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Lawyer appointed for shooting appeal

A NEW lawyer has been appointed for a man contesting his attempted murder conviction to the Court of Appeal.

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Mystery over 49th murder of the year

A MAN became the country’s latest murder victim when he was fatally shot in his chest yesterday.

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British man killed at dive centre

POLICE are asking the public’s assistance for information that could help them solve the murder of a British man on his sailboat at Stuart Cove’s diving centre in western New Providence on Friday night.

Man left in hospital after Grand Bahama stabbing

GRAND Bahama police are investigating a stabbing incident that has left a man hospitalised with serious injuries.

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British man shot dead after armed robbers board his sailboat

A BRITISH man has been shot dead after two armed men boarded his sailboat near Stuart Cove's diving centre in western New Providence on Friday night and demanded cash.

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Donna Vasyli denied bail again as judge explains his reasons

DONNA Vasyli's initial assurance to relatives that she would "be out soon" proved wishful on Friday as a judge, who was ordered by the Court of Appeal to reconsider his initial refusal of bail a month ago, denied bail a second time to the woman accused of her husband's murder.

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Donna Vasyli denied bail for a second time

DONNA Vasyli, the wife of murdered millionaire podiatrist, Phillip Vasyli, was denied bail a second time by Senior Justice Stephen Isaacs today.

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Police hunt for suspects as two men are shot dead

POLICE have launched an island-wide manhunt for the suspects responsible for two separate shooting incidents that left two men dead late last night.

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Rapist jailed for ten years

A MAN caught red-handed sexually assaulting a woman was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment for rape and armed robbery yesterday.

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Immigration policy faces judicial review

SUPREME Court Justice Rhonda Bain yesterday granted leave to issue judicial review action against the government’s new immigration policy.

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No bail for Fox Hill shooting accused

A JUDGE yesterday denied bail to one of three men awaiting trial in connection with the fatal Freedom Park, Fox Hill, drive-by shooting that killed four people and injured seven others.

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Schaeffer is robbed at gunpoint

AN American businessman, now a Bahamian resident, was robbed at gunpoint in “broad daylight” at a Royal Bank of Canada branch yesterday afternoon.

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Ruling on Vasyli bail tomorrow

DONNA Vasyli will learn on Friday whether a judge will approve her renewed application for bail and if so, what conditions he will impose to ensure her return for trial into the fatal stabbing of her husband, Australian podiatrist, Phillip Vasyli.

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Guilty of manslaughter over student’s stabbing

A MAN who did not return to court for the completion of his trial into the fatal stabbing of a CV Bethel student was unanimously acquitted of murder yesterday.

90 days for suspect to appeal against extradition

A MAN fighting extradition to Florida for a woman’s manslaughter has 90 days to file his appeal to the country’s highest court.