Crime & Court

Teenagers arrested over video of attacks

POLICE arrested six teens on Tuesday after two videos, one showing a male and a female being beaten and the other showing a juvenile male being brutally attacked, went viral on social media.

14 Cubans found on boat in Bimini and taken into custody

FOURTEEN Cuban immigrants have been discovered aboard a vessel in Bimini and taken into police custody.

Court quashes convictions for man in drugs plot case

THE Court of Appeal yesterday quashed all convictions for one of three men found guilty of a plot to smuggle $850,000 worth of marijuana into the country.

Ruling due on friday for manslaughter sentence

A JUDGE said he would give a ruling on Friday concerning the resentencing of a man whose murder conviction was reduced to manslaughter on appeal.

Man shot while going out for a walk

A MAN was shot on Tuesday as he was walking on Beaumontia Avenue in the Gardens Hills subdivision, police said.

Nottage says he didn’t blame FNM for crime

MINISTER of National Security Dr Bernard Nottage yesterday defended himself from criticism that his recent national address on crime lacked innovative ideas, saying his detractors do not understand the root of the vexing problem.

‘Police left our relative to die’

THE family of a man who was shot dead by police last month want “justice” and alleged the 25-year-old man was wounded by officers “after he surrendered”.

Crown ready to proceed over murder of Kurt McCartney

THE Crown will be ready to proceed with the murder trial of businessman Kurt McCartney, a judge was told yesterday.

Client ‘dramatically affected’ by deportation from The Bahamas

THE attorneys for Canadian resident Bruno Rufa have said that his deportation from The Bahamas “dramatically and prejudicially affected” their client’s long-term residency in Freeport.

Constitutional rights in contention in appeal in murder case

A LAWYER for a man convicted of his girlfriend’s fatal stabbing argued in the Court of Appeal yesterday that a judge was wrong in law to allow prejudicial material to be entered in evidence at his client’s trial.

Super Value held up in afternoon robbery

POLICE are “aggressively” pursuing two suspects responsible for an armed robbery of Super Value’s Blue Hill Road location yesterday afternoon, a senior police official said.

Man shot in back of the head at his home

A 24-year-old man was shot in the back of his head and killed early yesterday morning at his home off Fire Trail Road.

Woman admits resisting arrest after officers shot her son

A WOMAN yesterday admitted that she used obscenities and resisted arrest when police tried to move her from her son as he lay dying in the street after being shot by police last week.