A 32-year-old man was yesterday found guilty of killing teenage sports star Machai Campbell by dangerous driving.

Sergio Pacheco, originally from the Azores, arrived in Bermuda only a month before he collided with the 19-year-old on Cavendish Road, in Pembroke, at around 12.30 pm on December 30, 2008.

Yesterday after about two hours of deliberation, a jury of seven women and five men unanimously found Pacheco guilty of causing the teenager's death.

His father, Wayne Campbell, who left the court clearly upset, later said he did not know what to feel and would continue taking life one day at a time.

He added: "I don't know what to feel. I have no ideas on the verdict or have come to any conclusions. I guess no matter which way you put it it's not bringing my son back.

"After the incident I went back to work a few days later. Every day I do my normal thing. Just like tomorrow I go to work. I have dealt with it prior to this case.

"Everyone knew him as a sportsman, not just here at this sports club (Western Stars Sports Club) but people overseas knew him through sports too.

"Miss him playing? Yes, but I don't let it consume me. Even before this case came about we actually were going to do something on Friday to honour him."

Machai was a respected member of Bermuda's under-19 cricket team and also played football for Dandy Town. To commemorate his work with the team, the club will hang a poster of the teenager in the premises.

The cricketer's brother, Michiko Campbell said after the court case that the verdict provided little comfort. "I don't know what to say about it.

"It's still going to feel the same way. It's not going to bring him back and having to listen to the case just reopened wounds. (But) It's like a release because we don't have to worry about the case anymore."

During the three-day case, the Supreme Court heard that Mr. Campbell was driving east out of Hamilton along Cavendish Road, Pembroke, while Pacheco was heading into town.

Kieran Evans, a student from Devonshire and a prosecution witness, told the court he was driving along Middle Road into Hamilton to meet his mother around 12 p.m. on December 30.

He explained he saw a man on a black bike overtake him twice — once near the turn-off to the ZBM offices and a second time on Cavendish Road, in the area of Lane Hill. After overtaking, the man on the black bike – who Mr. Evans later found out was Pacheco – moved into the wrong lane to overtake the car in front of them.

Pacheco was still in the wrong lane when he collided with Machai who was driving in the opposite direction.

On the stand, Pacheco admitted he was in the wrong lane, but explained that it was to swerve and miss a car, driven by a Charles Jolliffe, that had pulled in front of him.

Pacheco and his defence lawyer Richard Horseman both contended that Mr. Jolliffe had pulled out suddenly onto Cavendish Road from Hibiscus Road causing the 32-year-old to move further into the wrong lane.

Mr. Jolliffe, a prosecution witness, argued that he was cautious when he pulled onto Cavendish Road, had not seen anyone approaching him and argued that Pacheco was speeding.

Sergeant Paul Simons, an expert on road collisions, also testified that Pacheco must have been on the wrong side of the road.

After deliberating for slightly more than two hours, the jury unanimously declared Pacheco guilty and Puisne Judge Charles Etta Simmons remanded him in custody until arraignments on March 1.