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Police shoot and wound two suspects

POLICE in New Providence shot and wounded two suspects - one armed with a handgun and one with a long army knife - in separate incidents on Friday.

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Vasyli trial halted for judge's witness ruling

EXTENSIVE legal discussions on Friday concluded the second day of the high-profile murder trial of Donna Vasyli, who is accused of fatally stabbing her husband at their Old Fort Bay home.

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Man, 29, shot driving through McCullough Corner and dies in his car

A 29-year-old man was shot and killed early on Friday morning while driving through McCullough Corner.

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Blood on the tiles at Vasyli home

A JURY hearing evidence in the Donna Vasyli murder trial was shown a 20-minute video of a bloody crime scene at a home in the Old Fort Bay community that police were alerted to earlier in the year.

Abaco police arrest nine illegal immigrants

POLICE in Abaco have taken nine illegal immigrants who arrived by boat into custody after a late-night operation.

Two men charged in separate murder cases

TWO men appeared in Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged separately in connection with two murders that occurred in the capital.

Extradition court case to be heard next year

FIVE men fighting extradition to the United States on drug trafficking charges will have their day in the Supreme Court in January next year.

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30 years in jail for man guilty of woman’s murder

EIGHTEEN months after taking police to the shallow grave of a woman who was missing for two weeks, the man accused of her murder pleaded guilty to the crime in Supreme Court yesterday.

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Police warning over car crime and illegal guns

SENIOR Assistant Commissioner of Police Emrick Seymour yesterday expressed concern over the significant increase in car thefts and stolen vehicles and the “proliferation” of illegal guns in Grand Bahama.

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Police still probing Grand Bahama murder cases

POLICE investigations are still underway into two recent murder cases on Grand Bahama, Police Chief Emrick Seymour said yesterday in Grand Bahama.

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Pair land eight years in jail for receiving stolen goods

TWO men who admitted to receiving cars and electronic items they knew had been stolen were sentenced to a prison term of more than eight years yesterday.

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No early release for father turned killer

A MAN who killed his three-year-old daughter and hid her dismembered body had his hopes for an early prison release dashed by a Supreme Court judge yesterday.

Two arrested for possession of firearm and ammunition

TWO men were arrested for possession of an illegal firearm and ammunition on Tuesday.

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Bostwick has case to answer over ammunition

AXED Free National Movement Senator John Bostwick II has been called on to “give a defence or remain silent” by a magistrate who determined yesterday that he does have a case to answer concerning the alleged discovery of 10 rounds of ammunition in a backpack at the Grand Bahama International Airport.

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Court says no to murderer’s bid for psychiatric evaluation for appeal

THE Court of Appeal yesterday dismissed a lawyer’s request for a convict to undergo a psychiatric evaluation and the results be considered for the convict’s appeal against a murder conviction.