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Former police officer accused of robbery has case fast tracked

A FORMER police constable facing three counts of armed robbery had his case fast tracked to the Supreme Court yesterday.

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Warrant issued for man missing for appeal

A WARRANT of apprehension was issued by the Court of Appeal yesterday for a man who received 19 months for possession of marijuana in a re-sentencing hearing that was unlawfully done by a magistrate.

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Tears from accused as pair found guilty of manslaughter

A MAN on trial for triple murder became an emotional wreck in the Supreme Court yesterday after a jury accepted the Crown’s case that he pulled the trigger of a shotgun that killed three persons, including a woman due to give birth to a baby boy.

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Drugs found in diaper in Freeport bushes

GRAND Bahama police found a quantity of illegal drugs hidden in the most unlikely place - a discarded diaper in bushes in the Freeport area on Tuesday.

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Accused of killing man in his home

A MAN was remanded to prison yesterday after being charged in connection with the murder of a man who had been reported missing.

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Man in court accused of rape

A Freeport man was charged with rape on Tuesday in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court.

Murder suspect arrested

GRAND Bahama police made more than a dozen arrests early this week in Freeport, including the arrest of a man who is wanted for murder.

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Man faces court over airport find of gun and ammunition

A MAN was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday afternoon concerning the recent seizure of a pistol and assortment of ammunition at an airport on a Family Island.

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Thieves steal car with baby inside

POLICE are on the hunt for the person or persons responsible for stealing a Honda Terino late Sunday night with a six-month-old baby strapped in the backseat.

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Two arrested over murder of man found wounded in street

POLICE arrested a man and a woman yesterday morning in connection with the beating death of a man over the weekend.

Police seize gun thrown from car

POLICE seized a firearm that was thrown from a car after suspects led officers on a chase in the Blue Hill Road area.

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Jury hears closing arguments for triple murder trial

A JURY yesterday listened to three hours of closing arguments from Crown and defence counsel on whether two accused men were the shooters behind the gruesome execution of three persons, including a woman due to give birth to a baby boy.

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Two men admit robbery with cutlass of American tourist in 2010

TWO men pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court yesterday to the cutlass attack and robbery of an American visitor who had bought drugs from them.

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UPDATED: Police investigate after man dies from wound to his body

POLICE in New Providence are looking into the circumstances that led to a man dying in hospital after being found on Wulff Road, near East Street with a wound in his body.

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Man dead, two injured in Freeport shootings

A MAN was shot dead and two others are in hospital following two separate shooting incidents in Freeport over the weekend.