March 13, 2018
The “Cabbage Beach Ten” outside court with their attorneys, Branville McCartney and Don Saunders, Tall Pines MP, after their case was discharged by a magistrate. Photo: Nico Scavella
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AG – absent officers ‘no great concern’
ATTORNEY General Carl Bethel yesterday called the absence of two police officers in court proceedings related to the Cabbage Beach access case “difficult to accept but not unusual”.
Why did officers fail to appear?
FORMER Assistant Commissioner Paul Thompson yesterday called on the Royal Bahamas Police Force to give an account of why two of its officers did not show for court proceedings on Monday related to the Cabbage Beach access case.
Cabbage Beach case collapses after officers fail to attend court
TEN people who protested against a blocked access point to Cabbage Beach two years ago will seek “substantial damages” from the government for being “maliciously prosecuted” in a case that saw 13 adjournments, multiple presiding magistrates and no appearance from the virtual complainant since the day it began.
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