Pair accused of crown land fraud bailed
TWO people, accused of pocketing thousands of dollars from the fraudulent sale of a plot of Crown Land, were yesterday granted $10,000 bail before their trial.
‘Road rage knifemen’
A MAN and a teenager were charged with murder yesterday in connection with a stabbing that left another man dead following an argument after a car accident last week.
$1,000 FINE FOR SELLING MARIJUANA
A 24-year-old man who told police he was selling marijuana to make a “couple of dollars” was yesterday fined $1,000.
Harbour Island murder ‘may be drug-related’
A MAN was shot dead in Harbour Island Friday night in an area that local MP Rickey Mackey said might be a drug-related incident.
Nygard’s Bahamas court actions cost him dear
PETER Nygard’s contempt for The Bahamas’ legal system was a key reason a Canadian judge refused to release the Canadian businessman from detention pending possible extradition to the US.
Police investigating after man found dead on Harbour Island
Police are investigating after a man was found dead with apparent gunshot wounds on Harbour Island on Friday night.
Nygard denied bail
A JUDGE in Winnipeg, Manitoba denied Canadian fashion designer Peter Nygard bail Friday on a US extradition request over charges of sex trafficking and racketeering.
Haitian woman fined $300 for illegal landing
A HAITIAN woman who admitted travelling to the Bahamas on a wooden sloop was fined $300 on Friday.
Suspected illegal immigrants arrested in Freeport
FOUR suspected illegal migrants were discovered at an apartment complex in Freeport this week.
Teen denies assaulting police officer
A TEENAGER who denied assaulting a police officer with an unlicensed firearm was on Friday granted bail before his trial.
Man ordered to keep the peace after threats
A MAN who threatened to kill his cousin during a verbal argument late last month was bound over to keep the peace for six months.
Nygard attorneys to take appeal bid to Privy Council
ATTORNEYS for Peter Nygard are seeking conditional leave to appeal to the Privy Council over the Court of Appeal’s rejection of his appeal of a contempt conviction.
Man charged with murder
A 27-year-old man was charged with murder in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
FINED FOR CURFEW BREACH
A MAN who claimed he violated the nightly curfew because he went to drop off his children at home was fined $600 yesterday.
Two Haitian men fined
TWO Haitian men who were found living on two different islands without the required legal documents were each fined $300 yesterday.
