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.
Atlantis death - suicide or murder?
THE older brother of a South African woman found hanged in a room at the Atlantis resort last year, yesterday urged a jury to find that his sister was murdered. He said the injuries found on her corpse did not point to a suicide.
Woman pleads guilty to harbouring two Haitian nationals
A BAHAMIAN woman accused of harbouring undocumented migrants and six Haitian nationals were arraigned this week in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court for breach of the Immigration Act.Rossena Ulysse, 29, of Pearl Drive, appeared on Tuesday in Court Thre
Man critical in hospital with gunshot wounds
A MAN is in hospital nursing gunshot wounds after he was shot Tuesday night, police said. According to police, shortly after 10pm two men were sitting outside a residence on Wilson Tract off Wulff Road, when a gunman entered the yard and opened fire
Jail and fines for 15 more migrants
A 26-year-old Haitian woman’s two-month prison sentence was increased to a year and coupled with a fine yesterday because she gave immigration officers a false name out of fear when they arrested her last week.
Father fails to reduce his sentence for incest
A 50-year-old man has failed to convince a court that his two-decade sentence for having sexual relations with his nine-year-old daughter should be reduced because he is getting too old. The appellate tribunal of Justices Jon Isaacs, Stella Crane-Sc
Youth, 16, on murder charge
A 16-year-old was arraigned yesterday, accused of the shooting death of a 44-year-old man in the Pitt Lane area last week.
