Category: Court Reports
Court: Man Denies Threatening To Kill Someone
[Written by Don Burgess] Appearing in Court, a 55-year-old Sandys man denied sending a letter to an MP threatening to kill someone. Perry Smith also pleaded not guilty to being in a public place with an offensive weapon. It is alleged that on or around August 10, 2018, Mr Smith sent a letter to MP and lawyer Michael Scott threatening to kill a person. He... Read more of this article
Court: Minors Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison
[Written by Don Burgess + Updated] “Please just leave the children alone.” That was the earnest plea from Supreme Court Justice Carlisle Greaves as he was sentencing sex offender David Minors to five years in prison for charges including sexual exploitation of a minor by a person in a position of trust and showing the boy pornographic material. Minors... Read more of this article
Court: Man Brandishes BB Gun In England
A Bermudian man who walked down the road in England wearing a mask and “brandishing a BB gun has admitted his actions were ‘stupid’ but says he never intended to cause fear,” according to a report in the Hull Daily Mail. The report said, “Tyevon Bean, 29, was convicted at Hull Crown Court last week after it heard he went down one of Hull’s... Read more of this article
Court: Man Sentenced To 18 Years In Prison
Omar Davy – who was convicted of importing over $700,000 worth of heroin — has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. Justice Carlise Greaves delivered the sentence this morning [Feb 20] in the Supreme Court, ZBM has reported. A jury previously found the 38-year-old Jamaican national guilty of importing heroin, possessing the drug with... Read more of this article
Court: Cruise Ship Passenger Trial Set For June
[Written by Don Burgess] A New Jersey man who has pleaded not guilty to a sexual assault aboard a cruise ship has had his trial pushed back until June. The man, who resides in the United States and cannot be named at this stage for legal reasons, had previously denied that he committed the alleged offence against a fellow cruise ship passenger. His... Read more of this article
Court: Two Men Deny Assaulting Neighbour
[Written by Don Burgess] Appearing in Magistrates Court, two men denied assault charges following an alleged dispute over a dog which resulted in their neighbour ending up in the hospital with a fractured nose. Meshack Crichton, 20, and Kevin Davis, 57, both of Warwick, pleaded not guilty to causing grievous bodily harm to their neighbour on Random... Read more of this article
Court: Five Men Deny Fighting At Docksiders
[Written by Don Burgess] Five men pleaded not guilty in Magistrates Court to fighting at a Front Street bar last month. Zackary Fox [20], Paul Smith Jr [21], Ayinde Eve [25], Jahni Holder [24], and Sanchea Douglas [24], all denied being involved in a brawl at the Docksider Pub & Restaurant on January 19. The court heard that all five men are from... Read more of this article
Court: Woman Denies Charge Of Causing Death
[Written by Don Burgess] A Warwick woman pleaded not guilty to causing the death of Rakai Augustus by careless driving. Kelly-Ann Damasio denied the charge after the indictment was reduced from causing death by dangerous driving. On October 28, 2017, Mr Augustus was a passenger in a car that was allegedly being driven by Ms Damasio when it struck... Read more of this article
Victim’s Mother: ‘The Pain Is Indescribable’
The “pain is indescribable,” Keishaye Steede said in her victim impact statement which read out in court after her son’s killers were convicted in Nottingham Crown Court in England. Lyrico Steede was only 17-years-old when he was murdered by a group of teenagers in England last year. The five teenagers were sentenced yesterday, with... Read more of this article
Court: Teens Sentenced For Murder In UK
Five teenagers have been sentenced in connection with the murder of 17-year-old Bermudian Lyrico Steede in England, receiving sentences ranging from six to 20 years. The BBC reported, “Five young people have been sentenced for their part in the killing of a 17-year-old boy amid a dispute fuelled by a YouTube drill music video. Two of the killers... Read more of this article
Court: Charges Dismissed Against Four People
The charges against former Hamilton Mayor Graeme Outerbridge, Ed Benevides, developer Michael MacLean and his wife Yasmin MacLean were dismissed in the Supreme Court, a member of the legal team confirmed. Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons ruled that there was no basis in law to substantiate the charges against the four people, and the case was dismissed. The... Read more of this article
Widower Taking Crash Case To English Court
“The widower of a Christchurch woman killed in a boat crash in Bermuda is trying to get further redress in the English courts,” according to a report from New Zealand’s Stuff. The story said, “Mary McKee was killed on June 1, 2017, after an inflatable boat, on which she was a passenger, was hit at night by a 5-metre Mako speedboat on Hamilton... Read more of this article
Court: 32-Year-Old Man Admits Multiple Charges
[Written by Don Burgess] “Your behaviour, sir, is atrocious.” Those words were spoken by Senior Magistrate Juan Wolffe to Fabio Barbosa, with the Senior Magistrate also telling the 32-year-old he was “the personification of why” Bermuda needs road sobriety checkpoints. Mr Barbosa pleaded guilty to two counts of refusing a breath test... Read more of this article
Court: Interpreters Needed To Proceed To Trial
[Written by Don Burgess] A Czech man who has experienced problems getting trial date set because of a lack of interpreters apparently has issues getting a dentist appointment as well. Josef Vleck, from the Czech Republic, has been awaiting trial for over a year, since his arrest in September 2017, for allegedly importing $8.5 in heroin. Mr Vleck —... Read more of this article
Court: Burgess, Rogers Murder Trial Set For June
[Written by Don Burgess] A brother and sister accused of the murder of Marcus Gibbings will go to trial in June. Katrina Burgess and her brother Cleveland Rogers have both denied being involved in the murder of Mr Gibbings. Their trial date has been set for June 4, 2019. Mr Gibbings was found stabbed to death in an apartment in Devonshire on or about... Read more of this article
Court: Bomb Hoaxer Given Time To Pay Fines
[Written by Don Burgess] The man who last January phoned in a fake bomb threat to the Dame Lois Browne-Evans Building to avoid a court hearing was back before the bench for failing to pay his fines from that event as well as several cases. Robert Somner, 37, explained to the court how his life has fallen apart since the incident. “After last year’s... Read more of this article
