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struck back hard yesterday at "disturbing and unfortunate'' allegations he was friendly with one-time murder accused Justis Smith's father.
And Mr. Tokunbo said there was a campaign led by Rebecca Middleton's host, Rick Meens, to thwart his chances a...
DATE: Sep 01, 2000
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Commentator Larry Burchall and taxi driver Terry Flood yesterday gave the Serious Crimes Commission food for thought on the size of the Police Service and the state of taxi service in the Island.
Mr. Burchall, a former Bermuda Regiment officer, told ...
DATE: Aug 31, 2000
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came in for tough grilling yesterday before the Serious Crimes Commission.
And while Acting Deputy Commissioner George Jackson explained the role of the upcoming Crime Manager and did not appear to convince panellists of that person's position on the...
DATE: Aug 31, 2000
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policing that was the real story at the annual convention of black police associations held in Toronto.
And Bermuda's Michelle Simons was working extensively behind the scenes and even at the podium at the first International Symposium on People of C...
DATE: Aug 30, 2000
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The plea came at a meeting organised by community elders and the Police with some of the young men involved in recent violence.
A simple "soul'' handshake from Police Commissioner Jean-Jacques Lemay and a thank you from a young man symbolised that wh...
DATE: Aug 30, 2000
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Forensic pathologist John Oladapo Obafunwa was thrust into the limelight last week, with his professionalism highlighted by the Island's top prosecutor, Khamisi Tokunbo before the Serious Crimes Inquiry.
In between the extraordinary and the routine, ...
DATE: Aug 29, 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 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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