CRASHES DURING A `FLASHBACK' CTS Crashes during a `flashback' A cowboy car washer with no driving licence pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court yesterday to wrecking a $35,000 Mazda which he took for a joyride. And he claimed the reason for the accident was that he had a sudden mental "flashback'' to the time he watched a crane fall on a work mate and crush him to death at the Bull's Head car park construction site. ---- Page 2 VERDICT EXPECTED TODAY CTS Verdict expected today After 12 days of evidence a jury is today expected to deliver its verdict in the trial of a man charged with a stack of offences including arson and burglary. ---- Page 6 WEST INDIES CRICKET ON TV CRI West Indies cricket on TV Calling it "filling a need'', Bermuda Broadcasting Company's Sports Director Mike Sharpe confirmed yesterday that West Indies' historic Test series in South Africa will be covered live on local television, beginning this morning.

---- Sport, Page 25 DONAWA TO DEFEND HIS TITLE MAR Donawa to defend his title Jay Donawa will defend his half-marathon title on Sunday, hoping his friendly rivalry with Kavin Smith will bring the best out of both of them. ---- Sport, Page 25 ESSO LOSES COMPENSATION CASE BUC CTS Esso loses compensation case The Supreme Court has ordered oil company Esso Bermuda to compensate Alan Doughty Jr. for wrongfully dismissing him at the end of 1997. And in his ruling Chief Justice Austin Ward has pointed out that Bermuda law does not require redundancy pay of employers. ---- Business, Page 31