“It’s unbelievable. When they called me yesterday I was in pure hysteria. I just couldn’t bear it. It’s one thing to expect death but it’s another to actually realise that someone so young could die. How is that possible?” Cher’ree Lambert reflecting on the sudden death of her brother Dennis Lambert in London, UK.“You get stronger as time progresses but it’s not just a walk in the park. You have up times and you have down times,” Kyla Tear, the former partner of murder victim Perry Puckerin and mother of his daughter Kerry. She spoke to this paper a year after Mr Puckerin, 34, was shot dead at Hamilton Parish Workman’s Club on January 3, 2010.“We do not condone birthday punches and we will not tolerate it. In this care it seems that it went awry. I’m very disappointed that the students didn’t use their judgement. However, we are still looking into the details of what happened” Saltus headteacher Ted Staunton after eight students were expelled from the school for giving “birthday punches” which sent a 14-year-old boy to hospital.“It’s no issue really. I’ve contacted the head of the wardens and she recognised that because it’s my car, she told me bring her the ticket tomorrow and she’ll sort it out” Government Minister Kim Wilson after she got a parking ticket on her Government car. Her comments prompted condemnation from members of the public, who insisted that ministers should pay to park like everyone else.“I feel very lucky to be alive and happy I will get to see my baby. I will tell him of course [about the tragedy] because if you are searching the Google under my name you will find [out what happened]” Rescued sailor Antonis Ioannou, 34, the deputy captain of a Greek-owned oil tanker who saw two of his shipmates killed by a large wave that unexpectedly swept through their vessel and left him seriously injured. He was airlifted to Bermuda for treatment after the January 2 ordeal.“In all the circumstances this court finds the defendant to be a dangerous one who must not only be substantially punished for this barbarous murder, but from whom the women of this Island must be protected” Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves during the sentencing of Jermaine Pearman for the brutal murder of his estranged girlfriend Shakeya DeRoza.“She repeated it twice to me: ‘do not leave the waiting area’. About a half-hour, approximately, I said ‘well, what’s taking her so long?’,” John Ward, 85, after he and his wife Francis were left behind by a US Airways flight out of Bermuda. A staff member tasked with helping them never returned and they missed their flight home to Baltimore, but were given first class seats the next day.