Six charged with stabbing death of teenage mother
UNDER heavy police guard, four women, one of whom is pregnant, and two juvenile girls were arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with the stabbing death of a teenage mother in the Englerston constituency last week.
Woman pleads guilty to charges over hit-and-run
A 24-year-old woman pleaded guilty to seven charges yesterday stemming from a hit-and-run accident in which she killed a 52-year-old man in an unlicenced and uninsured vehicle.Maronique Paul, of Malcolm Road, stood before Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evan
Supreme Court hears legal arguments in habeas corpus applications
LEGAL arguments in six habeas corpus applications yesterday centred around differing interpretations of the powers extended to immigration officers as prescribed in the Immigration Act.Supreme Court Justice Gregory Hilton adjourned all matters to Feb
Mother leaves courtroom as footage of murders shown
THE mother of Sheena Johnson got up and left the courtroom as surveillance footage was shown in the Supreme Court depicting the murders of her daughter and son-in-law Barry at their home in Deadman’s Reef.Sobbing was heard just outside the courtroom
COB employee received $270,000 in account between 2008 and 2015
FORMER College of the Bahamas employee Chimeka Gibbs received nearly $270,000 in COB salary deposits to her savings account at CIBC FirstCaribbean bank between 2008 and 2015, Supreme Court jurors heard yesterday.Kim Thurston, manager of CIBC First Ca
Judge orders govt to bring back Jean Rony Jean-Charles
SUPREME Court Justice Gregory Hilton has ordered the government immediately issue a travel document for Bahamas-born Jean Rony Jean-Charles and reimburse him for his travel back to the country, declaring that his rights under the Constitution have been breached.
Man sentenced to three years for firearm charges
A 35-year-old man was sentenced to three years in prison yesterday after pleading guilty to two firearm charges stemming from the seizure of a high-powered weapon over the weekend.Gerald Forrester, of Gun Hill Road, received his sentence from Chief M
18-year-old charged with December murder
AN 18-year-old male was charged in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday over allegations he murdered a man at his home two days after Christmas last year. Andrew Ferguson, of East Street, stood before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt faced with one
30 held in US-backed raids
POLICE arrested about 30 people during an early morning operation in southwest New Providence yesterday, Assistant Commissioner of Police Clayton Fernander said.
‘Blind’ suspect shot by police
A MAN who residents say was blind, was shot and killed by police Friday, prompting an angry confrontation between residents and police in the East Street area where the shooting occurred.
Two dead after traffic accidents
TWO people have died after separate traffic accidents on Grand Bahama and New Providence. According to police, shortly after 11pm Friday, a woman was walking on Boyd Road when she was hit by a white Nissan Sentra. The driver stopped and was enquiring
Police hunting for armed robbers
POLICE in New Providence are asking the public for help in solving a string of armed robberies, two of which occurred Friday at a fast food restaurant and on a jitney.In the first incident, shortly after 3pm Friday, a man armed with a firearm entered
Rulings on Jean Rony Jean-Charles and Bahamian man's pregnant wife expected Tuesday
SUPREME Court Justice Gregory Hilton is expected to deliver his ruling on deportee Jean Rony Jean-Charles, and the fate of a pregnant wife of a Bahamian man facing deportation on Tuesday.
UPDATED: 19-year-old mother stabbed to death
Five people are in custody after a woman was stabbed to death on Thursday night
Lawyer accuses police of beating
THE attorney for one of three men accused of murdering a 58-year-old man in the Rock Crusher area on Friday yesterday lashed out at the “criminal behaviour” of officers at the Central Detective Unit for beating his client “severely” and failing to notify him when his client was interviewed.
