A former Bermuda Housing Corporation worker pleaded not guilty to seven charges of conning more than $150,000 from people using forged BHC documents in Supreme Court yesterday.

Dana Edward Martin, 43, of Home Port Drive, Hamilton Parish, appeared before Chief Justice Austin Ward for the monthly arraignment session.

He denied fraudulently inducing Kevin Janzen to invest $25,000 on April 1, 1999 and $18,500 on April 20 by the same means. He also denied forging and using a Bermuda Housing Corporation purchase order between March 31, 1999 and September 14, 1999.

He also denied inducing Rosalind Ray to invest $35,000, $20,000 and $60,000 in him by false or misleading means, in three separate charges in August, 1999.

He was released on $40,000 bail, with two sureties for mention next month.

In another high profile case, parents Amenemhat Waset Aen-Ra Tamerry, 47 and Maatkai Hatsheput Tamerry, 35, (Dr. and Mrs. Clark Godwin) are to face trial on July 2.

The pair, of Club Road, Harrington Sound, Smith's, have denied manslaughter charges in relation to the death of their daughter in 2001.

Meanwhile, Dave Horace Beckford, 23, of Hanover, Jamaica, pleaded not guilty to importing of cocaine and possession of the drug with intent to supply on October 24 last year. He will appear for mention next month.

Two Dutch women will appear for mention in April after denying importing cocaine on October 20, 2002.

Esmeralda Noordhoek, 29, and Miryam Van Der Stel, 22, both from Rotterdam, Holland, pleaded not guilty to importing a controlled drug and possession with intent to supply.

David Franklyn Burrows, 21, from Victoria Road, St. George's, pleaded not guilty to having unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under 14 between August 1, 2001 and September 30, 2001. He will reappear for mention on April 1.

Garsha Andre Daley, 28, a Jamaican living on Scott's Hill Road, Sandys, pleaded not guilty to importing cocaine on October 25 last year.

He also denied conspiracy to import a controlled drug from a date unknown to October 26, 2002.

Also denying that charge were Jamaicans Michelle Elizabeth Brown, 30, and Kesha Mackeba James, 26. All three were remanded in custody to reappear for mention on April 1.

Fellow Jamaican Vivian Anthony Gardner, 30, of Montego Bay will be sentenced on Friday after pleading guilty to importing cocaine on September 27, 2001. He pleaded not guilty to a charge of possession with intent to supply - the charge will remain on file.

Also being sentenced on Friday will be American Owen Decosta Williams, 20, of Connecticut, who pleaded guilty to attempting to import more than $200,000 worth of heroin into Bermuda on April 5, 2002.

He denied a charge of possession of heroin with intent to supply on April 5, 2002 - the charge will remain on file.

And an English woman will appear for mention next month after pleading guilty to importing heroin on August 25 last year.

But Valerie Patricia Grant, 25, from Birmingham again pleaded not guilty to possession of the drug with intent to supply - the charge will remain on file.

Kirk Roberts 40, of West Side Road, Sandys, faces trial in the summer on charges of possession of a controlled drug.

A provisional date of May 19 was set but if this fails to go ahead the trial will take place on June 10.

Two Americans charged with importation, handling and possession of cocaine with intent to supply will face trial on June 17.

New Yorkers Ashley Dickens, 24, and Latoya Nicole Hunt, 24, have pleaded not guilty to smuggling the drugs into the Island when they arrived by cruise ship on May 2, 2002.

Stanford Glenfield Archibald, 38, faces trial on June 3 after being accused of the 1985 murder of 19-year-old Aaron Glen Easton.

The trial of the former Sandys parish man who has been living in Scotland was aborted in December because the Supreme Court had insufficient jurors to hold the case.