Husband shoots wife, turns gun on himself
A MAN shot and killed his wife before fatally turning a weapon on himself in an apparent murder suicide in the home they shared at Yellow Elder Gardens early yesterday morning.
Man shot as he stands on porch
A MAN is in hospital in stable condition after he was shot while standing on a porch of a home on Fleming Street on Friday.
Union challenge dismissed over variation of overtime
THE Court of Appeal has dismissed a union’s challenge to the government’s unilateral variation of its members’ overtime rate in 2010, after concurring with a Supreme Court judge that the union’s existence as the relevant bargaining agent was not valid at that time.
Cashiers charged with stealing more than $400,000
FOUR cashiers at a local automotive services company in New Providence were arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court on Friday charged with collectively stealing more than $400,000 from their employer over a two-year period.
Lawyers file writ to free limbo inmate
THE 42-year-old schizophrenic man jailed for nearly four years without charge, will finally get his day in court next month.
Man seeking to appeal 50-year murder sentence
A MAN sentenced to half a century in prison for murdering another man as he was dancing with his girlfriend in a sports bar in Grand Bahama four years ago is seeking to appeal his sentence.
New Zealand man pleads guilty to overstaying
A New Zealand national was arraigned in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court on charges of illegal landing and overstaying.
Father and two sons charged after GB police operation
A 50-year-old man and his two sons were arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday over allegations they were found in possession of over $1m in criminal proceeds following a major police operation in Grand Bahama earlier this week.
Charged with killing bodybuilder
A 43-year-old woman was arraigned in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with the murder of a former Bahamian bodybuilder and powerlifter last weekend.
Former beauty queen lawsuit: ‘Throw it out’
A FORMER Bahamian beauty queen’s copyright lawsuit against the Ministry of Tourism “falls woefully short” and should be dismissed, the Government agency is demanding.
Manslaughter appeal rejected
A CONVICT’S decision not to pursue his denial of the opportunity to be heard on an appropriate sentence for manslaughter before the London-based Privy Council proved “fatal” to his recent bid to challenge it on the grounds that it was unconstitutional, the Court of Appeal has ruled.
Four Haitians ‘tried to leave country with $33,000’
FOUR Haitian nationals, two women and two men, are due to stand trial in a month after denying allegations they attempted to leave the country with over $33,000 in “foreign currency” earlier this week.
UPDATED: 50 held in mass drugs raid
50 people were arrested on Grand Bahama on Tuesday morning in a joint operation between Bahamian and US law enforcement officers that resulted in the seizure of a large quantity of drugs and US cash, and several firearms and ammunition.
Man has appeal of plea deal sentence thrown out
THE COURT of Appeal has dashed a man’s hopes of contesting his 25-year sentence for raping a pregnant woman after burglarising her home seven years ago, as its judges said he knew what he was getting into when he voluntarily agreed to such a sentence.
Four Haitians charged with immigration breaches
FOUR Haitians were charged separately with breach of the Immigration Act in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court – three for illegal landing and one for illegal entry.
