A Bermuda Under-20 footballer has denied fatally stabbing a man near the Blue Water Anglers Club in Hamilton.

Mikiel Thomas, 19, from Pembroke pleaded not guilty to the murder of Raymond Butterfield at the Supreme Court arraignments session this morning.

The attack is alleged to have taken place on March 3 this year.

Mr Thomas was granted bail on the same conditions as when he appeared at Magistrates’ Court last month. He will reappear before the courts at the start of May when a trial date could be set.

Meanwhile, in an unrelated case an American woman denied stealing more than $55,000 from an elderly woman through a series of online banking transfers between November and December last year.

Melissa Burton, 52, from Sag Harbor in New York, also pleaded not guilty to a further charge of abusing a senior by financial exploitation.

The case was adjourned for a trial date to be set later in the year, while Ms Burton was released on bail.

In another unrelated case, a Pembroke man pleaded not guilty to possessing a gun, ammunition, cannabis, cocaine and more than $78,000 of criminal proceeds.

Jahdel Rogers, 36, was released on bail pending his trial which is likely to take place on July 3.

All of the offences are alleged to have occurred on November 12, 2016, and are said to involve more than 95g of cannabis and cannabis resin and 5.11g of cocaine freebase.

Finally, two men will stand trial later this spring accused of launching a serious attack on Deniko Cann Hayward that took place on February 7 in Pembroke,

Taiquan Davis, 18, of Pembroke and Jerome Bailey, 18, of Devonshire both denied wounding Mr Hayward with intent to cause him grievous bodily harm. They were both released on bail pending their trial.

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