Category: Court Reports
$98 Grocery Thief Sentenced To Six Months
Kevin Webb, 49, pleaded guilty in Magistrates Court this morning [Oct 11] to stealing sherry, port, chourico sausages, tuna, soup, and other items to the value of $98 from Somers Supermarket on 27th August 2013. He was sentenced to six months in prison. Crown Prosecutor Maria Sofianos told Senior Magistrate Archie Warner that the stores CCTV system... Read more of this article
21-Year-Old Charged In Sexual Assault Case
A 21-year-old man was charged in Magistrates Court this morning [Oct 11] with the indictable offence of sexually assaulting a young woman on 27th July 2013. The charge indicated that he was involved with others who are not, at this time, before the Court. At this stage none of the three can be named. Crown Prosecutor Maria Sofianos told the Senior Magistrate... Read more of this article
Manhunt Suspect Faces Five Charges In Court
Earlington Robinson, 59, faced multiple charges this morning [Oct 11] when he appeared in Magistrates Court in relation to an incident that occurred on Tuesday which saw police attend a Ferry Reach property. Robinson pleaded not guilty to the charges which included threatening words to a Pest Control Officer; threatening manner to a police officer by... Read more of this article
Supreme Court: Mayor & Deputy In Contempt
[Updated] The Supreme Court has upheld the Ombudsman for Bermuda’s Certificate of Contempt of Court in the case of Hamilton Mayor Graeme Outerbridge and Deputy Mayor Donal Smith. The Supreme Court judgment said: The contempt occurred because the Respondents, who had been doing their best to cooperate with an investigation they did not truly welcome,... Read more of this article
Legal Loophole: No Disqualification For DUI
A 36-year-old man who admitted driving while impaired avoided being disqualified from driving due to a legal loophole. Appearing in Magistrates Court this morning [Oct 9], Denton Santucci pleaded guilty to driving whilst impaired in April 2013, was fined $1500, and given time to pay. Crown Prosecutor Nicole Smith asked Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo if... Read more of this article
Man Pleads Guilty To Assault, Damaging Property
A 43-year-old man appeared in Magistrates Court this morning [Oct 9] where he pleaded guilty to assaulting his girlfriend’s daughter. Larry Whitter pleaded guilty to unlawfully assaulting the young woman, and damaging her glasses, laptop computer which, between them, were worth over $1,000. Crown Prosecutor Nicole Smith told Magistrate Khamisi... Read more of this article
UK Privy Council Reduces Murderers’ Sentences
[Updated] Convicted killers Ze Selassie and Jermaine Pearman had their prison sentences reduced by the UK Privy Council in London. Ze Selassie was convicted of the murder of 14-year-old Rhiana Moore, while Jermaine Pearman was convicted of killing 23-year-old Shakeya DeRoza. Selassie was initially sentenced to 35 years, and in 2011 the Bermuda Court... Read more of this article
Three Men Sentenced For Gang Attack
Kyle Daniels-Smith and Sanchea Douglas re-appeared for their sentencing hearing yesterday [Oct 7]. For their part in the 4th August 2012 gang attack on a man in Rambling Lane, Justice Charles-Etta Simmons handed down a four year custodial sentence on each man. The fourth man to be sentenced was Judah Roberts, 16 at the time of the attack and now 17.... Read more of this article
Man Admits Assaulting His Girlfriend, Remanded
A 44 year old man was today [Oct 7] remanded in custody after he admitted assaulting his girlfriend. David Albouy pleaded guilty to unlawfully assaulting his girl friend causing her bodily harm and causing $90 damage to her cellphone. Prosecutor Cindy Clarke told the Senior Magistrate that on 3rd October, after a drinking session, Albouy’s girlfriend... Read more of this article
Man Denies Stealing Gasoline And Chainsaw
A 51 year old man appeared in Magistrates Court this morning [Oct 7] where he denied stealing gasoline and a chainsaw from a house in Tucker’s Town. Chet Wilmot pleaded not guilty to stealing gasoline from a Tucker’s Town house; stealing a chainsaw and gasoline, and prowling about the house. The three alleged incursions onto the one property... Read more of this article
Man Receives Seven Year Sentence For Attack
[Updated with video] Four of the five young men involved in the August 4th, 2012 attack and robbery on a man in Rambling Lane Pembroke are currently being sentenced in Supreme Court after entering pleas of guilty before their jury trial started. The fifth, an under sixteen teenager, has already been sentenced in Juvenile Court. His name cannot be published. The... Read more of this article
57-Yr-Old Man Denies Assaulting His Wife
A 57-year-old man appeared in Magistrates Court this morning [Oct 4] where he denied assaulting his wife. Gaven Black was granted $5,000 bail, required to provide a surety, and was told to return to Magistrate’s Court in November for trial. This happened after he pleaded not guilty to a charge of unlawfully assaulting his wife at their Paget residence... Read more of this article
