Woman charged with COB cash theft 'to submit alibi'
A WOMAN awaiting trial on stealing and laundering charges concerning theft of over $500,000 at the College of the Bahamas (COB) said she would submit an alibi to the Office of the Attorney General within 21 days.
Bruno Rufa sues government for $550,000 over ‘racist’ treatment
CANADIAN resident Bruno Rufa has filed a lawsuit alleging racist and degrading treatment at the hands of the Department of Immigration when he returned to The Bahamas for an ongoing case in Magistrate’s Court.
Staff terror as armed men storm into clinic
POLICE are on the hunt for two armed men who ran into the Fleming Street Clinic yesterday morning looking for a man with whom they had had an argument.
Judge rules site visit needed to Nygard home
A JUDGE declared yesterday that a site visit to Lyford Cay was necessary to determine whether one of its residents, Peter Nygard, had illegally increased the size of his property.
Suspect accused of killing Tribune worker ten years ago to seek stay
A MAN who has been awaiting trial on a murder charge for the past decade intends to seek a stay in his case from the Supreme Court.
Man convicted of firearm trafficking to appeal
A MAN who maintains he was wrongly convicted of the trafficking of 16 firearms and assorted ammunition will now have his case heard in November in the Court of Appeal.
Firearms trafficking suspect faces court over 30 charges
A MAN accused of being the mastermind behind a firearms trafficking ring pleaded not guilty to 30 firearm offences levied against him in Magistrate’s Court yesterday afternoon.
Call for lawyers to resist probe by Parliament into court ruling
BAHAMAS Bar Association President Elsworth Johnson yesterday issued a call to arms to the country’s legal community as he condemned the upcoming parliamentary investigation into Supreme Court Justice Indra Charles’ ruling on the Save The Bays email leak.
Major tells theft trial: I don’t recall signing suspect cheques
PAUL Major, chairman of the Bahamas National Festival Commission, testified yesterday that he could not recall signing cheques purportedly used to facilitate theft of $31,000 from the commission.
Pair charged over triple shooting
TWO men were charged with murder yesterday in connection with a triple shooting that left two men dead and a child in hospital earlier this month.
Man charged with murder of schoolteacher
A MAN was arraigned yesterday in connection with the September 9 killing of schoolteacher Marisha Bowen.
Deputy Prime Minister robbery suspect shot dead by police
A MAN awaiting trial for the robbery of Deputy Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis was shot dead by police in Yellow Elder Gardens after 5pm on Monday. According to a police source, the dead man is Jeffrey “Bongo” King, one of three men facing trial for a robbery at Mr Davis’ home in 2013.
Bailiffs fail to deliver summons for lawyers in contempt hearing
A JUDGE yesterday declared that she will not allow two lawyers “to frustrate the process” of a contempt proceeding that had been initiated as a result of their accusations of bias on the part of the judge who is presiding over a judicial review concerning expansion of a property in Lyford Cay.
Arrests in connection with armed robbery
GRAND Bahama police arrested three men in connection with an armed robbery in the Hawksbill area.
Defence Force catches 117 Haitian migrants in southern Bahamas
ONE HUNDRED and seventeen Haitian migrants were apprehended in the southern Bahamas early on Monday morning by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF).
