Legal debate in child porn trial of ex-cop
A MAGISTRATE has asked for submissions from a lawyer defending a former police constable against voyeurism allegations on whether the accused should have been tried in Supreme Court instead of the lower court.
Appeal against extradition dismissed by judge
A JUDGE yesterday dismissed the constitutional applications of the final three of 11 men against whom Court of Appeal judges upheld an extradition order demanding their surrender to the United States to face drug trafficking charges.
Immigration officer will not face trial over rape claim
A SENIOR immigration officer will not stand trial in the Supreme Court on a rape allegation after a magistrate determined that his alleged victim’s testimony was not credible.
Two men caught with cocaine in Bimini
TWO men found with a quantity of cocaine in Bimini on Wednesday night have been arrested by police.
Man accused of series of carjackings
A MAN was remanded to prison yesterday after being charged in connection with a series of gunpoint carjackings that occurred last month.
Suspect in double murder trial taken to hospital
ONE of four men on trial for a double murder was rushed to hospital yesterday after experiencing an apparent asthma attack.
Police ask for public’s help in search for murder suspect
POLICE are seeking the public’s help in locating 35–year-old Tavares Roker of Daisy Lane, Garden Hills.
Two men dead after overnight shooting incidents
POLICE are investigating two separate shooting incidents that left two men dead late on Tuesday night and early on Wednesday morning.
Police criticised for failing to investigate attack on elderly man
THE family of an elderly man that was reportedly severely beaten “within an inch of his life” five days ago claimed that police have yet to take a statement from the victim or process the crime scene.
Serial rapist sentenced to 43 years in prison
A JUDGE said yesterday that women should be protected from persons like Oscar Ingraham whom she sentenced to 43 years in prison for his third conviction to date for burglary, armed robbery and rape concerning an attack on a second-home owner.
Man dies after Fleming Street drive-by shooting
A MAN has died in hospital after a drive-by shooting in Fleming Street on Tuesday night and police are searching for the suspects responsible.
Man charged with murder
A SEVENTH Street resident was remanded to prison yesterday after being arraigned on a murder charge.
Marijuana use compounded man’s schizophrenia, court hears
A schizophrenic man who fatally stabbed his five-year-old brother had a “genetic predisposition” to the mental illness that was further compounded by marijuana abuse, a psychiatrist told a Supreme Court judge yesterday.
Accused man’s desire to stay in The Bahamas ‘gives him no right’
MATTHEW Sewell’s desire to remain in The Bahamas amid legal disputes does not give him the automatic right to be here, a prosecutor said yesterday.
Lawyer claims extradition after a decade ‘unjust’
THE extradition of five men to the United States to face drug trafficking charges on an invalid indictment after a decade-long delay “would be unjust and oppressive”, a lawyer argued in the Supreme Court yesterday.
