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Brian Miller denies murder of British dive instructor Gary Vanhoeck

A MAN denied murdering a British diving instructor in western New Providence when he was formally arraigned in Supreme Court on Friday.

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Man wanted for assaults shot dead by police in Gamble Heights

POLICE shot and killed a man of Haitian descent during an arrest in a Gamble Heights shanty town on Friday morning.

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Man on bail is shot and killed

A 23-year-old man on bail and being electronically monitored was shot multiple times and killed early yesterday morning, feet away from his McCullough Corner home.

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Man gets 38-year prison sentence for murder

A JUDGE sentenced a man to 38 years in prison yesterday after calling the fatal shooting of a man at a convenience store as a “premeditated and ruthless act.”

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Woman in custody after high speed chase with police officers

POLICE took a woman into custody yesterday afternoon after she led officers on a high-speed chase through the inner city before crashing on Wulff Road.

Gunpoint gold jewellery snatch case discontinued in Supreme Court

THE case of a man standing trial in connection with a gunpoint gold jewellery snatching was discontinued in Supreme Court.

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Three marijuana fields discovered

POLICE uprooted more than 4,000 marijuana plants on Tuesday after officers from the Drug Enforcement Unit discovered three large marijuana fields in Marsh Harbour, Abaco.

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Bail for man accused of manslaughter by negligence over son’s shooting

CHIEF Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt yesterday said “it would be a travesty” if a man charged with manslaughter by negligence in connection with his four-year-old son’s shooting death was not allowed to attend the child’s funeral on Saturday.

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BREAKING NEWS: Man shot dead at McCullough Corner

POLICE are reporting that a man has been shot dead at McCullough Corner this morning. More details to follow.

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Man stabbed to death after argument

A 47-year-old man was stabbed to death yesterday morning after he got into an argument with a man known to him at an apartment complex on Baillou Hill Road South, police said.

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Judge to decide on her jurisdiction to hear bail application

A JUDGE requested a week’s time to determine whether she has the jurisdiction to hear the bail application of an alleged drug lord fighting extradition to the United States.

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15 in custody in connection with breakfast stand shooting

POLICE have 15 people, including one woman, in custody in connection with the shooting death of Jamaal Huyler.

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Man sentenced to 40 years for murder

A MAN was sentenced to 40 years imprisonment yesterday in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred nearly five years ago.

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Man re-arraigned over BAMSI fire

A MAN was re-arraigned yesterday in connection with the destruction of a dormitory at the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Sciences Institute in Andros earlier this year.

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Man accused of manslaughter of his son must wait for bail hearing

A MAN accused of the manslaughter of his four-year-old son due to negligence appeared in Magistrate’s Court yesterday seeking to be released on bail to attend his son’s funeral this weekend.