Crime & Court

Bain awaits appeal verdict on investment repay order

LINCOLN Bain is awaiting the Court of Appeal’s verdict about his application to appeal to the Privy Council to overturn a decision related to a failed investment deal.

Teen held on accusation of two armed robberies

AN 18-year-old was sent to prison yesterday after being accused of two armed robberies in Nassau last week.

House burgler pleads not guilty, granted $5,000 bail

A MAN was granted bail on Tuesday after being accused of stealing more than $1,000 when he broke into a house in New Providence earlier this year.

Lawyers for Nygard seek to avoid US extradition

PETER Nygard’s lawyers expressed concerns for his health and safety while urging appellate judges in Canada to quash an order to extradite the former fashion mogul to the United States to face sex trafficking and racketeering charges.

Man charged with recent killing of two brothers

A MAN accused of killing two brothers in Solomon’s Super Centre parking lot last month was charged with two counts of murder yesterday.

Armed robber accused remanded without bail

A MAN was sent to jail yesterday after being accused of an armed robbery in New Providence last month.

Man in hospital after shooting, student hit by suspects' vehicle

Police in New Providence are requesting the public’s assistance in locating two men responsible for a shooting incident that left a 30-year-old man in hospital on Monday.

POLICE QUIZ MP KIRK CORNISH: Representative for North Abaco released last night after being in custody

NORTH Abaco MP Kirk Cornish was released by police last night after turning himself into officers in Grand Bahama for questioning earlier yesterday.

Man sentenced to 18 months jail for fondling 4-year-old to appeal ruling

A 44-year-old man was sentenced to 18 months in prison after he was found guilty of fondling a four-year-old girl in 2021.

Coroner’s inquest starts for shooting of blind man by police

THE BROTHER of a blind man killed in a police-involved shooting in 2018 testified yesterday that he never saw his brother with a firearm.

Four students reimbursed by medical training school that was unaccredited

THE owner of a purported medical school that is unregistered with the National Accreditation and Equivalency Council (NAECOB) partially reimbursed four women who sued him after taking an unaccredited course.

Man shot dead in Kennedy Subdivision

A MAN was shot multiple times as he sat outside his apartment complex and died as he tried to flee to safety last night in the country’s latest murder.