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Court: 39-Year-Old Woman Denies Charges

In Magistrates Court this morning [Dec 4], a 39-year-old woman denied charges including assaulting a person and damaging a cellphone. Marshallene Lindsay pleaded not guilty to unlawfully assaulting an individual, entering their land despite having been sent a registered letter restricting her from doing so; and willfully and unlawfully damaging a cellphone... Read more of this article

Court: Pair Deny Offences Under Dogs Act

In Magistrates Court, Mr Tyler Wilkinson, 33, and Ms Tracey Wilkinson 55, were charged with committing multiple offences under the Dogs Act, with the defendants pleading not guilty to all the charges. The charges alleged that between a date unknown and March 2015, they kept multiple pitbulls at their Southampton residence. The Magistrate set trial... Read more of this article

Court: Woman Given Suspended Jail Sentence

Appearing in Magistrates Court today [Dec 3], a 31-year-old woman was given a suspended prison sentence and ordered to make restitution after being convicted of stealing some $27,000 from Bermuda Motors. Ms Tannea Santucci — who worked at Bermuda Motors Ltd – received a twelve month and a twenty-four prison sentence, and was ordered to... Read more of this article

Court: Man Denies Possessing Heroin & Cocaine

Appearing in the Supreme Court Monthly Arraignments Session, a 52-year-old man denied charges of possessing cocaine, heroin and money which he knew to be he proceeds of criminal activity. Dwayne Gilbert pleaded not guilty to two charges of possessing cocaine and one charge of possessing diamorphine [heroin] on 12th August 2014; one charge of possessing... Read more of this article

Man & Woman Deny Drug Possession Charges

Appearing in the Supreme Court Monthly Arraignments Session, a man and woman denied charges alleging they possessed cocaine, cannabis, cannabis resin, and a grinder. Mr Daymon Simmons, 40, and Ms Erica Young, 37, faced multiple charges and pleaded not guilty to all of them. The charges were that on 27th August 2014, in an Increased Penalty Zone, they... Read more of this article

Fatal Collision: 26-Year-Old Pleads Not Guilty

Appearing in Supreme Court today [Dec 1], a 26-year-old man pleaded not guilty in connection with the collision that resulted in the death of 22-year-old La-Nae Woodley. Patrick Richardson also plead not guilty to the alternate charges of causing death by driving whilst impaired, and causing grievous bodily harm to the pillion passenger on the biker... Read more of this article

Trott-Edwards To Be Sentenced On Dec 14th

In today’s [Dec 1] Supreme Court Monthly Arraignments Session, Kiahna Trott-Edwards was given a sentencing date of 14th December. Ms Trott-Edwards, a mother of three, has been found guilty of murdering 16-year-old Shijuan Mungal, who died in September 2014 after sustaining head injuries. Video of Ms Trott Edwards arriving at Court today During... Read more of this article

Trial Of Policeman Begins [Found Not Guilty]

Update: Inspector Carrington has been cleared of all charges The trial of Police Inspector Emmerson Carrington, 49, got underway in Magistrate’s Court with Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo presiding. In September of this year, the Inspector had plead not guilty to knowingly prejudiced a money laundering investigation contrary to section 47 of the Proceeds... Read more of this article

Court: Chesterfield Johnson Pleads Guilty

After missing an earlier trial date, Chesterfield Johnson was arrested and produced in Magistrates Court on Friday [Nov 27] where he changed his earlier plea of not guilty to guilty. The 63-year-old admitted to Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo that in June 2014 he had obstructed police and was in possession of a pipe that was fitted for use with illegal... Read more of this article

Court: ‘The Applicant Was Discriminated Against’

Chief Justice Ian Kawaley has dismissed the appeal in the legal case involving former Police Officer Michael Harkin, saying that “the Applicant was discriminated against on the grounds of his place of origin in that the promotion procedure was applied to him in a prejudicial manner by virtue of his being a contract worker.” In describing... Read more of this article

Court: 48-Year-Old Admits Assaulting Co-Worker

Appearing in Magistrates Court today [Nov 23], a 48-year-old man admitted assaulting a co-worker, with the Court hearing the altercation stemmed from an issue involving a banana peel. Mr Eardley Simons pleaded guilty to unlawfully assaulting a co-worker and causing him bodily harm on 7th August this year. The Crown Prosecutor told Magistrate Khamisi... Read more of this article

Man Jailed For 30 Days For Rifle Magazines

35-year-old Jason DeCouto received a 30 day prison sentence after being convicted of possessing two Ruger Mini-14 rifle magazines and possessing 18.21 grams of cannabis. That was the sentence handed down this afternoon [Nov 20] by Magistrate Archie Warner, and it followed a submission by DeCouto’s defence counsel Mr Craig Attridge. Mr Attridge... Read more of this article

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