Pembroke man denies burglary charges

A Pembroke man pleaded not guilty in Magistrates' Court yesterday to charges of breaking and entering.

David Aitken, 32, was charged with breaking into a Pembroke home between March 16 and 17 and stealing items valued at $1,660.

The items included a handbag, bank cards, cheque book, cash and camera.

He will return to court on June 23 for trial and was released on $2,000 bail with one surety.

Banned from roads and still smiling

A 28-year-old Southampton man pleaded guilty to driving while under the influence.

Roderick Newman sat smiling as Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner fined him $1,000 and disqualified him from driving for a year.

Jamal Symonds, of Sandys, pleaded guilty to speeding, but not guilty to driving without due care.

He was fined $350 for speeding and will return to court on June 23 for trial. He was released on $800 bail.

Mr. Warner also warned Symonds to pay an outstanding fine of $200 for speeding before leaving court.

Speeder in no rush to pay fines

A 30-year-old Pembroke man was fined $1,700 in Magistrates' Court on Tuesday for five speeding violations.

Amos Smith pleaded guilty to the five charges of speeding which accumulated between June 2004 and January of this year.

The speeds varied from 58 kph to 62 kph.

When Smith asked Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner for time to pay, Mr. Warner reprimanded the man for showing "utter contempt" by not showing up in court for the earlier violations.

Smith's request was denied and he was forced to pay the fines before being allowed to leave.

Woman pleads not guilty

A 38-year-old Southampton woman pleaded not guilty to unlawful wounding when she appeared in Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.

Tanya Carmichael-Symonds was charged with wounding Mark Anthony Tuzo in Southampton on December 18.

She was released on $1,000 bail and will return to court on June 22 for trial.

Warwick man fined $3,000

A 23-year-old Henry Vale, Warwick, man was fined $3,000 in Magistrates' Court on Tuesday for importing cannabis and cannabis resin.

The court heard how Donavon Hendiek was stopped and searched at Bermuda International Airport on March 5 when he arrived on a commercial flight from the UK.

Crown counsel Nicole Smith told the court that Police were suspicious of Hendiek, who was behaving nervously.

When he went to the restroom, an officer from the canine unit and a drug-sniffing dog followed him.

She said the dog showed interest in Hendiek when he came out of the restroom and he admitted being in possession of drugs.

Prior to sentencing, Hendiek told the court he was sorry.

Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner fined Hendiek $1,500 and three months default for each of the two charges.