Crime & Court

Subscribe

Accused was never physically abused, says officer

A lead police investigator testified in the Supreme Court in Grand Bahama yesterday that murder accused Renaldo Hudson was never physically abused by officers while in police custody following his arrest in connection with a double murder and attempted murder investigation two years ago.

Tease photo

Maniac hurled acid at woman

POLICE have arrested a 41-year-old Tall Pines man in connection with an acid attack on a woman waiting at the bus stop.

Tease photo

Man dies with shots to the head on weekend of crime

A MAN was killed early on Sunday morning on a track road off Eneas Jumper Corner, according to the Royal Bahamas Police Force.

Tease photo

Man found dead off Eneas Jumper Corner

Police are investigating the country’s latest homicide after a man was found dead off Eneas Jumper Corner on Sunday morning.

Tease photo

Arrest for theft of copper wire

A man was arrested for copper theft from the business establishment in the Eight Mile Rock area this week, police reported.

Tease photo

Search for suspects after two armed robberies

POLICE are searching for a number of men believed to be responsible for two separate armed robberies in New Providence Friday.

Tease photo

Killer escapes death penalty

A MAN has been spared the death penalty for murdering another man in his Family Island home during the course of an armed robbery four years ago.

Court of Appeal orders murder conviction retrial

THE Court of Appeal has quashed the murder conviction of a man sentenced to almost 40 years in prison for murdering a retired physician in his Long Island home.

Tease photo

Arresting Officers found murder accused with gunshot wound

ARRESTING officers found murder accused Jesus Ramos on his father’s sofa, suffering from a gunshot wound in his right leg, a Supreme Court jury heard in testimony yesterday.

Tease photo

Jamaican man jailed for overstaying

A JAMAICAN man whose fingerprints matched those of a man previously deemed an “undesirable” person by immigration officials has been sentenced to almost a year in prison for overstaying in the country.

Tease photo

Murder accused ‘confessed to shooting three people’

A POLICE officer testified on Wednesday in the Supreme Court that murder accused Renaldo Hudson confessed to shooting three people during a robbery gone bad in which two persons were killed in March 2016.

Tease photo

Shonel Ferguson’s firm given three weeks to vacate building

FOX Hill MP Shonel Ferguson’s investment company has three weeks to vacate a building it allegedly never paid real property taxes on since assuming responsibility for it some 13 years ago, a Supreme Court judge has ordered.

Tease photo

Inquiry ordered after man awaiting bail hearing walks free

A SUPREME Court judge has ordered an inquiry into the circumstances that allowed a man, awaiting his bail hearing, to walk free from custody at the Magistrate’s Court last week.

Tease photo

Sentencing adjourned for man who has admitted sexual relationship with girl, 14

A 22-year-old man who has admitted to carrying out an extended sexual relationship with 14-year-old girl yesterday had his sentencing hearing adjourned to January 25, 2019 to allow for a probationary report to be completed.

Tease photo

Three armed robberies in one day

POLICE on New Providence are searching for a number of men believed to be responsible for three armed robberies which occurred on Tuesday.