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Woman jailed for making false rape report

A WOMAN was sentenced to two months in prison for making a false rape report and was told that she did a “very wicked thing.”

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Man pleads not guilty to indecent assault of university students

A MAN pleaded not guilty to two counts of indecent assault of two female university students.

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Second tragedy for family

THE uncle of a 10-year-old boy who was murdered last year, was himself shot dead on Wednesday night.

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Sandals sex case couple hire ex-AG

FORMER Attorney General Carl Bethel, QC, is representing a US couple in the Bahamian courts in a $30m lawsuit against Sandals Resorts.

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Police: Rape claim on social media was false

GRAND Bahama Police are still searching for the suspect/suspects in connection with two rape incidents and one attempted robbery incident that occurred in Freeport.

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Acklins man accused of assaulting officer

AN ACKLINS man was charged in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday with threatening a police officer and assaulting him with a vehicle.

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Man accused of attempted rape

A MAN was accused in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday of attempting to rape a 29-year-old woman.

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Unlawful sex charge for 55-year-old suspect

A MAN was remanded in Magistrate’s Court yesterday accused of unlawfully having sex with a mentally unstable woman and assaulting her with a knife.

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Suspect accused of copper theft

A MAN was granted $4,000 bail in Magistrate’s Court yesterday on charges of stealing and receiving almost $2k worth of copper wires from a woman’s house.

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$3,000 bail in causing harm case

A MAN, accused of causing harm to another man, was granted $3,000 bail in the Magistrate’s court yesterday.

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One dead, three injured in Bain Town shooting

A MAN was left dead and three other men are in the hospital after a shooting in Bain Town last night.

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‘Where did church’s Dorian funds go?’

THE Church of God has been asked in an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court to account for $500,000 in Hurricane Dorian contributions it received to aid victims and churches under its umbrella that were ravaged by the Category Five storm in 2019.

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Man accused of firing gun

A MAN was remanded in Magistrate’s Court yesterday after “wantonly” discharging an unlicensed firearm.

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Suspect accused of stealing electronics

A MAN was granted $5,000 bail in Magistrate’s Court yesterday after being accused of stealing more than $5,000 worth of electronics from another man’s home.

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Man accused of causing harm

A MAN was granted bail in Magistrate’s Court yesterday on charges of causing harm and threats of death.