Double rapist bids to overturn decision to dismiss his appeal
A double rapist is seeking to have the Privy Council overturn a lower court’s decision to dismiss his appeal of one of his sentences without it hearing the matter.Melvin Saunders has petitioned the London-based tribunal in a bid to prove the appellat
Three arrests over illegal firearms
THREE people have been arrested after an illegal firearm and ammunition were seized by police on Sunday afternoon. Officers executed a search warrant on a home in Red Land Acres at about 4pm, and discovered a Glock pistol with 12 rounds of ammunitio
Nygard ‘contributing to deforestation of planet’
PETER Nygard suffered another legal blow on Friday – as his appeal against contempt was rejected with the judge expressing frustration with the lengthy legal process surrounding his case.
Decision to discharge pair of criminal charges remains 'undisturbed'
THE Court of Appeal has dashed the Crown's hopes of overturning a magistrate's decision to discharge a Haitian woman and her brother of criminal charges.
Pharmacists granted leave to join colleague's appeal
TWELVE local pharmacists have been granted leave to join their colleague’s appeal of a Supreme Court judge’s decision to not compel the Bahamas Pharmacy Council to renew her licence.
SHOW HER MERCY: Family begs judge to help mother who killed her girl
THE brother-in-law of a schizophrenic woman who killed her two-year-old daughter by dousing her with gasoline and setting her on fire yesterday begged a judge not to send her to prison, but to allow her to get “the help she needs”.
Deportation for Renew’s ex-boss Cox
FORMER Renew Bahamas CEO Michael Cox and his uncle Maurice were collectively fined $6,000 yesterday for working at a local scrapyard without valid work permits late last year. Senior Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans fined both United Kingdom natives $3,000 after convicting them for illegally engaging in gainful employment in October 2018.
Jury rules Carla was ‘murdered’
THE mysterious hanging of a 25-year-old South African woman at the Atlantis resort last year was a homicide, a jury found yesterday.
Judge orders new NIB strike vote to be held
A NEW strike vote will be held by National Insurance Board workers tomorrow after a Supreme Court judge yesterday overturned Director of Labour John Pinder’s decision to invalidate a previous vote.
Breanna slipped twice - then they attacked
A 14-year-old boy yesterday testified how a car full of girls nearly ran him over in their haste to ultimately stab and beat to death teenage mother Breanna Mackey over an $80 cell phone last year.
Three charged with murder
TWO Haitian men and a Bahamian man, all in their early 20s, are behind three of the country’s recent homicides, police have alleged.The three men were charged yesterday. Police claim 22-year-old Kervenson Pierre and 20-year-old Kerry Dufrene murdered
THEY RAN BREANNA DOWN LIKE ANIMALS: Sister tells court how gang stabbed teen over $80 cellphone
THE older sister of teenage mother Breanna Mackey tearfully recounted yesterday how five girls who were supposed to be her sister’s friends ran her down “like a dog” in the street and brutally mobbed her over an $80 smartphone last year.
One man is shot and another stabbed in separate incidents
TWO men are in hospital after separate shooting and stabbing incidents on the weekend. Police said a New Providence man was shot after 11pm on Saturday. The victim was standing near a business on Providence Avenue, Chippingham, when he was approache
UPDATED: Suspect dies in police shootout
One of two men taken to hospital after a car chase and shootout with police on Friday afternoon has died of his injuries. A third man remains at large.
Two jailed for stealing and causing harm
A Freeport Magistrate sentenced two men to four years in prison after they pleaded guilty to charges of stealing and causing harm on Friday.
