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A 33-year-old man yesterday admitted an attack on his estranged wife that left her bleeding from a head wound. Supreme Court heard that David Hill hit Samantha Hill in the face, pulled her down by her hair and kneed her in the head. The court heard H...

A charity that supports and empowers women has seen demand soar in recent months, its executive director revealed. Elaine Butterfield said that a combination of factors including a more central location has led to a spike in service provision at the ...

A Bermudian man was jailed last week for 20 years for a brutal campaign of domestic abuse against his 29-year-old former girlfriend. Tarik Hill, 35, formerly from Devonshire, was found guilty of false imprisonment, two charges of causing actual bodil...

A 59-year-old woman who hit her husband with a tyre iron was shown mercy by a magistrate yesterday. Jill Trott was given a conditional discharge after she admitted an attack on estranged husband Raymour Trott. The court heard that the couple had spli...

Dear Sir, In light of the recent #MeToo movement, I would like to get the discussion started here in Bermuda about sexual harassment, particularly of young girls. I believe this is a serious problem around the world and here on the island, and this d...

A brother and sister were taken to hospital with facial injuries after a domestic incident yesterday. Police attended the scene at a home on Quarry Road, near the government quarry, in Hamilton Parish, at about 10.10am. The pair were taken to the Kin...

An event to raise awareness about domestic abuse and encourage discussion of the problem is to be held at a Hamilton nightclub tonight. Nicole E. Robinson, one of the organisers, hopes other people will find the strength to speak out after she share...

A US conference will hear next week how Bermuda has become a beacon in the fight against child sexual abuse. Debi Ray-Rivers, the founder and executive director of Saving Children and Revealing Secrets, and Jon Brunson, the charity’s chairman, are to...

Violence against women must be treated as a “national priority”, the Government was told at the weekend. The Progressive Labour Party administration was urged to provide more funding and support for victims at a Women in Politics forum, which attract...

Police body cameras are to arm prosecutors with new tools to tackle domestic violence and protect victims, commissioner Stephen Corbishley has revealed. The move was welcomed by the Centre Against Abuse, which is fielding greater numbers of reports t...

An international summer training experience completed by a trio of Bermudians will benefit local schoolchildren. Nicola Paugh, Khalid Davis and Jeanene Todd took part in an eight-day training course at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. Th...

Whenever artist Shakira DeRoza sees something with a butterfly on it, she has to buy it. Butterflies are a reminder of her late sister, Shakeya DeRoza, who was murdered in 2009. “She just loved butterflies,” the 30-year-old said. So earlier this mo...