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…
01/05/2025 the island saw yet another shooting, described as ‘indiscriminate’ gun fire that claimed the lives of two people and left 3 others injured in a bar of 14 patrons. Seemingly, the police do not believe this was a ‘random event’. Reprisals appear to be anticipated – such is Bermuda’s history of gun violence. Once…
No Crime Figures for 2023 & 2024 – are the numbers being supressed intentionally? Is it coincidental that the island suffered one of its highest number of murders in 2024, the year a BBC program ‘Policing Paradise’ was being filmed? 2020 statistics were disclosed in July 2022 2021 statistics were released on November 5, 2024…
The impartiality of ‘Policing Paradise’, a production to be aired by the BBC, was questioned following a Bermuda Police Service’s post which advises: ‘This TV programme is designed to show Bermuda, the BPS and the RBR Coastguard in a good light, while encouraging UK citizens to consider visiting the island. All footage will be thoroughly reviewed…
Where are the crime figures for 2023 and 2024? Can they really be that difficult to produce? As for 2022, whilst offences recorded by police fell more than 8 per cent in 2022 compared with the previous year (believed to be due to Covid regulations, as opposed to policing), many areas saw troubling increases: Serious…
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…
05/2009 – A new DNA database was in the pipeline for Bermuda with the Police hoping it would crack cold cases and boost detection rates in new crimes. A three-year contract with Florida-based firm, Trinity DNA Solutions was signed with the $987,000 entirely from proceeds of crime cash confiscated during court proceedings and put into the…
As the Bermuda Police Service issues yet another call for assistance in solving a growing list of unsolved homicides, the community faces the devastating news of a further fatal stabbing. This latest tragedy potentially marks the eighth homicide of 2024, a deeply troubling figure that may set an unwanted record for the year. The plea…
Bermuda’s murder number to date has been reduced by one as, more than a month after the incident, the constabulary reveals a 07/07/2024 death was suicide. The Bermuda Police Service (BPS) had been tight-lipped about 4 deaths in July, providing little information about the event. Then, during a press conference, Assistant Commissioner Antoine Daniels –…
Darrin Simons, the chief of police, has apparently said ‘Officer numbers need to rise in order for the BPS to effectively respond to violent firearm crime’. It therefore appears, if Bermuda police numbers remain as are, the constabulary will be unable to effectively respond to ‘violent firearm crime’ – is unable to respond effectively to…