‘I was forced to smuggle cocaine’
A Jamaican man who said he was forced to smuggle $20,000 worth of cocaine into the country to prevent his family from being killed by drug lords was yesterday sentenced to 18 months in prison.
$750k for unlawful detention
THE Supreme Court has awarded $751,900 to a Ghanaian man who was unlawfully detained at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre for nearly seven years after he travelled to The Bahamas from Jamaica for a three-week vacation.
Bimini man shot after rally
A BIMINI man was airlifted to New Providence after allegedly being shot during an argument with Progressive Liberal Party supporters shortly after a Free National Movement rally on the island.
Three men in court on gun charges
THREE men who denied being the owners of two loaded guns were yesterday remanded to prison pending a bail hearing.
Pair accused of armed robbery
A man and teenager were charged with armed robbery in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Fatal stabbing of PLP worker
A MAN was stabbed to death outside the Progressive Liberal Party’s Yamacraw constituency office last night.
Stabbing sentence quashed
THE Court of Appeal has quashed the 18-month prison sentence of a man convicted of seriously injuring another man by stabbing him with a knife.
Two in hospital after shooting
GRAND Bahama police are investigating a shooting that left two people, including a woman, in hospital.
‘Assault by police left me ruined’
A SECOND person who claimed police tortured him at the Governor’s Harbour Police Station for a crime for which he was never charged, yesterday said the incident not only caused him injury but contributed to him experiencing considerable financial loss.
‘Get answer wrong you hang yourself’
A STORY of terror and brutality filled a courtroom yesterday as Chavette Strachan recounted how police officers allegedly tortured her for a criminal confession at Eleuthera’s Governor’s Harbour Police Station in January, 2018.
Expired passport reported stolen lands woman in court after flight
A WOMAN seeking permanent residency in the United States found herself in court after she returned to The Bahamas on an expired passport which she had previously reported as lost, the court was told.
Five-year sentence for gun and drugs upheld
THE Court of Appeal yesterday confirmed the five-year prison sentence of a man convicted of illegal drug and firearm possession over four years ago.
$700 fine for marijuana and pills
A 26-year-old man caught with marijuana and Percocet pills must pay $700 to avoid spending four months behind bars.
Two accused of robbery plot
TWO women, accused of plotting to commit robbery, were sent to prison to await trial.
Two accused of robbery plot
TWO women, accused of plotting to commit robbery, were sent to prison to await trial.
