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05/2024: Following a spate of shootings, Crime Stoppers reminds people that they are offering a reward of ’up to’ $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest and conviction, or the seizure of a firearm. It is not known whether, since the appeal/reward was introduced some 3 years ago, any payments have been made but…
Bermuda Firearm Licences
An email, initially dated, 07 September 2024 to the BPS, currently without a response, copied 02/10/2024. It follows the BPS disclosure of the 2018 list of the island’s 42 licence holders for a total of 100 firearms*. The list detailed the licence holder’s names, dates of birth and addressees. An application for 2 handgun licences…
Policing in Bermuda – like a crime comedy drama?
2024 has seen what may be a record number of murders in Bermuda and, adding to the many unsolved killings, in November 2024, a conviction has been quashed due to ‘fundamentally flawed DNA evidence‘. Coincidentally, in 2024, a UK film crew has been on the island filming the Bermuda Police Service (BPS) and Coast Guard. It…
More Shots Fired!
Thursday September 12th, a man was hospitalised after being shot in Warwick. Read more here. The extnt of his injuries have yet to be disclosed Anyone with information about the shooting incident, please call Detective Sergeant Anneka Donawa on 717-2250. Friday, September 13th, acting upon information received, police attended a residence in Warwick and recovered…
More Unreliable Forensic Evidence
Anwar Muhammad, who had been accused and convicted by a jury of shooting and injuring Shantoine Prinston Burrows in August 2010, has had his name cleared. He spent 10 years in jail after being convicted in 2012 of attempted murder and using a firearm. His conviction was quashed after the central item of forensic evidence…
Toy Guns – Panic, Potential Arrest or More Severe Consequences.
The Bermuda Police Service (BPS) has issued an urgent warning concerning the public display of realistic toy guns. There are significant risks associated with carrying toy guns that resemble real firearms. Read more here. The FIREARMS ACT 1973 can be found here. It is not explained how such a realistic gun came into the possession…
