Suspects to submit alibis ahead of murder trial
TWO men awaiting trial on a murder charge said they would submit an alibi to the Office of the Attorney General within 21 days.
Bail application dismissed for man accused of killing
A MAN hoping to be released from prison before his murder trial had his bail application dismissed by a Supreme Court judge yesterday.
Three children are recovering after being shot
A FOUR-year-old girl is recovering from emergency surgery after she and her four-year-old sister were shot as they sat in a vehicle with three other children late on Tuesday night.
DNA member in hospital after latest shooting
THE DNA last night said The Bahamas was “paralysed by fear” after the party’s Nassau Village chairperson, Wendy McIntosh, was shot multiple times.
Lawyer absent for hearing on raid on Deputy PM’s home face court
TWO remaining defendants awaiting trial in connection with the robbery of Deputy Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis’ home nearly three years ago appeared in Supreme Court for a status hearing on their case yesterday.
Former senator’s appeal to be heard in December
FORMER Free National Movement senator John Bostwick II’s appeal against his conviction for possession of ammunition will be heard in December.
Suspect accused of playing part in murder conspiracy
A MAN was remanded to prison yesterday after he was charged in Magistrate’s Court with having a role in a murder plot that was carried out in June.
Man shot dead and children hurt as gunmen fire on car
A MAN was murdered and children injured after three gunmen opened fire on the vehicle they were in on Amos Ferguson Street, off Cordeaux Avenue last night.
Privy Council upholds Court of Appeal ruling to quash human trafficking conviction
PARLIAMENT should amend the law if it wants the attorney general to have the power to fast-track human trafficking cases to the Supreme Court for trial, the London-based Privy Council ruled yesterday after it upheld the Court of Appeal’s ruling to quash the conviction in the Bahamas’ first tried human trafficking case.
Four deny involvement in Sandilands Primary school break-in
FOUR men denied having involvement with the recent break-in and the theft of cash and items worth nearly $16,000 at the Sandilands Primary School during Hurricane Matthew in an arraignment in Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Pair accused of murdering union leader’s son back in court in December
TWO men accused of murdering the son of National Congress of Trade Unions Bahamas Leader John Pinder will have to wait until December for their case to be transferred to the Supreme Court.
UDPATED: Man shot dead in Pinewood Gardens
A MAN was shot multiple times in the head and killed early yesterday morning as he pulled up to a residence in Pinewood Gardens.
13 in custody after suspected drugs found
THIRTEEN people - eight men and five women - were turned over to police officials by Royal Bahamas Defence Force Marines on Friday after a search uncovered suspected drugs on Friday afternoon at the Port Department.
Boy shot dead in abandoned building on Bain Street
POLICE are investigating the fatal shooting of a boy found lying in a pool of his own blood in an abandoned building early on Friday.
Fisherman acquitted of murder
A FISHERMAN'S defence that he accidentally knocked over a man during traffic was accepted by a jury on Friday.
