Category: Court Reports
Police Comment On Conviction Of Video Voyeur
The conviction of a Turkish national for using video camera to look up women’s skirts was first time in Bermuda that an offence with these circumstances has been successfully prosecuted, the police said this morning. Yesterday Kubilay Fidan appeared in Magistrates Court where he admitted using video camera to look up women’s skirts. Fidan was jailed... Read more of this article
Man Jailed For Peeping Up Women’s Skirts
A Turkish national appeared in Magistrates Court this morning [May 14] where he admitted using video camera to look up women’s skirts. Kubilay Fidan was jailed for 30 days and Senior Magistrate Archie Warner recommended that be deported after his sentence is completed. Fidan, 41, admitted secretly recording parts of women’s bodies in Miles... Read more of this article
Man Denies Prostitution Procurement Charge
A 40-year-old man appeared in Magistrates Court this morning [May 9] where he denied a charge of attempting to procure a woman to become a common prostitute. MacDonald DeSilva pleaded not guilty to both charges. The first charge was that by means of a cellphone, he sent messages that were grossly offensive. The second was that in early 2013, he attempted... Read more of this article
Prison Inmate Admits Assaulting Psychiatrist
Prison inmate Tracyston Mallory, 26, pleaded guilty to assaulting a Psychiatrist at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute on 18 January 2013. Mallory admitted punching the doctor three times and saying: “You’re not listening to me. I don’t want to go to MAWI. I want to do time.” Mallory had to be restrained and put into a secure room at MAWI. Mallory,... Read more of this article
Man Fined $1000 For Using Offensive Words
Vincent Outerbridge, 39, pleaded guilty in Magistrates Court this morning [May 7] to using offensive words to police officers in April 2013. Senior Magistrate Archie Warner heard that the Police had been alerted to an incident on Harbour Road in Warwick. On arrival, at around 2:15pm, they came upon Mr Outerbridge who appeared to have been drinking and... Read more of this article
Man Denies Assault, Escaping From Custody
Prinston Burrows, 22, appeared in Magistrates Court this morning [May 7] where he was charged with assaulting a policeman, violently resisting arrest, and escaping lawful custody. This allegedly happened in Sandys parish on 5th May 2013, and Burrows pleaded not guilty. He was remanded in custody by Senior Magistrate Archie Warner, and will reappear... Read more of this article
18-Year-Old Denies Counterfeit Money Charges
St George’s resident Ms Shannon Ingram, 18, appeared in Magistrates Court this morning [May 7] where she pleaded not guilty to one charge of passing a $50 counterfeit US note at a store on Happy Valley Road in Devonshire on 3rd April 2013. She also pleaded not guilty to a second charge of possessing $950 worth of counterfeit notes in St George’s... Read more of this article
Two Men Deny Assaulting Pregnant Women
Two men appeared in Magistrates Court this morning [May 6], where they both denied assaulting pregnant women in two completely separate cases. One man was alleged to have kicked a woman who was 7-weeks pregnant in her stomach, while the other was alleged to have punched a woman who was 3 months pregnant. Mikhail Butterfield, 22, pleaded not guilty... Read more of this article
Man Denies Holding Knife To Girlfriend’s Throat
A 27-year-old man appeared in Magistrates Court this morning [May 6] where he denied assaulting his girlfriend and holding a knife to her neck. Jahroy Simons pleaded not guilty to unlawfully assaulting the female, and of using threatening words to her while holding a knife to her neck. Both incidents were alleged to have occurred in Devonshire earlier... Read more of this article
Two Men Admit Stealing $33 Worth Of Food
Two men appeared in Magistrates Court yesterday [May 3] where they both pleaded guilty to stealing food from the Somerset Marketplace supermarket. Stanley Gibbons, 55, admitted taking items including sauce and brown beef [worth around $10] on 1st May 2013. After apologizing, Gibbons explained to Senior Magistrate Archie Warner that “I was hungry at... Read more of this article
