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Man shot by police dies in hospital

A man shot by police after attempting knock them down with his vehicle has died of his injuries.

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Three men in hospital after separate shootings

Three men are in hospital after three separate shootings on Friday night and early Saturday morning.

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Man has armed robbery sentence doubled after losing appeal

THE COURT of Appeal has not only rejected the appeal of a man seeking to challenge his 10 year prison sentence for a fatal armed robbery in 2012, but has imposed a sentence twice as long as the original after the Crown cross-appealed the appellant's “unduly lenient” sentence.

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Elderly man found stabbed to death

AN ELDERLY man was found stabbed to death in his Ambergris Street home on Friday morning, according to police.

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Man dies after being shot by police

A man is dead after being shot by police in Fox Hill, police said.

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Suspect, 22, charged with 2014 murder

A 22-year-old man was arraigned on one count of murder and six counts of armed robbery in Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

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US man held

AN American man was arrested at Freeport Harbour after he was allegedly found in possession of dangerous drugs, police reported.

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Burger King armed robbery appeal dismissed

THE COURT of Appeal has dismissed the appeal of two men convicted of an armed robbery of a Burger King restaurant six years ago.

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Suspect charged with teen’s murder

A 24-year-old man was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with the murder of a Fox Hill resident.

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Man shot at tattoo shop

A MAN was shot while sitting in a tattoo shop on Carmichael Road on Tuesday, leaving him and another man, who was shot in a separate incident hours later, in hospital.

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Teacher murder jury sees interrogation videos

THE trial of two men and a teenager accused of murdering former Queen’s College elementary teacher Joyelle McIntosh continued yesterday with video evidence of police interrogating two of the accused days after the incident occurred.

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Teacher murder jury sees interrogation videos

THE trial of two men and a teenager accused of murdering former Queen’s College elementary teacher Joyelle McIntosh continued yesterday with video evidence of police interrogating two of the accused days after the incident occurred.

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Retrial for man convicted of sex with boy

THE Court of Appeal has ordered a retrial for a man previously convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a boy as well as allegedly encouraging that boy to commit sexual acts with another boy.

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Witness says he was one of four in surveillance footage

CROWN witness Virgil Hall continued his testimony in the Freeport Supreme Court on Tuesday, identifying himself as one of the four masked men seen in surveillance video footage of the armed robbery and murder of a couple in Deadman’s Reef on the night of September 12, 2015.

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RISE in fight for tougher sentences

LOCAL child-rights advocacy group RISE Bahamas has launched a petition to lobby for legislative changes following the conditional discharge of a former police officer accused of producing child porn videos.