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Police find firearms, ammunition in abandoned building

GRAND Bahama Police discovered firearms and ammunition in an abandoned building in the Lucaya area on Friday.

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Curfew is reimposed on Bimini

A 7pm to 5am curfew has been implemented for North and South Bimini in response to a COVID-19 outbreak on that island.

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Armed man shot by police

AN armed man was shot by police before 8pm last night.

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Attempted murder conviction quashed, sentence set aside, new trial ordered

THE Court of Appeal yesterday set aside the 35-year sentence of a man who was convicted of attempting to murder three men at a cemetery in East Grand Bahama over three years ago.

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Man in tears after being found not guilty of sex with boy

A MAN was brought to tears yesterday after a Supreme Court jury found him not guilty of having sex with a three-year-old boy in November 2019.

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Govt can appeal citizenship - but no ruling on stay

THE Court of Appeal granted the government leave yesterday to appeal a landmark citizenship ruling to the Privy Council, but did not rule on whether to stay the judgement.

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Man found shot dead at wheel of car

POLICE are investigating the death of a man who was found slumped forward in the driver’s seat of a running car in the early hours yesterday morning.

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So who did kill officer Perpall?

ABLE Seaman Jevon Seymour is now a free man after a Supreme Court jury yesterday found him not guilty of murdering his superior officer at Government House in 2019.

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Two face court accused over separate murders

A MAN and a teenager were yesterday charged with murder in connection with two separate matters.

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Drugs and guns found in Freeport

GRAND Bahama Police discovered illegal drugs, firearms and ammunition at an abandoned building in the Freeport area this week.

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Jury to start deliberations in child sex case today

A MAN accused of having sex with a three-year-old boy will soon learn his fate after a Supreme Court judge gives a summation of the case today before turning it over to the jury for deliberation.

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Defence Force officer found not guilty of murder, attempted murder

A Royal Bahamas Defence Force officer accused of murder and attempted murder was found not guilty on all counts on Wednesday.

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Body found in landfill well

POLICE removed a man’s partially decomposed body from the New Providence Landfill yesterday in what Assistant Superintendent of Police Audley Peters said appears to be a suspicious death.

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Investigator ‘shocked’ at arrest for Davis defamation

A POLICE sergeant testified in Magistrate’s Court yesterday about his role in arresting private investigator Oswald Poitier for libel allegations made against him by Progressive Liberal Party Leader Philip “Brave” Davis.

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Marijuana conviction quashed

THE Court of Appeal yesterday quashed the conviction of a man who was previously fined $10,000 after he pleaded guilty to marijuana possession with the intent to supply.