Man sent to high court for trial
Due to a Supreme Court error, Lois Loverne Mills and Lawrence Charles Mills were listed in the December 2 issue of The Royal Gazette as having been granted a divorce. The parties are not divorced and their names were supposed to have been stricken from the court record from which The Royal Gazette received its information. The Registrar of the Supreme Court apologises for any inconvenience caused to the parties.
A 58-year-old Pembroke man has opted for a Supreme Court trial after prosecutors amended sexual assault charges against him.
The man -- who cannot be named for legal reasons -- is now charged with sexual assault, touching a minor for a sexual purpose while in a position of trust, and touching a minor.
Yesterday Crown counsel Lesley Basden asked Magistrate Edward King to add the third charge, which is an alternative to the second before the trial began.
Mr. King explained to the man the nature of the charges and explained again that the charges are indictable and could be tried by a jury.
The man -- who is represented by lawyer Juan Wolffe -- did not have to plead.
The charges relate to alleged acts against a ten-year-old female relative between January 28 and February 12 this year.
The man was released on $1,000 bail and will return to court for mention on December 9.
BURGLAR TAKES BREAK CRM Burglar takes break A bold intruder paused to drink a cold soda while rummaging through bedroom drawers during a break-in.
The incident was one of a rash of crimes which occurred in Sandys Parish on Monday.
All five incidents -- four break-ins and one attempted break-in -- took place in the Cook's Hill, Broome Street and Crossfield Lane area of Somerset and in all cases the intruder gained access through a kitchen or bathroom window.
Detectives were called in two instances when the culprit was on the premises.
In one case, at about 9.54 p.m., a woman was in her living room when she heard a noise in her kitchen.
When she returned to the living room, she met with an intruder, who grabbed the woman's purse and ran off.
Insp. Randy Liverpool advised all residents to be extra vigilant with securing their homes and personal items and take note of strangers in the area.
WRECKS HIGHLIGHTED NJ Wrecks highlighted A top US scuba diving magazine has profiled six of Bermuda's underwater offerings.
The September edition of Skin Diver, the world's largest scuba and snorkelling magazine with a circulation of 275,705, targets diving in Bermuda, the Island's history and the Shipwreck Certificate Programme in the article called "Six More Reasons to Visit Bermuda's Shipwreck Alley''.
Writer Walt Stearns profiles the vessels Taunton , Darlington , Pollockshields , Caraquet , Blanche King and Xing Da in the article which also lists local dive operators and their contact numbers.
DIVORCES GRANTED DIV Divorces granted The following divorce decrees nisi were recently granted in the Supreme Court between: Maureen Linda Davies and Edward Davies; Sharon Ann DeShields and Dennis Raymond Eugene DeShields; Wilbur Cranston Bean and Dawnette Elaine Bean; Laura Wells Young and Gerald Leroy Young; Sonette Eugenia Henry and Nicholas Henry; Reiko Attanae Rewan and Marlon Sinclair Rewan; Cheryl Elizabeth Woodley and Stephen Owen Woodley; Petrina Noreen Dickinson and Raymond Leon Onley Dickinson; Kathryn Anne Fisher Gill and James Henry Gill; Brian Berkeley Burland and Isabella Scott Petrie; Lois Loverne Mills and Lawrence Charles Mills; Michelie Jamilah Muhammad and Ali Ben Romdhan Nefzi; Frederick Nathaniel Noel Stovell and Eryl Yvonne Stovell; Peter Andrew Vosvenieks and Shavaun Lee Vosvenieks; and Gloria Elaine Martin and Winston William Reginald Martin.
WITNESSES SOUGHT CRM Witnesses sought Police are appealing for witnesses to a break-in at Dismont Robinson & Co.
convenience store on Sunday morning.
The break-in took place around 5.30 a.m. and may have involved more than one person.
Officers wish to speak with two walkers who were in the area of the store around 5.25 a.m. on Sunday morning as well as the driver of a white station wagon.
