Allegations about faked documents dogged Kyril Burrows during two court cases prior to the one that saw him convicted of defrauding the Bermuda Government yesterday.Prosecutors presented the jury in the latest trial with e-mails apparently created on his home computer in a bid to boost his defence case.The jury heard from computer forensics expert Paul Weall that these were discovered in computer files labelled “deception e-mail evidence”.Mr Weall said the e-mail exchanges, purportedly sent to Burrows’s Gmail account by senior Works and Engineering officials, were created in the Microsoft Word programme by cutting and pasting real e-mails from the Government server.The officials gave evidence that they did not recognise the e-mail messages Burrows presented to the court.It was not the first time Burrows had been accused of doctoring documents relating to legal proceedings, and of helping himself to money that was not his.Criminal charges were laid against him in 2010 alleging that he used forged documents to obtain money by deception from Compass Holdings.He worked at Compass, a general contracting firm, with Tyrone Sampson and Eldon Binns, who had been his colleagues at Works and Engineering.Prosecutors allege that he forged three documents with the intention of defrauding the company of almost $10,000.It was claimed by the prosecution that Burrows forged receipts and invoices to be reimbursed $9,390 for software that was never purchased.He was charged with the fraud shortly after he launched a civil action against the company. During the case, Burrows repeatedly denied forging any documents, and disputed that it was his signature on the reimbursement forms. Acting Magistrate Shade Subair cleared him of the charges.The following year, he faced allegations from Mr Sampson and Mr Binns about forged documents during a civil court case.The pair sued him in respect of claims that he owed Compass more than $315,000 for work done at his home in Turkey Hill, St George’s.They also claimed Burrows spent more than $28,289 of company money on office equipment and supplies on behalf of Compass, which he kept for himself.They further argued that he owed them $9,380 which, they said, he should not have received in respect of a “false” invoice.During the case, Burrows accused his former co-workers of fabricating documents. They made similar allegations against him.Puisne Judge Ian Kawaley eventually ruled against Mr Sampson and Mr Binns, saying they had failed to prove their case.The same judge heard Mr Binns and Mr Sampson complain that Burrows helped himself to $10,000 from Compass’s account after their business relationship soured.Burrows said he was owed that amount in wages because he had not been paid in a timely fashion. He ended up being fired when the transaction was discovered.Ruling on that issue, Mr Justice Kawaley noted: “He had no legal right to self help in the form of self payment”.During the latest trial, the jury heard how Burrows used fake invoices and doctored payment certificates to pay for home renovations and luxury items such as large televisions sets, all at taxpayers’ expense.