Former MP wanted by police
FORMER Exuma MP and Supreme Court judge Elliot Lockhart is wanted by police accused of fraud by false pretences.
Man disappears before murder trial leaving family $30k fee
A GRANDMOTHER and a mother must pay $30,000 after the man for whom they stood surety allegedly threw his ankle monitoring bracelet into a well and disappeared months before his murder trial.
Marshal asks court to reject police appeal
THE marshal of the Coroner’s Court asked a Supreme Court judge yesterday to reject police officers’ efforts to appeal last year’s homicide by manslaughter finding in the killing of Azario Major.
POLICE KILLINGS RULED HOMICIDE: ‘Justice is served’ says mother after jury returns finding
THE mother of one of two men police killed on Tonique Williams-Darling Highway on December 2, 2017, said “justice was served” after a Coroner’s Court jury returned a homicide by manslaughter finding at the end of an inquest yesterday.
Pair charged with running brothel and prostitution
A BAHAMIAN man and a Cuban woman faced rare charges yesterday when they were accused of operating and performing in an illegal brothel in Ardastra Estates.
61-year-old accused of incest with grandchild
A 61-year-old man was sent to prison yesterday accused of molesting his granddaughter over a four-year period.
Bannister: No cap on WSC contract approval
FORMER Works Minister Desmond Bannister testified that the Water and Sewerage Corporation’s (WSC) board was not legally required to refer contracts over $250,000 for ministerial approval during his last day of testimony in the bribery and fraud trial of Long Island MP Adrian Gibson and five others.
Pistol used by police was engraved with ‘headshots’
THE word “headshot” was engraved on a police gun used in the fatal shooting of two men on Tonique Williams-Darling Highway in 2017.
Man denied bail over accessory charge
A MAN was imprisoned yesterday after he was accused of being an accessory to the murder of a man in Chippingham during a car theft earlier this month.
15-YEAR-OLD BOY IS KILLED BY GUNMAN: Brother watches on as younger sibling shot dead in street
A FIFTEEN-year-old boy is the victim of the country’s latest homicide, bringing the murder count for the year to 26.
Police seeking family of homeless man who was assaulted by teenagers
Police are requesting public assistance in locating family members of a homeless man who was observed being assaulted by a group of teenagers on social media.
Woman ordered to attend drug counselling
A WOMAN was ordered on Friday to attend drug counselling for six months as a part of a conditional discharge.
Man accused of killing woman on Ragged Island
A 34-year-old man was remanded in custody on Friday accused of killing a 39-year-old woman in a drive-by shooting on Ragged Island Street last month.
Woman charged with causing harm
A WOMAN was granted $2,500 bail on Friday after she was accused of injuring someone in an argument earlier this month
Six month sentence for breaching bail
A man was sentenced to six months in prison after he admitted to breaching his bail on firearm charges.
