A 23-year-old Pembroke man today admitted causing the death of a tourist while driving while impaired.David Thomas, of Cheriton Lane, appeared at the monthly arraignments session to face two charges.He entered a guilty plea to causing the death of Alexander Michael Doty by impaired driving on August 1 in Pembroke. The Crown accepted a not guilty plea on a second charge of driving with excess alcohol in the blood.Dr Doty, 58, was a professor and chair of the Department of Communication and Culture in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University’s Bloomington Campus.The fatal accident occurred just hours after his arrival in Bermuda. He was struck by a motorcycle while walking along Pitts Bay Road.The impact reportedly caused Dr Doty to suffer serious injuries to his brain; he succumbed to his injuries at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.He was released on pail pending sentencing and the results of a Social Inquiry Report.Puisne Judge Carlyle Greaves set the case down for mention on November 1.Meanwhile, two men were formally charged with the premeditated murder of Kimwandee Walker.The 35-year-old was gunned on Good Friday in 2010.Julian Washington, 23, and David Jahwell Cox, 32, were brought before the courts in orange prison gear. They were also charged with using a firearm to commit an indictable offence.Mr Washington pleaded not guilty to both counts.Mr Cox, refused to say anything at all in court.Asked by the court clerk if he was David Jahwell Cox, Mr Cox stood silently and said nothing.When asked for his plea on both charges he again said nothing.At one point Justice Greaves told lawyer Larry Mussenden, who appeared for both defendants, that the charges would be entered “even though Mr Cox is not a mute by nature”.Mr Walker was fatally shot by two men on a motorcycle while flying kites with his children on Victor Scott Primary School field.The case was set down for mention at the next arraignments session.Three men jointly charged with a machete attack this year at Southampton Rangers on Good Friday, denied a total of four charges drawn against them today.Sergio Robinson-Woolridge, D’Angelo Clarke and Gavaska Lodge Bascome entered not guilty pleas to wounding Joshua Place with intent on April 6, in an increased penalty zone.All three are charged individually with having a bladed article in a public place without good reason or lawful authority, one of the weapons listed was a machete.Mr Woolridge and Mr Clarke, who are both 21, and 17-year-old Mr Bascome, were released on bail with orders to reappear for mention on November 1.Sahkai Kenyetta Weeks, 34, of Devonshire denied a charge of threatening to murder Renee Williams on May 31 by way of written threats.Mr Weeks, who appeared agitated during the brief proceedings, told the court “I have issues” before being led out by prison officers. His trial was set for October 8.Also appearing via videolink for a second time was Norris Simpson, 54, of Pembroke. He is accused of murdering 66-year-old social worker Ida James at her Paget home on or about September 1, 2011.His case was today set down for mention on November 1 and his trial pushed back a week to November 13. Mr Simpson is represented by lawyer Elizabeth Christopher.