Police hunt for armed robbers
POLICE are searching for several suspects responsible for two separate armed robberies on Tuesday.
Jury directed to acquit pair over role in shooting deaths
A SUPREME Court jury was directed to acquit Stephen “Die” Stubbs and Giovanni Roberts of abetment to murder yesterday.
Peter Nygard guilty of contempt and fined $50,000 in illegal dredging case
CANADIAN fashion mogul Peter Nygard was convicted of contempt of court and fined $50,000 by a judge yesterday for breach of the Supreme Court’s order concerning illegal dredging near his property in Lyford Cay.
PM bid to appeal over call for judge’s recusal is rejected
A JUDGE yesterday refused leave to appeal her ruling on Prime Minister Perry Christie’s recusal application that argued that she, while awaiting an approval of her application to extend her tenure as a Supreme Court judge, cannot be perceived to be impartial in hearing an ongoing judicial review into allegations that Lyford Cay resident Peter Nygard illegally increased the size of his property.
MPs file appeal against boundaries case ruling
OFFICIAL Opposition members of Parliament yesterday filed a motion in the Court of Appeal to reverse Supreme Court Justice Ian Winder’s previous decision to reject their application to start judicial review proceedings over the Constituencies Commission’s report on constituency boundaries citing several issues where they believe the judge erred in his ruling.
Contempt case against lawyer adjourned
THE continuation of contempt proceedings against a lawyer who faces committal for scandalous accusations of bias against a judge has been adjourned by two weeks.
Fast food manager’s killer to take appeal case to the Privy Council
A MAN convicted of the throat-slashing murder of a fast food restaurant manager will contest the Court of Appeal’s upholding of a jury’s verdict to the country’s highest court, London’s Privy Council.
Man claims sexual advance led to fatal stabbing
A MAN testified yesterday of how accepting a “compliments to the season” Hennessey drink from a banker who hired him to paint his apartment spiraled into a scuffle and stabbing after the banker allegedly made a sexual advance at him.
Judge defers Nygard contempt of court ruling
A JUDGE on Friday further deferred her ruling on whether Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard will face prison for contempt of court.
Woman pleads not guilty to sexually assaulting minor
A FRENCH-Canadian woman pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a minor in Supreme Court on Friday morning.
Taxi driver jailed and fined over drug bust
A 40-year-old taxi driver was yesterday sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay a $50,000 fine after pleading guilty in a Magistrate’s Court to four drug related charges stemming from a drug bust in the Carmichael Road area late last month.
Prosecution, defence lawyer hold discussions with judge in banker’s fatal stabbing case
A JURY sworn to hear evidence in a murder trial concerning the fatal stabbing of a banker was excused until noon today while the prosecution and the accused’s lawyer hold legal discussions with the presiding judge.
Accused found guilty of gunpoint robbery of elderly man
A MAN was yesterday convicted by a Supreme Court jury of the gunpoint robbery of an elderly man at his workplace three years ago.
Attorney Keod Smith apologises in contempt hearing
A LAWYER yesterday offered an apology and explanation that he never intended to impugn the professional reputation of a judge through a series of affidavits he created in support of a recusal application from an ongoing judicial review to which he is a party.
Detective denies scene of banker’s fatal stabbing was contaminated
A DETECTIVE who had a role in investigating the fatal stabbing of a banker denied yesterday that there was a possibility the scene of the alleged murder was contaminated.
