Vasyli fate: ‘It’s your decision’ – Privy Council says Bahamas court to rule on any retrial
THE Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has ruled that Donna Vasyli has a case to answer in the 2015 killing of her husband, Australian podiatrist Phillip Vasyli.
Robbery theory in killings
TWO men in custody for the killings of a mother and daughter in Long Island will likely learn today if either or both will be charged with murder, Chief Superintendent of Police Solomon Cash said yesterday.
Robbery suspect escapes from police station
A MAN who was being questioned by police in connection to an armed robbery investigation escaped from the Carmichael Road Police Station on Sunday night, police said. According to police, Tomal Bowe, 28, of McKinney Drive was assisting police with a
Woman admits forging narcotics prescription
A WOMAN pleaded guilty to forging prescriptions to obtain narcotics from a local pharmacy after being arraigned in Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Tietchka Vanderpool-Wallace, 54, was arraigned alongside Livingstone Seymour, 54, before Senior Magistra
Woman detained after $80k of suspected cocaine found
A WOMAN was arrested at Lynden Pindling International Airport on Sunday after she was found with $80,000 worth of cocaine, police said. The woman, who had arrived in the country on a flight from Jamaica, was arrested shortly before 2pm. Airport Divi
UPDATED: Suspect killed after 'aiming gun at police'
A MAN screamed “I got shoot, I got shoot” moments before drawing his last breath in the country’s latest police-involved killing.
Families grieve for murdered women
POLICE are holding two men for questioning in connection with the shocking double murder of a mother and daughter that has rocked the tight-knit community of Salt Pond, Long Island.
Three firemen injured in elderly home fire
POLICE in New Providence are investigating after arsonists reportedly set fire to and destroyed an unoccupied building at the Persis Rodgers Home for the Aged yesterday morning.
Woman seriously injured in night club shooting
A WOMAN is in critical condition in hospital after she and a man were shot on Sunday. According to a police report, shortly after 1am the victims were at a night club on Nassau Street when an unknown gunman entered the club, opened fire on the patro
Woman in hospital after being shot outside nightclub
A woman is in hospital after being shot outside a nightclub early on Saturday morning.
Two charged in connection with murder on Grand Bahama
TWO Freeport men were charged in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court on Friday in connection with the island’s third murder.
Bodies of two women found on Long Island: Police investigating deaths as homicides
WHILE searching for a missing mother and daughter in Long Island, police on Friday made the gruesome discovery of the bodies of two women in the Salt Pond settlement and are investigating the deaths as homicides.
Medic: Fox Hill shooting victim lucky to survive
A MEDICAL expert yesterday testified how one of the survivors of the 2013 Fox Hill mass shooting could have died from what he believed were “life-threatening” injuries if medical treatment had not been provided.Dr Justin Albury, taking the witness st
Police probe into gun-toting officer
AN investigation has been launched after a police officer was caught on video displaying aggressive conduct to several residents on Abaco, officials said.
DNA evidence helps overturn rape conviction
DEFICIENCIES in the DNA evidence against a man previously convicted of raping a woman at gunpoint after burglarising her West Bay Street home led to his conviction being overturned, the Court of Appeal has said. The appellate court said the reason w
