The Burt Norville Trial Part I
The Burt Norville Trial Part I
By Christine Larbey
The circumstances surrounding the death of Wilberforce ‘Burt’ Norville made local headlines for weeks in 2003. The 24-year-old who belonged to a prominent local family was stabbed at a birthday party held at the Bonne Terre home of Omar Boyea on November 9. He later died at hospital. Since his death a young man has been on remand at Bordelais charged with his murder.
(Meanwhile the Norville family two years ago brought a civil suit against the state for negligence stemming from the events at Victoria Hospital before Norville died. Justice Sandra Mason is yet to rule on that matter.). Nearly five years since Burt Norville’s death, the nation has obviously shifted to other issues. But in the local courts Norville’s death has been the focus for the past three weeks as the now thirty-year-old accused went on trial for murder. The case which had some shocking revelations was heard before presiding Judge Kenneth Benjamin. The STAR brings you segments of the trial in a two part series.
During the lengthy trial described by Justice Benjamin as ” no ordinary one” twelve witnesses gave evidence. Six voir dires (trials within a trial) were held. The Acting Commissioner of Police John Broughton was summoned to appear before the judge. Likewise a representative from the Attorney’s General’s Chambers. The Victoria Hospital record keeper was also called in.
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Friday 14 Mar 2008 | Darryl | Uncategorized
Am I the only one getting an article about him working on the Atari ST and without any mention of Donkey Kong?Here’s the REAL article about Donkey Kong: http://www.dadhacker.com/blog/?p=987Did anybody actually READ the thing, or is it just blindly being dugg up?
Gizmodo said: Have you ever played a videogame with your mind… that sucked?
Donkey Kong rules! Old school games rule!
I’ve written to the Prime Minister, Minister for Sport, Minister for the Olympics, my local MP and the president of the British Olympic Association… What it’ll achieve, I don’t know — but I guess it’s better than nothing. A complete boycott would be naïve to hope for; but perhaps (which is what I’ve suggested in my letters) the event could be used to lever a peaceful agenda and that we won’t tolerate these human rights violations any longer.Personally, I shall not be paying patronage to the games — not that that will make much difference. (They’re on the BBC here; and even if they weren’t, I’m not one to be swayed by commercials.) I shall also try the best I can to avoid Chinese imports.
Very cool…. Classic games rule! If interested, I wrote a blog post a couple months ago about retro plug-and-play games here: http://lowtechtimes.com/2007/12/20/classic-video-g …
You know, the Olympics is supposed to be an international sports event, where people from accross the globe gather and compete against each other in an atmosphere of friendship and equality. Is it really so hard to keep politics out of this for just one short time?The Tibetans are no worse and even a lot better off than some other occupied regions in the world, such as Palestine, Iraq and dozens of tiny regions and provinces wanting independance. So if you want to boycott China in the Olympics, boycott the US, Israel and about half the Middle East, Africa and Asia as well.
Just say you’re not watching when the ratings lady calls to ask. If you happen to be among the people who are called it will lead to a reduction of advertising revenues. Of course I don’t know all the intricacies of the business models involved, you might end up hurting just US companies, the Chinese have probably already negotiated their cut of the deal.I really think it’s way too late to do much about it.
43 Diggs and down?
Each to their own. Personally I think it’s absolutely terrible. Along with ‘Friends’, it’s one of the only television shows I really despise.
No doubt far fewer than in any American city.
Boycotting the Olympics would just hurt the average Chinese person who is looking to bank in on the Olympics. Also, the Olympics are a global competition, not just a China one. It wouldn’t really hurt the government beyond its already bad image.
Does anyone recall finding the easter egg he mentions in the article? He doesn’t say what it is, just how to get to it.
While reading these comments I found myself randomly loading the Wikipedia article on cheese. Snorefest.
Made homeless… as in, today there are 1,000,000 more Chinese people sleeping on the street at night than before construction of Olympic venues began?Wow… Americans are even stupider than I thought.