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Former police officer on child porn charges

A former police constable denied 14 charges of accessing child pornography and one charge of making it when he appeared at Supreme Court this morning.The man, who was a probationary officer but has since been fired, cannot be identified for legal reasons.He's alleged to have accessed dozens of videos showing children engaged in explicit sexual activity, and also accessed pictures and made child pornography.The man is due to stand trial on June 27. Chief Justice Richard Ground bailed him until then.He appeared at the monthly arraignments session at Supreme Court.Also appearing was Canadian national Janet Grant, who admitted importing $1.4 million worth of heroin and $370,000 worth of cocaine into Bermuda on October 1, 2010.Grant, 47, of Scarborough, Ontario, was arrested after she arrived on a WestJet flight from Toronto and the drugs were found in her hand luggage at L.F Wade International Airport.She faced further charges of importing cannabis, and possessing heroin and cocaine with intent to supply, which she denied.Prosecutor Carrington Mahoney accepted the pleas and asked that the remaining charges lie on file.Mr Justice Ground ordered pre-sentence reports, and Grant must return to court on March 1 for her sentence date to be fixed. She was remanded into custody until then.In another case, two men accused of a gun murder entered not guilty pleas.Ronniko Burchall and Leroy Symons are accused of shooting Shane Minors dead on September 17 2009.Mr Minors, 30, was found dead outside his home on Friswell's Hill, Pembroke.When Mr Burchall, 22, from Pembroke, appeared at the monthly arraignment session in December he refused to speak when asked to enter his plea.He remained mute when a further charge of using a firearm to commit the killing was put to him.Mr Symons, 20, from Warwick, pleaded not guilty to murder.Today, the charges were put to the pair again, and they both entered not guilty pleas.