Appeal Court squashes convictionin $51,000 money laundering case
THE Court of Appeal quashed the convictions and has not ordered a retrial for a Bulgarian man a Supreme Court jury had convicted in a $51,000 money laundering case.Kostadin Karchav, 40, returned to New Providence for his scheduled substantive hearing
Ex-marine's robbery case to go to Supreme Court
A FORMER marine accused of being the culprit behind a gunpoint robbery had his case transferred to the Supreme Court yesterday. Lloyd Carl Johnson, 24, was originally due to appear in Magistrate’s Court on Monday for the presentation of a voluntary
Judge orders retrial for banker’s ‘hitman’
THE Court of Appeal has ordered a retrial of a man a Supreme Court jury had convicted of the paid execution of a banker.
18-year-old charged with three murders
AN 18-year-old appeared in Magistrate’s Court yesterday facing multiple murder charges.
Appeal court throws out rape conviction and says forensic evidence not enough
A MAN was acquitted of rape on appeal after the Court of Appeal found the forensic evidence in his case was not sufficient to have been left to the jury for deliberation.
Gunmen murder bailed teenager
NEARLY two weeks after one senior police official urged persons out on bail for serious crimes “to stay home” or risk the chance of being killed, investigators are searching for two male suspects in a shooting incident that has left a teenage boy, suspected of being out on bail for housebreaking, dead on Saturday.
US warning over islands’ crime rate
THE United States Department of State has assessed New Providence and classified it as being a “critical” threat location for crime either directed at or affecting official US government interests, citing among other things that areas of Nassau referred to as “Over-the-Hill” should be avoided.
Man being electronically monitored shot dead off Claridge Road
A man who was being electronically monitored was shot dead off Claridge Road on Saturday morning.
Man 'known to police' shot dead
A MAN who was "well known to police" was shot multiple times and killed early Friday morning off Mason's Addition.
Man awaits sentencing for $2,500 fraud
A MAN, who yesterday admitted to committing fraud, will return to Magistrate’s Court next week for sentencing.Renaud Bethel, 44, stood before Magistrate Kara Turnquest-Deveaux facing charges of fraud by false pretences, possession of a forged documen
Strategic approach as police starts anti-crime operation
IN the face of several recent shootings that have occurred in broad daylight, police in the capital yesterday formally introduced a new crime fighting strategy, Securing the Inner City Strategically, aiming to apprehend would be offenders in the act.
Bail hearing next week for murder accused
A SUSPECT awaiting trial on a murder charge will have his bail application heard next week.Shawn McPhee and his lawyer Calvin Seymour appeared before Senior Justice Stephen Isaacs seeking pre-trial release for McPhee before his October 10 trial befor
Appeal court rejects woman's appeal over killing of husband
THE Court of Appeal has dismissed a woman’s appeal against her manslaughter conviction in relation to her husband’s killing.The court was not convinced that a lawyer being given an extra day to prepare his client’s defence would have increased the ch
Vasyli retrial: Appeal judges throw out murder verdict
THE Court of Appeal yesterday ordered a retrial for Donna Vasyli, who was convicted of the 2015 stabbing death of her millionaire husband.
Parliamentary Privilege appeal formally withdrawn
THE parliamentary privilege appeal that was previously lodged by the Crown under the Christie administration was formally withdrawn and dismissed in the Court of Appeal yesterday.
