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Man in hospital after drive-by shooting

A MAN is in hospital after he was wounded during a drive by shooting after 4pm on Tuesday.

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Drug suspect remanded

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

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Court hearing in armed raid case

A MAN awaiting trial for armed robbery appeared in the Supreme Court yesterday for a case management hearing.

Father found guilty of abetment of murder

COGEN Newbold Sr, of Freeport, was found guilty of abetment to murder in the Supreme Court in Grand Bahama yesterday.

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UPDATED WITH VIDEO: Police hunt for arsonist after firebomb thrown at court

POLICE are on the hunt for a man they suspect threw an explosive device into the South Street Magistrate’s Court complex early yesterday morning “in an attempt to burn it down”.

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Case of $31,000 theft from Carnival to be heard before new magistrate

THE trial into the alleged theft of $31,000 by former employees of the Bahamas National Festival Commission (BNFC) will now be re-heard before another magistrate in March.

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Two in hospital after weekend shooting incidents

POLICE are appealing to the public for assistance in solving two separate shooting incidents over the weekend that left two men in hospital, in addition to two separate armed robberies, including one at a church.

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Pastors get 12-month sentence for giving teen liquor

TWO MINISTERS were handed a 12-month prison sentence by a Magistrate on Friday for giving a 15-year-old boy liquor to get him drunk.

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Tight security as man charged with murder

AMID tight security, cordoned off streets and in the presence of armed police, a man appeared in Magistrates Court on Friday to be arraigned in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred in an inner-city community two weeks ago.

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Man guilty of beating mother, 81, to death

A MAN was unanimously convicted by a Supreme Court jury of murder yesterday in the beating and choking death of his 81-year-old mother.

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PM’s lawyers want justice recusal in Nygard case

ATTORNEYS for Prime Minister Perry Christie have filed a motion in the Supreme Court asking that Justice Rhonda Bain recuse herself from hearing an ongoing judicial review into allegations that Lyford Cay resident Peter Nygard illegally increased the size of his property.

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Former Olympian’s home robbed and repairman shot twice in stomach

GUNSHOTS were heard in the San Souci area around 2pm yesterday when it is reported that a repairman at a home on Pear Street off Mandarin Drive in San Souci was shot twice in his stomach.

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Business owner shoots man dead at premises

THE rash of deadly shootings to start the year continued in New Providence last evening, with police now investigating two separate incidents that claimed the lives of two men.

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Man jailed for three years for housebreaking

A MAN was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court to a number of housebreaking incidents over a period of three months.

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Robber who asked for ride stabs driver

A WOMAN is in hospital nursing stab wounds after she was injured and robbed by another woman to whom she had given a ride in Eleuthera.