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Two year prison for guilty plea to having a loaded gun

A MAN was sentenced to two years in prison after admitting to having a loaded gun in his Baldwin Street home last week.

Counselling ordered for man who assaulted his kids

A 51-year-old man was ordered to attend counselling after admitting to assaulting his adult children at their home last month.

$4,500 fine for attempting to defraud bank of $26,000

A MAN was fined $4,500 yesterday after admitting to attempting to defraud a bank of $26,000 using fake pay slips in 2022.

Man on release for sex assault fined for bail breach

A 33-year-old man was fined yesterday after he reportedly breached his bail while on release for a sex assault charge against an 18-year-old girl.

Woman sentenced for blackmail of bank loan officer loses appeal

A WOMAN who blackmailed a bank loan officer for allegedly misusing her personal funds to help pay her college fees, in violation of bank policy, had her two-and-a-half-year sentence upheld by the Court of Appeal.

One-year probation after guilty plea for possession of drugs

A MAN was placed on one-year probation after admitting to having 15 grams of marijuana last week.

Man accused of molesting 8-year-old girl

A 26-year-old man was remanded into custody on Friday after he was accused of molesting an eight-year-old girl in New Providence sometime in 2022.

Man arraigned on attempted rape and burglary

A 42-year-old man was imprisoned on Friday after he allegedly broke into a woman’s home and attempted to sexually assault her last month.

Teen and accomplices accused of setting fire to man’s property

AN 18-year-old woman was remanded to prison yesterday after she and accomplices allegedly set fire to a man’s property in New Providence in August.

Bail for man accused of dismembering a man's finger

A MAN was granted bail on Friday after he was accused of dismembering a man’s finger over the summer.

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PM calls for reset of the youth to combat 'senseless killings'

PRIME Minister Philip Davis underscored the need for a "reset of our young people's minds" as he condemned the recent murder of a young father and others.

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'We're all afraid' - Superwash president calls for action after deadly shooting outside wash house

SUPERWASH president and former Minister of Tourism Dionisio D'Aguilar today expressed deep concerns over crime after a 27-year-old man was shot and killed outside a wash house on Baillou Hill Road late Thursday.

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‘He just wanted to marry his girlfriend’ - but killers shot him as he held his baby

CARLOS Joseph’s dream of marrying his girlfriend and adopting her six-year-old daughter ended when he was shot dead while holding their eight-month-old child on Tuesday.

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‘We were robbed’ - but pair admit they took stolen money

TWO men were fined after admitting in court to lying about being victims of an armed robbery when they had actually stolen more than $6,000 from their employers last week.

15 years in jail for incest with daughter

A 44-year-old man was sentenced to 15 years in prison yesterday after he accepted a plea deal for molesting his 15-year-old daughter twice in 2021.