Third man facing murder charge
A third man was charged in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with the country’s second murder of the year.
Convicted killer's retrial ordered
THE Court of Appeal has ordered a man be retried for murdering a former “most wanted” suspect eight years ago because of its “uneasiness” about the unreliability of a police sketch and other “inadmissible material” that ultimately led to his conviction.
Officers sued over illegal detention
A MAN is suing the commissioner of police and three of his subordinates after police detained him for almost three days for having an illegal firearm and ammunition, which was later discovered to have possibly been planted by two of the officers who subsequently fabricated evidence to suggest they caught him with it.
Police discover illegal firearm after car chase
GRAND Bahama police are searching for a male driver after a traffic stop led to a police chase which ended in a crash and the discovery of an illegal firearm in Freeport.
Shooting and stabbing victims in hospital
TWO Grand Bahama men are in hospital after one was shot and the other stabbed during an argument on the island yesterday.
Police recover firearms, drugs in separate incidents
Two men are in custody after police recovered three illegal firearms and a quantity of dangerous drugs in three separate incidents on Thursday and Friday.
Frank Smith's attorney criticises prosecutors
PROSECUTORS in the extortion and bribery trial of Frank Smith erred when they failed to interview former Deputy Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis and analyse the alleged role Smith played in awarding Barbara Hanna a $500,000 annual Public Hospitals Authority contract, according to Keith Knight, QC, Smith’s lead attorney.
Renew CEO tells court he was not working in scrapyard
RENEW Bahamas CEO Michael Cox denied he was sitting on heavy equipment or that he was working at a local scrap yard when immigration officials arrested him last year.
Former police officer loses appeal on fatal shooting
THE Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal of a former police officer convicted of manslaughter in 2017 after killing a man while on duty.
‘Bad back’ Nygard misses day in the dock
SUPREME Court Justice Indra Charles yesterday recused herself from Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard’s contempt of court sentencing.
Hanna ‘frustrated’ but not lying
ONE day after admitting star witness Barbara Hanna made mistakes in her testimony, prosecutors in the Frank Smith bribery and extortion trial yesterday sought to repair her credibility, while also highlighting case elements they say prove the accused solicited payments for influencing Hanna’s receipt of a $500,000 contract.
Pair admit guilt in series of theft offences
TWO men were sentenced to ten years in prison after pleading guilty to a number of serious offences in the Eight Mile Rock Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Marijuana move could take years
THE Bahamas National Commission on Marijuana (BNCM) is expected to deliver its first draft to the government by April but any implementation concerning the “business of marijuana” could take years, rotarians were told yesterday.
Murder trial adjourned
A CASE management hearing ahead of the murder trial of Leo Roderick Johnson has been adjourned until January 23.
‘SIMPLE MISTAKE’ AT HEART OF TRIAL: Crown claims key Smith witness got vital date wrong
THE Crown’s lead attorney in the extortion and bribery trial of Frank Smith has suggested that star witness Barbara Hanna’s indication that she met with the accused in March of 2016 after she was awarded a cleaning contract was nothing more than a “simple mistake,” stunning the court Wednesday with the admission that the prosecution’s case was built around this error in the record.
