Drive-by shooting victim in hospital
A MAN is in hospital after he was shot during a drive-by shooting on Wednesday morning, police said.
Family of four charged with possession of dangerous drugs
A FAMILY of four were among seven people arraigned in two separate cases of possession of dangerous drugs with the intent to supply on Friday in Magistrate’s Court.
Scott Street shooting leaves one man dead, baby girl and two others injured
A MAN is dead and a one-year-old girl and two men are in hospital after a shooting at Scott Street, off Hospital Lane, police said on Thursday night.
Legal discussions in case of banker’s killing
LEGAL discussions held yesterday in the absence of a jury hearing evidence in the trial of a man accused of murdering a banker prompted a 24-hour adjournment of the case.
Murder suspect ‘familiar’ with man he is accused of killing
A JURY heard yesterday of the familiarity between a banker and a man he hired to do maintenance work at his apartment who is accused of murder.
Execution killing appeal to be heard in April
A MAN contesting his conviction for the paid execution of a banker will have his appeal heard in seven weeks.
Bristol Wines hit by break-ins
EDWARD Gardner, vice-president of Bristol Wines and Spirits, said yesterday he was “very concerned” about the number of break-ins in Exuma in the past few weeks after the company’s office in Gregory Town was robbed twice in one month.
Accused ‘said he killed man over sexual advances’
A JURY heard yesterday that a man allegedly confessed to his relatives that he fatally stabbed a banker who hired him to do maintenance work at his apartment for an upcoming holiday gathering when the victim allegedly made a sexual advance at him.
Mistrial in sex attack case after juror ‘approached’
A MISTRIAL was declared yesterday in the case of a man accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl after it was revealed that a juror in the case was allegedly approached by a man on the accused’s behalf.
Armed robbery charge dropped in Supreme Court
A MAN awaiting trial for armed robbery had the charge withdrawn against him in the Supreme Court yesterday.
Nottage: Crime rates affecting perception of countries in region
IN marking the opening of a regional drug enforcement conference, National Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage lamented the impact that murder and crime rates are having on global perceptions of countries in the region.
Three in hospital after shootings
POLICE are appealing to the public for assistance in solving a shooting incident in an inner-city community yesterday that left three people in hospital.
Man dies, woman wounded after shooting by five masked men
POLICE in New Providence have launched an island-wide manhunt and public appeal for five suspects responsible for a shooting incident on Sunday night that left a man dead and a woman detained in hospital.
Burglary suspect shot as two held by police
POLICE caught two alleged shop breakers, one of whom was shot, during a robbery at a business on Chesapeake Road on Saturday.
Two held over drugs
DRUG Enforcement Unit (DEU) officers arrested two men for drug possession in separate operations on Saturday.
