35-year jail sentence 13 years on from murder
A MAN was sentenced to 35 years in prison yesterday for the 2012 fatal shooting of 25-year-old Dennis “Bush” Tynes on Lincoln Boulevard.
Dragged through the street: Wheelchair user pulled along road after being freed from detention
AN attorney has condemned the treatment of a disabled man seen in a viral video being dragged across Shirley Street by plainclothes officers, calling the act a violation of basic human rights.
South African man dead, woman injured after stabbing at sea
A South African man died after allegedly stabbing a woman crew member aboard a vessel in waters off San Salvador last night.
50-year-old man accused of unlawful sex with a minor says he and 17-year-old boy were ‘lovers’
A POLICE officer played footage yesterday of a 50-year-old man saying that he and a 17-year-old boy were “lovers” as the defendant’s unlawful sexual intercourse trial got underway.
Man charged with near-fatal stabbing at bar
A MAN was remanded to prison yesterday after being accused of a near-fatal stabbing at a bar on Cordeaux Avenue last weekend.
Man accused of break-in and stealing car
A MAN has been remanded to prison after admitting to breaking into a Carmichael Road home and stealing a vehicle earlier this week.
Man charged with sacrilege accused of breaking into and stealing from church
A MAN was charged with sacrilege yesterday after allegedly breaking into and stealing from a church on Prince Charles Drive last week.
Costs mount to retrieve man’s body from Haiti
THE family of Shadrack Stuart says it is facing nearly $17,000 in costs to retrieve his body from Haiti, after the Bahamian man was killed in a suspected drug operation earlier this month.
Charged with killing man while driving garbage truck
A MAN was granted bail yesterday after being accused in a fatal traffic accident on Prince Charles Drive in March that claimed the life of a 63-year-old man.
Man accused of touching 11-year-old step-daughter inappropriately on two occasions
A 48-year-old man was granted bail yesterday after being accused of indecently assaulting his 11-year-old stepdaughter on two occasions this year.
Boy accused of attempted murder and car theft
A 15-year-old boy was remanded to the Simpson Penn Centre for Boys yesterday after being accused of attempted murder and vehicle theft.
Man charged with stealing car at gunpoint
AN 18-year-old man was remanded to prison yesterday after being accused of stealing a vehicle at gunpoint last year.
Man accused of assaulting his girlfriend and stealing over $5,000 from her purse
A 35-year-old man was granted bail on Friday after being accused of assaulting his girlfriend and stealing more than $5,000 from her last month.
Man accused of murder of Philip Adderley withdraws bail application
ONE of the men accused in the murder of Phillip Adderley, whose bound body was found near Stuart’s Cove last year, has withdrawn his bail application and will remain in custody until his trial.
Murder accused opts to stay in jail
One of the defendants in the murder of Phillip Adderley, a man whose body was found bound near Stuart’s Cove last year, withdrew his bail application and will remain in prison pending his trial.
