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A panel of experts will hold an online forum for non-Bermudian residents affected by domestic abuse this weekend. The Foreign Women Club of Bermuda and Under Konstruction, a support agency, said they wanted people from overseas to know that they were...

A careless driving motorbike rider was fined $3,000 yesterday after he ignored a police order to stop in an attempt to avoid traffic tickets. Tekeste Goater, 37, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to charges that he failed to stop for police and dr...

A man was charged in Magistrates’ Court yesterday with making a series of “menacing” demands for money from a woman. Jahmeco Blakeney, 40, was accused of making unlawful demands for money from Paulette Godfrey on June 2 and demands with menace on Jun...

A serial sex offender was jailed for 15 months after he admitted a string of crimes against women. Gregory Scott pleaded guilty at Magistrates’ Court on Friday to a sex assault and intrusion on the privacy of several women. Juan Wolffe, the senior ma...

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...

A lawyer called proposals to reform cannabis legislation “a dog’s breakfast” that required a significant rewrite. Peter Sanderson, a human rights lawyer, said yesterday that a move away from criminalisation was needed, but that the draft legislation ...

A woman was given a suspended sentence of 12 months yesterday after she admitted threats to murder a lawyer. The Supreme Court heard that Loreesa Burchall, 30, threatened to shoot Kamal Worrell and slash his throat in a series of messages sent betwee...

A sex offender was sentenced to 45 days behind bars after he admitted a breach of probation Junius Caines, 50, pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court to a charge that he used cocaine and cannabis between March 10 and March 19 in violation of his supervi...

Bermudians will get economic opportunities from the legalisation of cannabis, the Attorney-General said. Kathy Lynn Simmons said proposed new legislation — released for consultation this week after being redrafted by the Government — put more focus o...

Dear Sir, A history of domestic abuse, a wife killed at the hands of her husband, suspicious female friends appealing to a local Justice of the Peace regarding the missing woman, a missing body ... the facts of a crime that seems like it could have b...

Two people were arrested after a $7.5 million cannabis seizure, it was revealed yesterday. Detective Superintendent Nicholas Pedro, in charge of the crime division, said: “While we are aware of the legislative agenda towards decriminalisation of can...

Fed up but unable to do anything to remove herself from an abusive setting, Lisa has set her sights on helping others. She is the founder of Rise, a support group aimed specifically at females who have experienced or are experiencing emotional abuse....