Category: Court Reports
Paget Farmer Pleads Guilty To Pig Offences
Pig farmer Daniel Heaven, 37, pleaded guilty in Magistrates Court this morning [July 16] to three charges involving pigs being kept on his farm in Paget. Mr Heaven pleaded guilty to keeping two or more pigs without the Public Health licence that is required; keeping pigs and causing a nuisance; and being the author of a nuisance by failing to comply... Read more of this article
$2 Million Bail: Pair Accused Of Drug Charges
Appearing in Magistrates Court, Joan D’Estelle-Roe, 27, and Nicky Tucker, 29, faced multiple counts involving the importation of drugs and ammunition, and both were granted bail of $2 million. The charges were indictable, meaning that they can only be tried in Supreme Court, so the defendants did not have to enter a plea. The charges against both... Read more of this article
28 Year Old Man Denies Threatening His Mother
A 28 year old man appeared in Magistrates Court where he faced charges of behaving in a threatening manner towards his own mother. Darren Anglin pleaded not guilty to stealing jewelry from and behaving in a threatening manner towards his mother, which was alleged to have happened earlier this month. Mr Anglin told Senior Magistrate Archie Warner that... Read more of this article
Court Orders 44-Year-Old To Forfeit $51,206
A 44 year old man was ordered to forfeit the $51,206 that he was discovered trying to carry out of Bermuda through LF Wade Airport, and also given a suspended prison sentence. Ricardo Walker was sentenced to twelve months in prison and ordered to forfeit the whole $51,206, however Senior Magistrate Archie Warner suspended the prison sentence for twenty-four... Read more of this article
Man Admits Using Threatening Words To Police
Jalal Leighton Rochester, 40, pleaded guilty in Magistrates Court today [July 11] to using threatening words to two police constables after police had been called to a house in Hamilton Parish. The Court heard that the police responded and sought to eject Mr Rochester from the dwelling. During the course of this, Mr. Rochester had said to them: “F***... Read more of this article
Court: 46 Year Old Woman Denies Five Charges
Appearing in Magistrates Court this morning [July 10], a 46-year-old woman pleaded not guilty to five counts stemming from an alleged confrontation with police on July 9, 2014 in Paget. Nicole Lambert told Senior Magistrate Archie Warner that she was not guilty on two charges of assaulting police, not guilty to a third charge of violently resisting... Read more of this article
19 Year Old Denies Violently Resisting Arrest
Appearing in Magistrates Court this morning [July 9], a 19 year old denied obstructing police, violently resisting arrest, and unlawfully wounding a police constable. Tremayne Bean plead guilty to speeding, then plead not guilty to three other charges all allegedly stemming from his being stopped for speeding on 8th July. Senior Magistrate Archie Warner... Read more of this article
Supreme Court: Cann, Simmons Found Not Guilty
The two men charged in the 2009 murder of Gary ‘Fingas’ Cann were found not guilty last night [July 8], with both men declared to go free by presiding judge Justice Carlisle Greaves. The announcement was made after the jury deliberated and reached a majority verdict, meaning that at least nine members of the panel were in consensus. Both... Read more of this article
Father And Son Deny Assault Charges In Court
In Magistrates Court this morning [July 3], father and son duo Christopher Hollis, 50, and Tristan Hollis, 17, were together charged with unlawfully assaulting Mr Hollis’s brother, and doing him bodily harm. Tristan Hollis was charged separately with using threatening gestures by pointing a machete at the victim. Christopher Hollis was charged separately... Read more of this article
Gardner & Dickinson Found Guilty Of Murder
Following a Supreme Court trial, the jury has just returned a verdict against Wolda Gardner [pictured] and Rickai Dickinson, who have both been found guilty of the murder of George Lynch. Mr Lynch, was shot and killed while standing outside a Midland Heights Crescent, Hamilton Parish home at around 10.30pm on May 5th, 2010. The jury went out earlier... Read more of this article
Woman Pleads Not Guilty To Drug Charge
After pleading guilty and hearing the Police evidence against her, and being warned by the Senior Magistrate that a conviction could carry a prison sentence, 37-year-old Tekania Swan asked to be allowed to change her plea from guilty to not guilty in Magistrates Court this morning. Noting that Ms Swan was not represented by a lawyer and was receiving... Read more of this article
Chris Duerr Denies Double Murder Charge
In this morning’s [July 1] Supreme Court Monthly Arraignment session, Chris Duerr pleaded not guilty to the premeditated murder of Haile Outerbridge and Rico Furbert at Belvin’s Variety store in January 2013. Duerr, 26, also pleaded not guilty to using a firearm whilst committing both indictable offences. Two other men were named in the indictment... Read more of this article
