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Bermuda's lack of a forensic pathologist in the Island until last year was highlighted before the Serious Crimes Inquiry.
Solicitor General Bill Pearce took the opportunity to say lengthy delays in the production of some forensic evidence and the lac...
DATE: Aug 29, 2000
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Former Policeman Neville Darrell on Friday told the Serious Crimes Inquiry that more Police needed to get out from behind their desks and "on the beat''.
Now a taxi driver, the former sergeant who retired in 1978 after 19 years service, agreed commun...
DATE: Aug 28, 2000
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Rebecca Middleton if prosecutors had waited for forensic evidence before making a deal with Mundy.
That was the testimony on Friday of Solicitor General Bill Pearce before the Serious Crimes Commission about his role in Smith's unsuccessful prosecuti...
DATE: Aug 28, 2000
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Mundy as an accessory after the fact to Rebecca Middleton's murder "highly irresponsible'' and "highly irregular''.
And he blamed former Attorney General Elliott Mottley in the decision making in the prosecution leading up to Justis Smith's trial, ca...
DATE: Aug 26, 2000
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Government's Social Assistance programme.
Director of Financial Assistance Olga Scott yesterday responded to claims this week that seniors are finding it difficult to survive on only a Government pension of just over $7,000 a year.
Mrs. Scott suggest...
DATE: Aug 25, 2000
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Telecommunications Minister Renee Webb yesterday called the Opposition's call for a Constitutional Conference a "red herring'' and a "waste of time and money''.
Ms Webb was responding to Opposition Leader Pamela Gordon's call on Monday for a triparti...
DATE: Aug 25, 2000
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Senators agreed yesterday there is a growing "underclass'' that is ever more divided from the rest of the community.
And they called for measures to solve the problem of youth violence, including a return to older values and sociological surveys.
The...
DATE: Aug 24, 2000
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passed in the Senate yesterday with Senator and defence lawyer Mark Pettingill saying he had "difficulty'' with the Act's retroactive powers.
The amendment removes a clause restricting confiscation of assets to just three years and creates a special ...
DATE: Aug 24, 2000
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Bermuda's lack of a forensic pathologist in the Island until last year was highlighted before the Serious Crimes Inquiry.
Solicitor General Bill Pearce took the opportunity to say lengthy delays in the production of some forensic evidence and the lac...
DATE: Aug 24, 2000
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The shock news that Transport Control Department director Donald Dane retired from the post was confirmed with the appearance of an advertisement for the job in the Official Gazette last week.
But attempts by The Royal Gazette to discover why Mr. Dan...
DATE: Aug 23, 2000
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