Suspect accused of taxi driver killing
A 20-year-old man was arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday over allegations he murdered a taxi driver in Hollywood Subdivision, off Cowpen Road in June.Donte Riley stood before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt charged with one count each
Man guilty of drug possession
A 23-year-old man yesterday pleaded guilty to one count of drug possession with intent to supply.Kevin Rolle, of Sugar Hill Road, Fox Hill, appearing before Deputy Chief Magistrate Subusola Swain, admitted to possessing 3.875 ounces of suspected mari
Police hunt for robbers after two raids
POLICE in New Providence are investigating two armed robberies which occurred on Monday.Shortly after 9am, a man was in the parking lot of a local bank on Prince Charles Drive when he was approached by a gunman who robbed him of a bag containing cash
Five years in jail for ringleader in housebreaking and theft group
A 35-year-old man was convicted and sentenced yesterday to five years in prison in connection with a five-month long housebreaking and theft ring which netted an estimated $13,916 in stolen property.Tiffalo Johnson, of Native Yard, East Street North,
Three jailed over seizure of marijuana
A BAHAMIAN man and two Jamaican men were sentenced to three and a half years in prison yesterday for last week’s seizure of 375 pounds of marijuana at a residence on Meadow Street.Two additional people - a Jamaican woman and a Bahamian man - were als
FIVE FACE COURT OVER IMMIGRATION OFFENCES
A Bahamian and four immigrants were charged in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court on Monday for breach of the Immigration Act.Hugh Walkin, 48, appeared in Court One before Deputy Chief Magistrate Debbye Ferguson on the charge of harbouring an undocument
American caught with $43k coke in luggage
AN American man found with more than $40,000 worth of cocaine in his luggage was one of several people arrested for drug offences over the weekend.
Judge recuses herself from murder trial
A SUPREME Court judge on Friday discharged a jury empaneled to hear the murder trial of Ashley Hield, taking the necessary steps to recuse herself of the case on the grounds of potential bias.
Appeal in drive-by shooting death case dismissed
THE Court of Appeal has dismissed a man's appeal to have his conviction and sentencing overturned on the grounds that he had no case to answer for his involvement in a 2010 murder.
Three face court on murder charges
THREE men were arraigned yesterday in Magistrate’s Court accused of two separate murders.In the first matter, Jameine Bethel, 22, stood before Deputy Chief Magistrate Subsola Swain faced with one count of murder concerning a Saturday, August 4, incid
GIBSON TRIAL: Witnesses’ testimony ‘coached’ by police
LAWYERS for former Cabinet minister Shane Gibson filed documents in the Supreme Court yesterday alleging the statements of two key prosecution witnesses have been “tainted” and are not reliable, painting a picture of “unprecedented levels of witness coaching and evidence alteration” at the hands of lawyers and the Anti-Corruption Unit.
Teenager accused of sex attack on ten-year-old
A 19-year-old boy was arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with the indecent assault of a ten-year-old girl at her residence and the early morning burglary of the home.Peter Estamble, of Watkins Street, stood before Magistrate Samuel M
Nygard told to pay up $2.2m in legal costs
CANADIAN fashion mogul Peter Nygard has been ordered by the Supreme Court to pay non-profit environmental advocacy group Save The Bays a combined total of $2.2 million in legal costs.The costs were ordered in four separate certificates of taxation, o
Police up patrols in wake of robberies
POLICE are investigating three separate incidents of armed robbery, home invasion, and break-ins that took place in the western district of New Providence on Tuesday.
Drugs case delayed by lack of translator
A SENIOR magistrate yesterday had to adjourn the drug case against five foreign nationals involved in the discovery and seizure of 100 pounds of suspected marijuana after her court was unable to secure a Spanish translator for the duration of the hea
