Human trafficker waits for court to decide appeal
THE Court of Appeal has reserved its decision on whether the country’s first human trafficking convict should have been given the choice of a summary trial or a Supreme Court trial.
Two killed in shootings hours apart
TWO men were killed in two separate shootings on Wednesday, which occurred less than 12 hours apart.
Maycock Sr bail rejection supported by appeal court
THE Court of Appeal yesterday affirmed a Supreme Court judge’s decision to deny bail to a man fighting extradition to the United States on drug charges.
Woman accused of being accomplice to intimidation
A WOMAN appeared in Magistrate’s Court yesterday accused of being an accomplice to a relative and an attorney in an alleged plan to intimidate witnesses from giving evidence at trial.
Eight bail applications for murder granted this year
ONLY eight bail applications for murder have been granted by the Supreme Court so far this year, Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson revealed yesterday.
Glinton must pay $15,000 or face 14 days in prison
COURT of Appeal judges yesterday said they took no pleasure in finding a veteran attorney and Queen’s Counsel guilty of two counts of contempt of court concerning his words and actions during an extradition appeal that he contended were not contemptuous.
Lawyers deny claims of intimidating witnesses
TWO lawyers found themselves before a magistrate yesterday refuting allegations that they intimidated witnesses from giving evidence at trial.
Men face court accused of separate murders
TWO men were remanded to prison yesterday after being charged separately in connection with two murders that recently occurred in the capital.
More than 2,000 pounds of marijuana seized by police
FOUR men are in police custody after being detained following the seizure of 62 bales of what is suspected to be marijuana in the area of South Andros on Saturday.
Maurice Glinton, QC, fined $15,000 for contempt
MAURICE Glinton, QC, was fined $15,000 on Monday morning for his words and actions during an extradition appeal that he contended were not contemptuous.
Hunt for suspects after two shootings on Friday night
Police are looking for suspects after two more shootings on Friday night.
Prison doctor 'had no record of swelling' on murder accused's face
A PRISON doctor testified in the Supreme Court on Friday that he had no records of facial swelling on a man accused of murdering an American sailor after the defendant alleged he was slapped while in police custody.
Man shot dead sitting on his porch
A middle-aged man is the country's 122nd murder victim of the year, after he was shot dead while sitting on his porch on Friday afternoon.
Suspect claims he was at home during murder
A MAN who claimed to be at home during the murder of an American sailor told a court yesterday that police detectives threatened to kill him and explain his subsequent death as an attempt to escape custody if he didn’t sign a confession statement.
