An accused robber `apologised' to woman for having her car impounded
An accused robber apologised to a relative for having her car impounded by Police.
"He said he was a suspect in the armed robbery and that he was sorry for the inconvenience,'' the witness testified.
Devina Eleanor Lightbourne, yesterday told a Supreme Court jury that she left her car with accused robber Randolph Lightbourne's wife while she travelled to New York City on December 20, 1995. Lightbourne, 31, of Devon Spring Road, Devonshire, has pleaded not guilty to robbing Woody's Drive In Restaurant and Bar in Sandys and wounding bar manager Owen Trott, with an intent to cause grievous bodily harm, on December 22, 1995.
Mrs. Lightbourne told the 11-woman, one-man jury that she left her car with her cousin Eunice Lightbourne.
She said that when she returned to the Island on January 2, 1996 the car was not in the short term parking lot of the Bermuda International Airport as she had arranged with her cousin. She was forced to leave a message for her cousin Eunice to call her at the airport.
Devina Lightbourne said the accused called her at an airport pay phone and told her: "I don't know how to tell you this, but your car has been impounded.'' Devina Lightbourne said he also told her that her car had been involved in a robbery.
The defendant also told Devina Lightbourne that on the night in question he had fallen asleep at his mother's home after a "family crisis''.
"He said `I was in the process of driving home and I was stopped by Police,'' she added.
Devina Lightbourne also told the court that she had her car cleaned two days before she left the Island.
And she insisted that the bloody nylon skully, found in her car by Police, did not belong to her daughter.
Earlier, Crown counsel Patrick Doherty read the statement of former Policeman Dean Stanford who was stationed at Somerset Bridge around 1.30 a.m. the night of the robbery. P.c. Stanford was keeping an eye on the traffic that left the West End of the Island.
P.c. Stanford wrote that shortly after arriving, he stopped a green Mazda 323 sedan licence number 27389. The car was driven by Lightbourne.
The case continues today before Chief Justice Austin Ward with Mr. Doherty appearing for the Crown and lawyer Elizabeth Christopher representing Lightbourne.
WOMAN BANNED FOR A YEAR FOR DRUNK DRIVING CTS Woman banned for a year for drunk driving A Warwick housewife this week admitted to driving with more than the legal limit of alcohol in her blood.
Ann Cawdron, 39, of Middle Road pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court to the offence which took place in Paget on April 14.
Police prosecutor Sgt. Phil Taylor explained that around 1 p.m. Police officers attended a single-vehicle accident on Trimingham Hill, Paget.
There the officers spoke to Cawdron who said she had lost control and hit the sidewalk after one of the car's wheels went flat.
The officers arrested Cawdron on suspicion of drunk driving and took her to Hamilton Police Station where a breath test revealed she had at least 285 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood -- the legal limit is 80 milligrams of alcohol.
Her lawyer Richard Hector told the court that Cawdron had been "100 percent sober'' since the accident and was enrolled in a programme to overcome her drinking problem.
Magistrate Arthur Hodgson fined Cawdron $450 and banned her from driving all motor vehicles for a year.