MAN DENIES POSSESSION OF GLOCK GUN
A 47-year-old man who denied being in possession of an unlicensed firearm was granted bail ahead of his trial.
Suspect held in double shooting
A MAN is dead and another is in hospital after a double shooting last night on John Road off Hospital Lane.
Man guilty of overstay says he fled uncle’s killers
A JAMAICAN man, who claimed he fled his home country to avoid being targeted by his uncle’s killers after he witnessed the murder, was charged in the Magistrate’s Court with overstaying his time in The Bahamas.
$200 fine for marijuana
A FISHERMAN who was found with over two ounces of marijuana was yesterday fined $200.
Man jailed for having gun
A MAN was yesterday sentenced to two years in prison after he admitted being in possession of a loaded gun last week.
WOMAN STABBED IN PARKING LOT
A WOMAN is in hospital after she was stabbed during an argument with another woman in a parking lot on Saturday.
Two charged with murder
TWO men were charged with murder in the Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
Six months for marijuana possession
A REPEAT offender found with a quantity of marijuana was on Friday sentenced to prison for six months.
Man denies stealing car
A 25-year-old man who denied stealing another man’s car and trying to pass it off as his own was on Friday granted bail ahead of his trial.
Call for more police after Chippingham robbery
A SMALL business owner yesterday appealed for more police presence in the Chippingham area after an armed man robbed her convenience store on Wednesday night of all the day’s earnings.
Appeal court quashes harbouring conviction
THE Court of Appeal yesterday ordered that a woman who had been fined $3,000 for harbouring an illegal immigrant be reimbursed, after ruling the magistrate could not have found the charge against the appellant proved.
Man deported ‘after living in bushes and eating coconuts’
A HAITIAN man who claimed he lived in bushes and survived off coconuts after he travelled to The Bahamas on a wooden sloop was yesterday fined $300 before being deported back to his home country.
Man accused of raping 74-year-old woman
A 36-year-old man of Eight Mile Rock was charged in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court yesterday with attempted rape.
Magistrates Court building evacuated after bomb scare
A BOMB scare in the Magistrates Court building forced hundreds to evacuate the complex on Thursday morning.
