UPDATED: Man shot dead in 140th murder of the year
A MAN died in hospital hours after he was shot on Homestead Street yesterday, police said.
UPDATED: Three teens arrested in connection with student stabbing death
POLICE arrested three teenage boys yesterday in connection with the stabbing death of a 12th grade male student of Doris Johnson Senior High School on Wednesday.
PM ‘stunned’ by murder of boy: Extra police may be placed in the schools
PRIME Minister Perry Christie said yesterday he was “stunned” to learn of the stabbing death of a 16-year-old Doris Johnson Senior High School student as he suggested the country’s crime situation now requires not only a stronger police presence in schools but for the government to invest in ensuring campuses are outfitted with security equipment.
Two arrested after drugs discovery
GRAND Bahama Police arrested an Indonesian national and a Bahamian man who were allegedly found in possession of dangerous drugs and a large sum of cash.
Two customs officers face court
TWO Customs officers have appeared before court on a series of charges.
Accused was ‘watching Scandal’ on night of murder
A JURY was told yesterday that the woman who allegedly rolled over businessman Kurt McCartney in Gambier Village after he was shot was actually at home watching the television shows “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal” the night of the murder.
45 years in prison for convicted killer
SUPREME Court Justice Estelle Gray-Evans yesterday sentenced convicted murderer Rasheed Farrington to 45 years in prison.
Haitian man accused of beating woman
A HAITIAN man was charged in the Magistrate’s Court in Abaco in connection with the brutal beating of a Haitian woman a week ago on the island.
KURT MCCARTNEY TRIAL: Defence lawyers claim witnesses were unreliable
LAWYERS for the four accused of killing businessman Kurt McCartney in Gambier Village last year asked jurors on Friday to acquit their clients, arguing that witnesses in the case were unreliable and inconsistent.
Eleven men's application for bail to appeal extradition to US denied
THE Court of Appeal has denied the application of 11 men seeking bail and leave to appeal to the Privy Council to contest a Magistrates Court's decision to have them extradited to the United States on drug trafficking charges.
Schoolboy dies after stabbing
A 16-year-old Doris Johnson Senior High School student was stabbed multiple times and killed yesterday afternoon during an argument with several other school students shortly after school was dismissed early because of exams.
Two men in hospital after shooting
POLICE are investigating a shooting incident that left two men in hospital Tuesday night. According to reports, shortly after 6pm, two men were walking on Fowler Street off East Street, when they were both shot.
40 years in jail for double killer
A SUPREME Court judge did not impose the death penalty on a man convicted of double murder who yesterday threatened to have the London-based Privy Council remove him from the bench alleging that both the judge and the prosecutor were “corrupt”.
Jury hears different witness account of killing
A JURY yesterday heard a different account of the events that transpired in Gambier Village two years ago concerning the murder of businessman Kurt McCartney by a child witness whose evidence the Crown opted not to use.
BREAKING NEWS: Student dies after stabbing
POLICE are investigating the fatal stabbing of a male student who was attacked on Prince Charles Drive.
