Category: Court Reports
Man Admits Driving While Impaired By Cannabis
In Magistrates Court today [Dec 4], 20 year old Michael Byron pleaded guilty driving while impaired by cannabis and was fined $1500 and disqualified from driving for 12 months. Crown Prosecutor Carrington Mahoney told Senior Magistrate Archie Warner that around 1:00am on 14th July 2013, Police attended a motorcycle accident on Palmetto Road in Devonshire.... Read more of this article
Man Remanded After Denying Cheque Theft
A 33-year-old man appeared in Magistrates Court this morning [Dec 3] where he was remanded in custody after denying using stolen cheques to purchase groceries at Marketplace. Jahmeco Blakeney pleaded not guilty to the theft of 15 HSBC cheques, receiving the 15 cheques, and using the cheques to cause cashiers at the Marketplace’s Shopping Centre... Read more of this article
Trial Dates Set For Three Murder Defendants
In addition to the four convicted murderers and one murder defendant that we previously reported on, three additional murder defendants had their trial dates set during the Supreme Court Monthly Arraignments Session yesterday [Dec 2]. Appearing by video-link and facing charges relating to the murder of Malcolm Augustus on Christmas Day in 2012, Wolde... Read more of this article
Murder Defendants Refuse To Speak, Leave Cell
During this morning’s [Dec 2] Supreme Court Arraignments things did not go entirely smoothly, with one murder defendant refusing to speak, while another prisoner scheduled to appear by video-link refused to leave his cell. Julian Washington, who is charged with murder, refused to speak and remained silent when asked to enter a plea. Justice Greaves... Read more of this article
Mother: “I’m Only Trying To Do For My Children”
A 33 year old mother of two who admitted importing cannabis hidden in her hair and inside her told the Court she was “only trying to do for her children.” Appearing in Magistrates Court on Friday [Nov 29] Danielle Thomas pleaded guilty to importing cannabis — said to be worth up to $9,000 — through LF Wade Airport on 7th January... Read more of this article
Robert Branco Given Two Years Probation
Robert Branco, 29, who had pleaded guilty to intruding on the privacy of a 15-year-old, was today [Nov 29] given a two year Conditional Discharge with the condition that he stay on Probation for two years. The Court previously heard that in July 2013 at Harbour Nights, Mr Branco had approached the teenager. He lifted her up and put her down, asking... Read more of this article
Man Charged: Sex Assault Of Bermuda Woman
A 32-year-old British tourist in Australia has been charged with having sexual intercourse without consent with a then-21-year-old Bermuda woman he met at beachside bar on January 22, 2012. Gregory Charles Cox, 32, has pleaded not guilty to the charges the Australia’s 9 News reported. The report says that Crown Prosecutor Elizabeth Wilkins SC... Read more of this article
37 Yr Old Man Denies Using Counterfeit $50 Bill
37-year-old Tio Weeks appeared in Magistrates Court today [Nov 28] where he pleaded not guilty to possessing and passing a $50 counterfeit Bermuda dollar bill on 18th November 2013 at the Marketplace store on Church Street. Magistrate Juan Wolffe granted Weekes $1,000 bail, required Weeks to find a Surety, and set trial for March 2014. Related Stories Man... Read more of this article
Man Denies Betting $18,100 Of Brothers Money
In Magistrates Court this morning [Nov 28] a 26-year-old man denied a slew of charges alleging he used $18,000 of his own brother’s money to place bets. Before Magistrate Juan Wolffe, David Robinson agreed that the Magistrate need not read out all thirty-seven charges that he was facing; but that the Magistrate could just read the first four and... Read more of this article
Two Males Convicted Of Trespassing Into Prison
In Magistrates Court yesterday [Nov 27], Chesterfield Johnson and teenager Tyler Christopher were both convicted of trespassing into Westgate prison. Senior Magistrate Archie Warner noted that both men had been in police custody since 19th November and sentenced both to time already spent in custody. The pair had previously appeared in Court, where... Read more of this article
Third Woman Charged After Baileys Bay Incident
In Magistrates Court today [Nov 27] 22-year-old Dyshantee Crockwell was charged with unlawfully wounding another woman on 9th November 2013. She was joined into the action already underway against Vanessa Blyden and Chanel Smith who are co-accused in the 9th November incident at the Bailey’s Bay Cricket Club, which saw one woman injured. The offences... Read more of this article
Woman Admits Stealing $200 From Employer
31-year-old mother of two Kyla Tear appeared in Magistrates Court today [Nov 26] where she admitted stealing $200 from the MAC store on Front Street when she was employed there as an Assistant Manager. The money had been taken on 31st July 2013. The store’s accounts department had picked up on it when it reviewed takings for that day and checked the... Read more of this article
