Ten years plea deal for rapist stepdad
A 36-year-old man who raped and impregnated his 12-year-old stepdaughter after drugging her with a vape and then forced her to drink Guinness and castor oil to induce an abortion was sentenced to ten years behind bars yesterday as part of a plea deal.
Man ‘shoved wife and talked ending her pregnancy’
A WOMAN testified yesterday that her businessman husband shoved her and made a disturbing remark about terminating her pregnancy during a March incident on Paradise Island.
Man accused of raping British woman in parked car in hospital parking lot
A 23-year-old man was remanded to prison yesterday after being accused of raping a 29-year-old British woman in a vehicle at the Princess Margaret Hospital parking lot earlier this month.
Teen charged with rape of 17-year-old girl
A 16-year-old boy was remanded to Simpson Penn yesterday after allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl earlier this year.
Man on bail for threatening officers with a firearm accused of multiple bail violations
A MAN was remanded to prison yesterday after he was accused of breaching bail while awaiting trial for allegedly threatening three police officers with a gun in 2022.
Man sentenced after drunken break-in to room paid for by Social Services
A MAN was sentenced to eight months in prison for damaging a room paid for by the Ministry of Social Services, without permission to be there.
Woman granted $5,000 bail after loaded gun found in car
A WOMAN was granted bail on Friday after she was accused of having a loaded gun in her car on Turtle Drive and Carmichael Road last week.
Man jailed for breaching probation after stealing from AID
A MAN was sentenced to one year in prison on Friday for breaching his probation on a prior charge by stealing from AID on Wulff Road last week.
Court orders mom to pay-up for son's no-show
A MOTHER was ordered to pay a $4,500 bail bond after the court found that her son had absconded before his armed robbery trial.
Five Bahamians arrested in Acklins in connection with almost $9m in drugs
FIVE Bahamian men were arrested after authorities found 66 crocus sacks filled with cocaine and marijuana estimated to have a street value of $8.8m near Acklins.
Teen charged in All Saints Way fatal shooting
AN 18-year-old man has been remanded in custody following his arraignment in connection with a fatal shooting last week.
Woman sentenced to nine months prison for abusing her 12-year-old daughter
A 33-year-old woman was sentenced to nine months in prison yesterday after pleading guilty to physically abusing her 12-year-old daughter over nearly two years.
Man accused of trying to break into home
A man was granted bail yesterday after being accused of trying to break into a woman’s home on Sands Road.
Gun and ammo possession gets man two and a half years jail
A MAN was sentenced to two and a half years in prison yesterday after admitting to possessing a gun and 37 rounds of ammunition on Soldier Road last week.
Officer tells inquest two bullets recovered were from 9mm pistol allegedly fired by one of the victims
A POLICE firearm examiner testified yesterday that a bullet recovered from the dashboard of the vehicle in which three men were shot and killed by police on Cowpen Road in 2020 was one of two rounds fired from a gun found near the deceased.
