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Fourth suspect accused over death of man shot in Fox Hill apartment

A FOURTH suspect appeared in Magistrate’s Court yesterday accused of having a role in a recent fatal shooting in an inner-city community.

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Crown requests delay in voter fraud case

THE trial of an Eleuthera resident accused of alleged voter fraud was further delayed at the request of the Crown yesterday.

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Woman on drug charge is granted bail

A WOMAN recently charged in connection with a major drug seizure was granted bail in the Supreme Court yesterday.

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PM’s wife and daughter were ‘several streets away’ from scene of shooting

PRIME Minister Perry Christie’s wife, Bernadette, and daughter Alexandria, were campaigning several streets away from an incident where a man was shot as he was walking through Mason’s Addition on Saturday night, according to Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Stephen Dean yesterday.

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Police shoot gunman minutes after armed robbery

Police from the Mobile Division shot and arrested a gunman, minutes after an armed robbery on Fritz Lane on Saturday night.

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Two men in hospital after separate shootings

Two men are in hospital after two separate shooting incidents on Saturday night.

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Jamaican woman begs for 'lenience' before drug smuggling sentence

A JAMAICAN woman begged a Magistrate for "lenience" before being sentenced to over a year in prison for smuggling over three pounds of drugs into the Bahamas inside of her abdomen. 

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Sentencing delayed as judge is taken ill

THE sentencing of a man convicted by a Supreme Court jury of murdering his mother was delayed yesterday because the presiding judge was unwell, The Tribune understands.

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Two arrested as marijuana worth nearly $400,000 seized

ASSISTANT Commissioner of Police Samuel Butler said authorities are concerned about the level of drug trafficking taking place within local communities following the seizure of nearly $400,000 worth of marijuana in the Big Pond area yesterday morning.

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Sentencing today for murderer of mother

A MAN convicted by a Supreme Court jury of murdering his mother returns to Supreme Court today for the judge’s decision on sentencing.

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Three accused over shooting

THREE men appeared in Magistrate’s Court yesterday accused of being the suspects behind a fatal shooting last week in an inner-city community.

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Status hearing for trio in armed robbery trial

THREE men awaiting trial for armed robbery appeared in the Supreme Court yesterday for a status hearing.

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UPDATED: Car robber dies in police shootout after high-speed chase

POLICE shot and killed a car robbery suspect and critically injured another alleged thief during a high-speed chase in western New Providence yesterday afternoon.

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50th murder victim of year found dead in road

THE country recorded its sixth murder in six days, after a 23-year-old man was found shot to death in Coconut Grove early on Tuesday.

Justice Bain has her tenure extended for another year

SUPREME Court judge Justice Rhonda Bain, who reached retirement age last week, had her tenure extended for another year, The Tribune understands.