15-year sentence upheld for murder of Cash for Gold worker
THE Court of Appeal has affirmed the conviction and 15-year sentence of a man who a Supreme Court jury found guilty of having a role in the fatal robbery of a Cash for Gold employee four years ago.
Hearing for pair in $390,000 drugs case
A NEW fixture hearing date has been scheduled for a man and woman awaiting trial in connection with a recent major drug seizure.
Nolle prosequi issued over murder of FOAM president’s boyfriend
PROSECUTORS produced a written directive from the Attorney General’s Office requesting that proceedings be discontinued against a man accused of committing murder nearly two years ago.
Murder trial hearing moved forward
A MAN who denies a murder charge against him will stand trial a year earlier than scheduled.
US man held over gun find
Bimini police arrested a 27-year-old American man after firearms and ammunition were discovered on a vessel over the weekend.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Two men in hospital after separate shootings
Two men are in hospital after two separate shooting incidents on Saturday night.
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.
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.
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.
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.
