Crime & Court

Five killings in four days

TWO men are dead and five others are in serious condition in hospital after a series of shooting incidents over the weekend.

UPDATED: Nassau shootings leave two men dead, five in hospital

A SPATE of shootings in Nassau on Friday night and Saturday has left two men dead, five in hospital and police investigating five separate incidents.

BREAKING NEWS: One dead, one critically wounded after Durham Street shooting

POLICE are investigating a double shooting on Durham Street (West) off Mount Royal Avenue on Friday night which has left a man dead.

Man charged with two recent murders

A MAN was remanded to prison on Friday after he was charged in connection with two recent fatal shootings in the capital.

Woman charged with sexual assault 'to submit alibi'

A FRENCH-Canadian woman accused of sexually assaulting a minor said on Friday that she would submit an alibi to the Office of the Attorney General within 21 days.

Man faces court accused of raping 17-year-old girl

A MAN was remanded to prison yesterday after he was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court on a sexual assault charge.

Families devastated by Freeport double killing

AS police look for three Bimini men they want to speak with in connection with Wednesday’s double homicide in Grand Bahama, the shooting deaths of the two young men from Hunters have left that small community in shock.

Delay in start of gun trafficking court case

THE start of trial for a man accused of being the mastermind behind a firearms trafficking ring did not begin as scheduled yesterday.

Moped rider killed in morning shooting

POLICE are appealing to the public for information related to the country’s latest homicide after a man who was shot while riding a moped early Thursday morning died in hospital.

12-year-old accused of having gun in school

A 12-year-old boy appeared in Magistrate’s Court yesterday facing a charge of possession of an unlicensed firearm after it was found on a junior school campus.

UPDATED: John Bostwick abandons appeal against ammunition conviction

FORMER Free National Movement Senator John Bostwick II abandoned his bid to appeal a conviction for possession of ammunition yesterday.

Men wanted in murder probe

POLICE in Grand Bahama have issued all points bulletins for three Bimini men that they believe can help with an open murder investigation.

7th grade student had gun on campus

A SEVENTH grade male student of AF Adderley Junior High School brought a gun on the school’s campus Monday and was arrested by police, officials confirmed yesterday.