Category: Court Reports

29 Yr Old Visitor Fined $1,500 For Drunk Driving

A Florida resident who said he was just passing through Bermuda pleaded guilty to driving whilst impaired and was fined $1500 in Magistrates Court today [Nov 26]. Senior Magistrate Archie Warner required that 29-year-old David Sutherland pay his $1,500 forthwith. The Court heard that Police had been called to an accident on Cambridge Road in Somerset... Read more of this article

Woman Admits Stealing Cutlery & Jewelry

A 50-year-old woman today [Nov 26] appeared in Magistrates Court where she pleaded guilty to stealing approximately $26,000 worth of silver cutlery and $19,000 of jewelry from an household she had been employed at as a housekeeper. Terry Rogers pleaded guilty to three charges of stealing the items belonging to a family household where, over the past... Read more of this article

Pair Charged With Grocery Store Cheque Fraud

A man and woman appeared in Magistrates Court today [Nov 25] charged with using stolen cheques to obtain groceries. Wendy Burrows, 47, and David Brooks, 57, both pleaded not guilty to a string of offences involving receiving stolen cheques, using the cheques to defraud Marketplace’s Shopping Centre of goods, and obtaining goods by deception. They... Read more of this article

Pair Charged With Unlawfully Entering Prison

A teenager and a 62 year old man were remanded into custody after appearing in Magistrates Court this morning [Nov 21] on charges of unlawfully entering Westgate Correctional Facility. Tyler Christopher [17] and Chesterfield Johnson [62] will spend the next week behind bars after initially pleading guilty, but having their guilty pleas rejected by Senior... Read more of this article

‘Roof Painter’ Sentenced Retroactively For Fraud

A 47 year old man was today [Nov 19] given a six month prison sentence for defrauding a householder of $1,069 by taking a deposit and promising to paint her roof, but never returning to do the work. Anthony Dyer’s sentence was retroactive, dated back to June 2012 when he was last jailed for a similar offence. Prosecutor Cindy Clarke told the Senior... Read more of this article

23 Yr Old Man Denies Infecting Woman With HIV

In Magistrates Court this morning [Nov 19] a 23 year old man was charged with having sexual intercourse with a woman without telling her he was HIV positive. The charge was that he sexually assaulted the 20 year old woman by having sexual intercourse with her without telling her he had HIV. They both have tested positive for HIV, and the Court heard... Read more of this article

Pair Jailed For 4.5 & 5 Years On Heroin Charges

A 25-year-old woman and 49-year-old man were jailed yesterday [Nov 18] for their part in conspiracy to import over $750,000 worth of heroin. Ms Shakeda Davis, the mother of a young child, was sentenced to five years for the heroin conspiracy importation charges. She was also sentenced to a total of three years for possessing cannabis and cannabis resin... Read more of this article

Man Admits Obstructing Police Inside Station

23 year old Faisal Baia appeared in Magistrates Court this morning [Nov 18] where he pleaded guilty to obstructing a police officer and not guilty to assaulting another police officer. The charges result from an incident inside Hamilton Police Station around 3:00am on Friday 15th November 2013. Crown Prosecutor Susan Mulligan told Senior Magistrate... Read more of this article

Man Admits Smuggling Cannabis Into Prison

Appearing in Magistrates Court yesterday [Nov 15], Damon Darrell, 31, pleaded guilty to possessing 1.6 grams of cannabis in the Prison Farm in St Georges and to conveying an article into the prison against prison rules. This happened in November 2012. The Crown Prosecutor told Senior Magistrate Archie Warner that Darrell was an inmate serving out a... Read more of this article

Court Appearances For Weekend Crimes

Two incidents during the Remembrance Day holiday weekend resulted in the prompt arrest of three suspects, with the accused men appearing in Magistrates’ Court yesterday [Nov 14] to face charges, the Police said. “The first incident was a reported robbery that occurred around 5:30pm Sunday, November 10th where a 45 year old Paget man was robbed... Read more of this article

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