FNM candidate’s constituency office targeted by thieves
THE Free National Movement’s Fort Charlotte constituency office was broken into between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, the party’s local candidate Mark Humes said yesterday.
Hunt for policewoman’s killer
GRAND Bahama police have released a composite sketch of a man they believe can help in the ongoing murder investigation into the death of Theresa Thompson.
Man cleared as prosecution submits no case over murder in gunpoint robbery
A SUPREME Court jury was directed to acquit a man accused of being involved in a gunpoint robbery that turned fatal.
Constitutional bid by Omar Archer
LAWYERS for outspoken social media commentator Omar Archer have filed a constitutional challenge against The Bahamas’ criminal libel laws, arguing that they violate citizens’ fundamental right to freedom of expression.
Americans accused in manslaughter case to face trial this month
THE CASE of two Americans facing trial for manslaughter will go ahead later this month as scheduled after prosecutors told a judge yesterday they were ready to proceed.
Omar Archer convicted over threats
OMAR Archer Sr was yesterday convicted of threatening to harm a senior police officer through a post to his social media page nearly two years ago.
Archer’s lawyers given one week for Supreme Court bid
LAWYERS for Omar Archer Sr were given one week to file a formal challenge in the Supreme Court concerning the constitutionality of the criminal libel charge against him.
Daxon challenges criminal libel constitutionality
A MOTION was filed in the Supreme Court yesterday challenging the constitutionality of criminal libel on the law books.
Jury hears statement of witness in court during armed robbery case
A JURY heard yesterday that a man accused of being involved in a gunpoint robbery that turned fatal had told people he knew what had transpired.
Two men in hospital after latest shootings
POLICE are seeking the public’s help in locating the suspects responsible for two separate shooting incidents that left two men in hospital on Sunday.
Two men detained after drug seizure at Bird Cay
TWO men - one of them a Jamaican - are in police custody after a drug seizure in waters near Chub Cay.
UPDATED: Fox Hill man shot dead through window at home
POLICE have made an appeal for information that can lead to the arrest of the suspect who fatally shot a man through a window as the victim was sitting in a bedroom on Saturday morning.
Court affirms 12-year sentence for sexual assault of minor, abetment to abortion
THE Court of Appeal has affirmed the conviction and 12-year sentence of a man who a Supreme Court jury found guilty of sexually assaulting a minor and aiding her into a forced abortion.
Sentence delay for man who used counterfeit money in gaming house
A MAN who admitted to using counterfeit money in a gaming house was spared an immediate prison sentence by a magistrate yesterday.
Court upholds 20-year sentence for sex attack on eight-year-old
THE Court of Appeal has affirmed the conviction and 20-year sentence of a man who sexually assaulted an eight-year-old boy.
