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Keod Smith found guilty of contempt over bias claim

KEOD Smith has been found guilty of contempt by a judge who is now considering what punishment to impose on him for accusations of bias made by him more than three years ago.

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Jury empanelled in murder trial

A SUPREME Court jury was empanelled yesterday for the trial of a man accused of murder.

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16 arrests as police seize firearms in special operations

FIFTEEN men and one woman have been arrested over the weekend for illegal firearms and ammunition possession in special operations in Nassau, police are reporting.

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One man dead, another seriously wounded after Chippingham shooting

POLICE in New Providence are appealing to the public for information that can assist them in solving a shooting incident that left a man dead and another seriously wounded in hospital on Saturday morning.

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Trial date set for murder accused

A TRIAL date in 2018 has been fixed for a 30-year-old man accused of being the culprit behind a fatal shooting in an inner-city community earlier in the year.

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Man gets 35-year sentence for killing his mother

A MAN convicted by a Supreme Court jury of matricide has been handed a 35-year prison sentence.

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Police hunt suspect in Kemp Road machine gun shooting

POLICE are on the hunt for a suspect who shot and critically injured a man near Uriah McPhee Primary School shortly after 7am on Friday.

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Voter fraud charge is withdrawn

MORE than a month after he was hauled before a magistrate in handcuffs on allegations of voter fraud, an Eleuthera native had the charge withdrawn against him yesterday.

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Man dies after being shot in head at car wash

POLICE are appealing to the public for assistance after a man, who was shot in the head at a car wash in the Marathon area Thursday evening, died in hospital a short time later.

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Bulgarian guilty of laundering money returns for his appeal

A BULGARIAN who was convicted by a Supreme Court jury of money laundering has returned to The Bahamas for his appeal which is scheduled next week, The Tribune understands.

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15-year sentence upheld for murder of Cash for Gold worker

THE Court of Appeal has affirmed the conviction and 15-year sentence of a man who a Supreme Court jury found guilty of having a role in the fatal robbery of a Cash for Gold employee four years ago.

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Hearing for pair in $390,000 drugs case

A NEW fixture hearing date has been scheduled for a man and woman awaiting trial in connection with a recent major drug seizure.

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Nolle prosequi issued over murder of FOAM president’s boyfriend

PROSECUTORS produced a written directive from the Attorney General’s Office requesting that proceedings be discontinued against a man accused of committing murder nearly two years ago.

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Murder trial hearing moved forward

A MAN who denies a murder charge against him will stand trial a year earlier than scheduled.

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US man held over gun find

Bimini police arrested a 27-year-old American man after firearms and ammunition were discovered on a vessel over the weekend.