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TRAGEDY OF NEW MUM SHOT DEAD: Boyfriend survives after turning gun on himself after killing

A woman is dead and a man is in hospital after a suspected murder and attempted suicide on Saturday night.

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Three dead after car hits house in Long Island

Three men are dead after a car collided with a house in Long Island on Friday night.

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Three women accused of smuggling drugs

THREE women accused of smuggling drugs and other items into the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services were charged in the Magistrate’s Court on Friday.

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Man accused of stealing $5,500

A SENIOR magistrate on Friday granted bail to a 45-year-old man accused of stealing over $5,000 from another man.

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‘YOU SHOULD HAVE GONE TO PRISON’: Magistrate laments law lets driver who killed two escape with fine

A 34-year-old man broke down and cried in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday after being fined $20,000 for killing a married couple on Christmas Day over a year ago.

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Jailed for stealing $40 of tools

A 48-year-old man was sentenced to three months in prison yesterday after admitting to stealing over $40 worth of tools from a local department store.

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$1,000 fine for overstaying

A JAMAICAN man who overstayed his welcome in the country by four days was yesterday ordered to pay $1,000 to avoid spending one month behind bars.

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From remand to jail after prison officers find marijuana

A SENIOR magistrate yesterday sentenced a man who was on remand to eight months behind bars after he was found with 1.5 ounces of marijuana by prison officers last year.

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Immigration officer is one of two arrested over attack on woman

AN immigration officer is one of two men in custody after a video showing a man kicking a woman to the face, knocking her unconscious on a sidewalk, went viral on social media.

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Woman hit in face in robbery

A WOMAN was hit in the face and robbed of her handbag while walking near a bus stop in Freeport yesterday morning.

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Two accused of firearm possession

TWO men appeared in Magistrate’s Court yesterday on firearm charges.

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Three facing drug charges

TWO men and a woman were charged in Magistrate’s Court yesterday on two separate counts of possession of dangerous drugs.

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Two years in jail for firing gun and fleeing

A MAN was yesterday sentenced to two years in prison and fined $6,000 after he pleaded guilty to a firearm charge.

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Bailed suspect shot dead outside home

A MAN, released on bail on Christmas Eve, was fatally shot on Monday night.

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WOMAN KILLED ON WAY TO PRAYERS: Victim dies from yet another stray bullet in gangland attack

A WOMAN who was on her way to a prayer meeting was shot by a stray bullet and died on Robinson Road last night, police said.