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Man Pleads Guilty To Gun Possession
At this morning’s [Nov.1] Supreme Court arraignment session 26-year-old Gladstone Eugene Butterfield pleaded guilty to a charge of possessing a 9mm gun on 25th July 2011, but pleaded not guilty to possessing three rounds of 9mm Winchester ammunition on the same date. His guilty plea was accepted and Chief Justice Ground convicted him on that plea.... Read more of this article
Guilty: Sexual Exploitation & Child Pornography
A 47-year-old man – who cannot be named for legal reasons – pleaded guilty to a number of charges involving sexual exploitation of a young person and child pornography at this morning’s [Nov.1] Supreme Court monthly arraignment session. He pleaded guilty to five charges involving the sexual exploitation of a young person as well as a number... Read more of this article
Bassett Convicted Of Attempted Murder
Marico Bassett, who shot a man in broad daylight outside a West End bar, was convicted of attempted murder by a Supreme Court jury yesterday [Oct. 28]. Mr. Bassett, 21, gunned down 45-year-old Randy Lightbourne outside the Charing Cross Tavern in July, 2010. At an earlier Supreme Court trial in March Mr. Bassett was found guilty on a charge of unlawfully... Read more of this article
Court Orders Digicel To Suspend Service
[Updated] Puisne Judge Ian Kawaley today [Oct. 27] ordered Digicel to drop its new long distance service until all legal disputes had been resolved. The judge made his ruling in the Supreme Court this afternoon after lawyers from the Attorney General’s Chambers argued Digicel was pre-empting forthcoming amendments to laws governing telecommunications... Read more of this article
Digicel: Long Distance Service “Lawful”
Arguing its Voice over Internet Protocol long distance service is “compeletely legal”, Digicel said it intends to continue offering it despite ongoing legal manoeuvres by both Government and rival telecommunications providers. “Digicel wishes to remind the public that the VoIP long distance service offered by Transact, which is now... Read more of this article
Lehman: “In Principle Bermuda Settlement”
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. says it has reached an agreement in principle resolving the claims of Lehman Re Ltd., one of its affiliates in Bermuda, which is subject to documentation and various approvals, including approval of a New York Bankruptcy Court as part of the overall debtors’ plan confirmation and of a Bermuda court. There is no assurance... Read more of this article
Man Charged With Drug Importation
In Plea Court this morning [Oct.25], before Senior Magistrate Archie Warner, 23-year-old Kenton Butterfield-Smith faced an indictable charge of drugs importation. The outline of the charge is that between a date unknown and the 19th April 2011, he conspired with others not before the Courts to import a quantity of cannabis. Because the charge is indictable,... Read more of this article
Disgraced Status Lawyer Loses Appeal Bid
The Law Society of Upper Canada [LSUC] has this month barred disgraced Ontario lawyer Robert Martyn from relitigating his fraud conviction in Bermuda at a disciplinary hearing. Mr. Martyn received a suspended jail sentence in 2005 following his conviction for conspiring to fraudulently obtain Bermuda status. Authorities had granted him the status on... Read more of this article
CellOne Applauds Government Legal Move
[Updated] CellOne said today [Oct. 21] it applauds the Ministry of Environment, Planning & Infrastructure’s decision to begin a Supreme Court action opposing Digicel-Transact’s recent application for an injunction mandating the provision of long distance interconnection to CellOne customers. The company views the Ministry’s decision... Read more of this article
Digicel Prevails In Supreme Court
Bermuda’s Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Digicel in response to allegations that the mobile network is illegally offering long distance services. Digicel says that it was totally successful in defending the right of Transact to offer a long distance telephone service to customers in Bermuda in competition with TBI and LinkBermuda. The Supreme... Read more of this article
OBA Calls For Contractor General’s Office
The One Bermuda Alliance this week called for the establishment of a Contractor General’s office to safeguard the public purse in the wake of the Andre Curtis trial and the Global House lighting contract controversy. The Opposition said the two developments have exposed Government behaviour that “deliberately failed to safeguard the interests... Read more of this article
OBA: “Curtis Affair Was Not An Accident”
Shadow Minister for Public Administration & Reform Shawn Crockwell and Shadow Attorney General Trevor Moniz released a statement about the Andre Curtis verdict saying, “While Mr. Curtis’s behaviour was reprehensible – spending tens of thousands of dollars of public money on personal matters rather than getting faith-based tourists to the... Read more of this article
