Police find illegal firearm, marijuana
POLICE recovered an illegal firearm and a quantity of dangerous drugs from the streets of New Providence on Sunday. In the first incident, according to reports, shortly before 1pm, operations officers acting on intelligence conducted a search of a b
Double rapist loses bid to overturn 14-year sentence
A DOUBLE rapist has lost in his bid to have the country’s highest court overturn a lower court’s decision to dismiss his appeal of one of his sentences without hearing the matter first. The Privy Council, in a written ruling, set aside Melvin Saunde
Woman stable after drive-by shooting
A WOMAN is in hospital in stable condition after she was injured during a drive-by shooting, police said. According to a police report, shortly after 1am yesterday, a man and a woman were driving on Mackey Street, near Chesapeake Road, when occupant
Two men remanded on unlawful sex charges
TWO men were remanded to prison yesterday over allegations they each had sex with a teenaged girl.
Nygard in two new sex writs
CANADIAN fashion mogul Peter Nygard is facing two separate lawsuits after being accused of sexual assault.
Bahamian accused of killing friend in Florida
A BAHAMIAN man is accused of kicking his friend to death in Florida after a surveillance video emerged showing the victim being kicked for an hour and 19 minutes.
Lawyer accuses police of 'fakery' over car in shooting
A DEFENCE attorney yesterday accused a crime scene investigator of engaging in “pretty, childish fakery” to convince jurors that the car he processed was the one three men used to execute the 2013 Fox Hill mass shooting. Geoffrey Farquharson accused
Man shot dead in his Flamingo Gardens home
A man is dead after a shooting incident in Flamingo Gardens on Thursday night.
21-year-old on murder charge
A 21-year-old man was charged yesterday with murdering another man in the Carmichael Road area last week.Jermaine Griffin was charged before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt with murdering Jacquelin Francois on January 13.According to police, s
Woman in hospital after being shot by armed robber
A WOMAN is in hospital after she was shot by an armed robber outside her home, police said. Shortly after 11pm on Tuesday, a woman had just arrived at her home on Jumbey Drive, Golden Gates, when she was approached by an armed man who shot her befor
Trial begins of trio accused of murdering four and injuring six in 2013
THE trial of three men accused of the 2013 Fox Hill mass shooting that killed four people and injured six others got underway yesterday. Jurors heard the prosecution plans to call the fourth occupant of the car used in the drive-by shooting as one o
Dead woman had been strangled and immersed in water, court told
A WOMAN who was found murdered nearly three years ago on Valentine’s Day in Eight Mile Rock, Grand Bahama had been strangled and immersed in water, the Grand Bahama Supreme Court heard yesterday.
Charged with death threats
A 27-year-old Freeport man was arraigned on several serious offences, including making death threats and assaulting a police officer. Antwaun Outten, a resident of Watergate Apartments, appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Debbye Ferguson. He is
Ballpoint pen killer loses sentence appeal
A man has failed at his bid to have the Court of Appeal overturn his near decade-long sentence for stabbing another man to death with a ballpoint pen 13 years ago. The Court of Appeal dismissed France Louis’ appeal of his nine-year sentence for kill
Third man faces Coconut Grove murder charge
A THIRD man has been charged with murdering a 23-year-old man in the Coconut Grove community last year. Stephon Davis, of Ridgeland Park, was charged before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt with murdering Keion Butler on August 13. Davis’ arr
