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Man and woman hospitalised in shooting incident last night

POLICE are investigating two shooting incidents that left a man and a woman injured last night.

Jury empanelled for police-involved killing of Deron Wilkinson in 2018

A JURY was empanelled yesterday to hear evidence in the police-involved shooting death of 27-year-old Deron Okoye Wilkinson on Independence Highway in 2018.

30 months jail for having loaded gun

A MAN was sentenced to 30 months in prison yesterday after admitting to having a loaded gun in his Eleuthera home last week.

Haitian woman accused of having fake passport

A WOMAN of Haitian descent was granted bail yesterday after she was accused of possessing a fake Bahamian passport last year.

Bahama grill offers $5,000 reward over food ‘rumour’

BAHAMA Grill is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the identification and prosecution of those spreading what it calls false and defamatory claims linking its food to recent illnesses or death.

Court rejects injured workers’s plea for $70,000 interim payment ahead of trial

A SUPREME Court judge has rejected a former grocery store worker’s request for an interim payment of up to $70,000 ahead of his upcoming trial against AML Foods Limited, ruling that substantial factual disputes make the case unsuitable for pretrial relief.

Judge upholds conviction of two men on cocaine charges

THE Court of Appeal has upheld the convictions of two men on drug charges, rejecting claims that their trials were unfair or unsupported by evidence and reinforcing the legal weight of circumstantial proof and statutory presumptions in drug prosecutions.

Man accused of East St south stabbing

A 50-year-old male was imprisoned on Friday after he was accused of the fatal stabbing of a man outside a business on East Street South earlier this month.

Woman accused of assaulting another woman with baseball bat

A WOMAN was granted bail after she allegedly assaulted another woman with a baseball bat earlier this month.

Teen admits to possession of loaded gun

A 16-year-old boy admitted to having a loaded gun and running away from police on Kemp Road earlier this month.

Man accused of raping women tourists fined for violating bail conditions

A HARBOUR Island man was fined on Friday for violating his bail conditions while awaiting trial for allegedly raping two women tourists in 2018.

Man accused of attempting to undress sleeping 16-year-old boy

A man was granted bail after being accused of attempting to undress a sleeping 16-year-old boy in December.

Man admits to bail violation while waiting on trial for rape charge

A HARBOUR Island man admitted yesterday to violating his bail conditions while awaiting trial for allegedly raping two female tourists in 2018.

Woman gets two months jail for injuring man with rock

A WOMAN recently released from Sandilands was sentenced to two months in prison after admitting to injuring a man with a rock on East Street last week.

Man accused of trying to touch teen girl’s privates

A man was granted bail yesterday after being accused of attempting to touch a 16-year-old girl’s private area last month in Acklins.