The Tribune

By DENISE MAYCOCK

Tribune Freeport Reporter

dmaycock@tribunemedia.net

COGEN Newbold Sr, of Freeport, was found guilty of abetment to murder in the Supreme Court in Grand Bahama yesterday.

A jury of nine women returned around 2pm with a unanimous guilty verdict against the 44-year-old father, who allegedly abetted a man to kill a key witness in an armed robbery trial involving his son.

The prosecution’s case was that Newbold, between April and May 2015, purposefully abetted Omar Rolle to kill Charmine Poitier, a principal witness in an armed robbery trial against his son, Cogen Newbold Jr.

Defence counsel Simone Brown, who represented Newbold at the trial, requested a pre-sentence report from the Department of Social Services. Prosecutor Sheanda Cooper Rolle of the Attorney General’s Office did not object.

Justice Estelle Gray Evans set a date for the sentencing hearing on March 30 at 10am in the Supreme Court. Before dismissing the jurors, she thanked them for their time.

Attorney Brown told The Tribune that she intends to appeal.

“We respect the jury and their role and function as jury members, but obviously … we are not pleased with the result and we intend to appeal,” she said outside the courthouse.