Goodman 'Marco' appeal adjourned
THE Court of Appeal hearing where Kofhe Goodman was expected to challenge his murder conviction has been adjourned to June 2. Yesterday, Goodman appeared before the appellate tribunal of Justices Jon Isaacs, Roy Jones and Sir Michael Barnett, five m
Court of Appeal orders retrial over incest case
THE Court of Appeal has ruled that a man previously sentenced to 25 years in prison for incest be retried due to misdirection given to the jury by the trial judge. In a recently delivered written ruling, three appellate judges said the trial judge e
Four on murder charges
FOUR men were charged with murder yesterday in connection with three recent homicides in New Providence. One of the men was led to court in a wheelchair, his arm in a cast and sling, due to a previous injury that came after he fell off a roof, his la
Jamaican woman charged with 19 counts of fraud
A Jamaican woman who attempted to gain Bahamian citizenship by assuming the identity of another woman was charged with 19 counts of fraud yesterday in Magistrate’s Court.Marlene Stephens, 43, appeared before Magistrate Samuel McKinney charged with po
Two charged in connection with infant’s death
TWO people, one of them a teenager, were yesterday charged in connection with the death of a one-year-old girl earlier this month. A 17-year-old male, who is from Exuma, appeared before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt charged with one count of manslaughter.
Three men charged with shop breaking
THREE men were charged with shop breaking and possession of an unlicenced firearm in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Dexter Carter, 48, and Renard Fulford, 34, both of Eight Mile Rock, and Raymond Brown, 38, of Sapodilla Road, appeared be
Driver denies killing pedestrian, aged 67
A MAN was yesterday granted bail in Magistrate’s Court after denying allegations of killing a pedestrian while driving.
Two gunmen - one with a rifle - hold up store
POLICE are investigating a shooting incident and two armed robberies that occurred over the weekend. In the first incident, a man was left in hospital after a shooting on Saturday afternoon. According to police reports, shortly after 5pm on Saturda
Man charged with punching former girlfriend
A 30-year-old man was charged in Magistrate’s Court on Friday with punching his former girlfriend in the face.
Jamaican man pleads guilty to overstaying spousal permit
A JAMAICAN man was charged in the Magistrate’s Court on Friday for overstaying his spousal permit by two years.
Motorcyclist held up at gunpoint
BETWEEN 5 and 5:30pm Thursday a young motorcyclist on his way to work was held up at gun point as he turned off the Eastern Road onto Wild Tamarind Drive.
Man and woman killed in separate incidents
POLICE are investigating the country’s two latest murders.
Police kill man after Fox Hill station shoot-out
POLICE killed a man in his 70s after he allegedly engaged them in a shoot-out at the Fox Hill Police Station Friday morning.
Doctor tells how survivor sustained injuries
TESTIMONY continued in the Fox Hill mass shooting trial yesterday, with a medical expert revealing that one of the survivors sustained injuries to their left upper back and right forearm. Dr Crystal Wells, taking the witness stand before Justice Deb
Man 'serious' after he is shot outside club
A MAN is in hospital after he was shot while standing outside a nightclub on Monday night. Police said the shooting happened after 10pm, outside a nightclub on Price Street in Nassau Village. The victim was approached by an armed man who shot him be
