VIDEO: Two Cuban detainees released after Supreme Court hearing
TWO Cubans, who have been held in detention in the Bahamas for almost three years, have been released after a Supreme Court hearing on Thursday morning.
Trial over murders of immigration officer and girlfriend begins
THE disappearance and murders of a Department of Immigration officer and his girlfriend in Andros allegedly stemmed from a plot to take $8,000 the officer had recently obtained, a jury heard yesterday.
Judges refuses to sentence man without psychiatric report
A JUDGE yesterday said she would not sentence a schizophrenic man concerning the stabbing death of his five-year-old brother until hearing the expert opinion of a psychiatrist who can speak to the convict’s mental state.
Legal discussions held with jury absent
LEGAL discussions were held yesterday in the absence of a jury hearing evidence in the trial of two men accused of a triple murder.
Woman jailed for two years over cocaine in knapsack
A 21-year-old New Providence woman caught with cocaine in a knapsack earlier this week at the Grand Bahama International Airport was convicted and sentenced to two years in prison.
Judge orders explanation over escaped convict
A JUDGE yesterday ordered prison authorities to present themselves to the court to explain the absence of murder convict Ormand Leon from his scheduled sentencing hearing.
Man who raped victim in front of her child is jailed for 16 years
A MAN was sentenced to 16 years in prison yesterday for the knifepoint abduction, robbery and rape of a woman that occurred in the presence of the victim’s two-year-old child.
Men acquitted in Bimini rape case
IT TOOK a Supreme Court jury less than two hours yesterday to acquit three Nassau men accused of gang raping a Bimini woman two years ago after a night of drinking and clubbing.
Judge considers sentence on serial rapist
A JUDGE has reserved her decision on what sentence she will impose on a man convicted of raping a woman at gunpoint during a home invasion nearly five years ago.
Businessman accused of firearm charges
A GRAND Bahama businessman was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday for more than 20 various firearm and ammunition possession charges.
Man shot multiple times
A MAN is in hospital after he was shot multiple times early Tuesday morning.
Woman arrested over drugs
A 21-year-old New Providence woman was discovered with a quantity of illegal drugs at the Grand Bahama International Airport yesterday morning.
Four discharged in Bimini rape court case
FOUR of seven Nassau men accused of gang raping a Bimini woman two years ago were discharged after a nine-man jury was directed by the judge to bring back a not guilty verdict against them.
Ex-cop ‘admitted in interview’ to sex with teenage girl
EDMUND Lewis Jr allegedly admitted, in his record of interview with police, to filming his sexual encounters with a teenage girl he had met in September 2014, a magistrate was told yesterday.
UPDATED: Man shot dead while driving
A MAN crashed into a wall and died moments after he was shot in the head while driving through the Coconut Grove area yesterday evening.
