Two gunmen sought after fatal shooting on Lincoln Boulevard
A MAN in his mid-30s was shot dead on Lincoln Boulevard yesterday afternoon, bringing the country’s murder count to 65 for the year.
Judge finds doubt over consent in indecent assault case
A MAN accused of indecently assaulting a sleeping woman after she gave him a ride home has been acquitted, after a Supreme Court judge found that the woman had no independent memory of the touching and that the home security footage at the centre of the case could not be shown to be complete.
Florida tourists fined $2,750 after Atlantis casino clash
TWO Florida tourists were fined a combined $2,750 and ordered to pay $450 in compensation after a dispute over a slot machine at the Atlantis casino on Paradise Island ended in a struggle with police that left an officer with a sprained thumb.
21-year-old who assaulted woman ordered to anger management for six months
A 21-YEAR-OLD man who punched a young woman twice after she told him it should have been his daughter who died instead of his friend was ordered yesterday to complete 150 hours of community service and six months of anger management.
Man granted $5,000 bail after denying glass bottle attack on Victoria Avenue
A 21-YEAR-OLD man was granted $5,000 bail yesterday after denying that he attacked another man with a glass bottle on Victoria Avenue earlier this month.
Woman weeps in court as deportation ordered
A HAITIAN woman who wept repeatedly in court was fined $9,000 and ordered to be deported yesterday for trying to obtain a resident spouse permit by false pretences on the strength of a marriage she believed was legal but was not.
Man cleared of loitering charge after explaining liquor store visit
A 45-YEAR-OLD man charged with vagrancy for allegedly loitering at a liquor store on East Street South was acquitted after telling a magistrate he was there to buy alcohol.
Judge upholds $500k in gifts executors refused to pay
TWO men in charge of the estate of Mary Carolyn Papai, the late founder of medical supplier Ports International, were wrong to treat $500,000 she left to a church and four other organisations as void, a Supreme Court judge has ruled.
‘No disagreement is worth a human life’
THE brother of a 36-year-old man shot dead during an argument over a debt says the killing has left four young children without their father, and that no disagreement is worth a human life.
Rape accused previously jailed for escaping police custody
A 31-YEAR-OLD man was remanded to prison yesterday after being charged with raping a 19-year-old woman in New Providence earlier this month.
Two women deny laundering alleged credit union proceeds
A 48-YEAR-OLD woman accused of stealing more than $1.2m from 11 accounts at Bahama Islands Co-operative Credit Union over nearly a decade has been granted $300,000 bail.
British mother drowns whileattempting to rescue her sons
A BRITISH mother died in Bimini yesterday after she was swept away by a strong current while trying to rescue her two sons, police said.
Three accused of stealing $6,200in break-ins at two businesses
THREE young men accused of breaking into two New Providence businesses and taking phones, iPads, a cash register and a Sonos speaker worth more than $6,200 were each granted $4,000 bail after pleading not guilty yesterday.
Pair deny harming young mother in assault trial
A MAN and his aunt have been charged with causing harm to the mother of his son and ordered to report to the East Street South Police Station as a condition of bail — the same station under police investigation over allegations that its officers refused to take the mother’s complaint against them.
Accused faces murder and two attempted murder counts
A 24-YEAR-OLD man has been charged with murdering a man who was shot dead near the entrance to Potter’s Cay Dock on October 13, and with attempting to kill two others.
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