, admitted 19 offences that took place between July and December la...

A caregiver for a quadriplegic who was allegedly defrauded by her former lawyer told the Supreme Court a debit card was kept at the house to help pay for medical expenses. Mechelle Smith, who served as a caregiver for Kirsten Badenduck for 16 years, ...

An attorney denied yesterday that she “made up” claims that a client was hesitant to bring a complaint of theft by a former lawyer to the police out of fear of retaliation. Jacqueline MacLellan maintained in the Supreme Court that Kristen Badenduck h...

A disabled woman who allegedly lost $80,000 to her lawyer had urged police not to pursue charges out of fear of retaliation, the Supreme Court heard yesterday. Jacqueline MacLellan, the former employer of Nancy Vieira, agreed in cross examination tha...

Prosecutors accused a lawyer of unlawfully obtaining more than $80,000 from a disabled client

A director of a struggling organisation for domestic abuse victims reportedly told a civil servant there would be a “front page” news story if it didn’t get its charitable status back. Damon Wade, co-chair of the Centre Against Abuse, wrote in an e-m...

The One Bermuda Alliance has warned that offering discounted prison sentences to people who plead guilty immediately for certain offences in the Supreme Court must be handled with care. Scott Pearman, the Opposition’s legal affairs spokesman, said T...

The Supreme Court has offered to cut sentences for guilty pleas on certain offences to clear a backlog of cases

The Supreme Court has rejected a bid to seize $400,000 from the wife of a man convicted of money laundering in Ecuador. The court heard that the money was transferred into a SunLife account owned by Esmeralda Patino in 2015. While Ms Patino said the ...

PwC’s Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey 2022 highlights cybercrime as the biggest threat. Almost half of nearly 1,300 business leaders reported their organisations had experienced fraud or financial crime over the past two years. And 70 per cent...

A man has been found guilty of the murder of the British MP who chaired Westminster’s political group focusing on Bermuda. Conservative MP Sir David Amess was killed last October as he held an open-house surgery for people in his constituency in Esse...