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Suspect in killing of activist’s boyfriend is granted bail

A MAN awaiting trial in connection with a fatal shooting that was captured on video was granted bail in the Supreme Court yesterday.

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Man faces court on firearm charge

A MAN was remanded to prison yesterday after he was arraigned on a firearm related offence.

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Man killed in shootout with police officers

POLICE fatally shot a man during an altercation in the Price Street area of Nassau Village yesterday, as officers attempted to take a “prolific offender” into custody.

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Woman dies, girl wounded in family shooting on Poitier Avenue

THE bloodiest month of the year ended with another murder on Wednesday night, the 13th in November, when one woman died and four others - including a young girl - were injured in a multiple shooting of a family on Poitier Avenue.

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Judge refuses to adjourn decade-old murder case

A SUPREME Court judge yesterday told the junior lawyer for a man awaiting trial on a murder and rape charge that he was not inclined to adjourn the decade-old case until 2018.

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Man denied bail over charges of drug possession

A MAN was remanded to prison yesterday after he was arraigned on a charge of possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply.

$19,000 seized from pair travelling to Haiti

A COURT seized more than $19,000 in US currency from a man and a woman yesterday for failing to get formal permission to carry that amount of money out of the country for their trip to Haiti.

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$4m suspected cocaine seized in Grand Bahama

BAHAMIAN and US authorities made a $4m drug seizure and arrested one of four suspects yesterday in East Grand Bahama.

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Man accused of role in killing Via Caffe owner

A MAN accused of having a role in the recent fatal shooting of a restaurant owner and other serious offences, including rape, was arraigned twice in Magistrate’s Court yesterday after the initial arraignment was brought to a halt by the chief magistrate.

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Deputy PM raid case is dropped

THE two remaining defendants who were awaiting trial in connection with the gunpoint robbery of Deputy Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis at his home have had the case against them withdrawn in the Supreme Court.

Man accused of assault on police

A MAN was remanded to prison yesterday after he was arraigned on aggravated assault charges.

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UPDATED: Two men dead: one found shot, another burnt

POLICE in the capital are investigating the circumstances surrounding the country’s two latest homicides, which occurred early Monday morning in two separate incidents.

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Death penalty sought for double murder in Andros

A JUDGE was asked yesterday to impose the death penalty on two men convicted of the murder and kidnapping of a Department of Immigration officer and his girlfriend in Andros.

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Hunt for armed robbers

POLICE are searching for the suspects responsible for an armed robbery that occurred on Sunday.

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Pair denied bail on firearms charges

TWO men were remanded to prison yesterday after they were separately arraigned in Magistrate’s Court on firearms-related offences.