Man guilty of shooting
A SUPREME Court jury has found a man guilty of manslaughter for the fatal shooting of another man on Independence Day last year.
Man charged with Port Lucaya Marketplace murder
A 23-year-old New Providence man was charged with murder in Freeport Magistrate’s Court on Friday in connection with the shooting death of a businessman at Port Lucaya Marketplace early this year.
Crown's appeal in fatal armed robbery case dismissed
THE CROWN has failed in its bid to have the Court of Appeal overturn a Supreme Court judge’s decision to direct the jury to acquit one of two brothers formerly accused of the fatal armed robbery of another man a little over six years ago.
Woman stabbed on Marshall Road
POLICE are investigating the stabbing of a woman on Marshall Road Friday.
Judge orders document chase in Frank Smith corruption case
A SUPREME Court judge has given six government agencies two weeks to turn over “any and all” documents pertaining to controversial Crown witness Barbara Hanna and her cleaning company to counsel involved in former PLP Senator Frank Smith’s bribery and extortion trial.
Wife should have included $4m cash in divorce proceedings
A WOMAN ought to have accounted for the $4 million in cash stashed in a foreign bank account and thousands of dollars’ worth of South African and Indian gold coins contained in a safety box when divorcing her husband of 21 years, the Court of Appeal
Four years signing in on bail - after case dropped
A YOUNG man from Grand Bahama has claimed his life was disrupted for four years because the Office of the Attorney General had failed to notify him armed robbery charges had been dropped against him since 2014.
Murder rate down by nearly 50%
FOR the first quarter of this year, overall crime figures were “trending downward” with murders on the decline by 45.2 percent, National Security Minister Marvin Dames announced yesterday, while conceding “there is still a lot of work left to be done”.
Nygard: Just another day at court
CANADIAN fashion mogul Peter Nygard was yesterday ordered to pay legal costs for Save The Bays after his legal team’s bid to amend certain legal submissions ultimately caused an adjournment of his appeal of his contempt of court conviction last year for engaging in dredging activities off the coast of his Lyford Cay home in defiance of a court order.
Suicide suspected as crew member dies on boat in Bimini
THE death of a New Zealand native on board a vessel in Bimini is being investigated as a “sudden death/suspected suicide” by police. In a press release yesterday, police described the victim as a Caucasian male who was a crew member on a cruise vess
Jewelry store raid on Paradise Island
TWO armed thieves robbed a jewelry store on Paradise Island Tuesday night police said. The incident happened shortly after 11pm. The thieves, one armed with a firearm, entered the store and held the employees at bay. They stole an undetermined amo
Life sentence reduced - but 50 years still to serve
A JAMAICAN man sentenced to life in prison for a double murder in 2011 previously believed to be the motivation for a triple murder that occurred just weeks later will now be released from prison in just over 50 years’ time. Appellate Justices Jon I
Court sends mum home to care for her sick son
A CHILD’s “numerous and severe disabilities” were the primary reasons his mother’s four-year prison sentence for firearm possession has been quashed, the Court of Appeal has ruled. Former Court of Appeal President Dame Anita Allen, along with fellow
Nygard loses fight to avoid New York trial
A NEW York appeals court has ruled that a 2015 defamation lawsuit filed by billionaire Lyford Cay homeowner Louis Bacon against his neighbour, Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard, can be heard in the state.
33 days in jail – after being told he was free
A MAN previously sentenced to seven years in prison for armed robbery as part of a plea deal is suing the government for unlawfully detaining him for over a month after he was declared a free man by a Supreme Court judge.
