Police hunt for wanted men
GRAND Bahama police are searching for two men who are wanted for questioning in connection with armed robbery, housebreaking and stealing incidents on the island.
Lawyer to be appointed for sex offender’s appeal
A CONVICTED sex offender will be appointed a lawyer at the public’s expense to argue his appeal against a jury’s finding that he had unnatural sexual intercourse with an under aged male student.
Juries amendment ‘does not’ impede fair trial
THE Court of Appeal yesterday rejected an accused murderer’s claim that the recent amendment to the Juries Act would breach his constitutional right to a fair trial.
Prosecutors win appeal over Canadian pilot's sentence
CROWN prosecutors successfully challenged, on appeal, a magistrate’s jurisdiction to impose an 18-month sentence on a Canadian pilot who was initially given four years in prison for his involvement in a $1m drug plot.
Neighbours subdue ‘robber’
AN armed robber was subdued by concerned neighbours who came to the rescue of a woman who was struggling with the would-be thief, police said.
Widow accused of murder to have new bail hearing
COURT of Appeal judges yesterday ordered a second bail hearing within 48 hours for the Australian widow of murdered millionaire podiatrist Phillip Vasyli before the same Supreme Court judge who had previously denied her bail.
Murder total reaches 44 after three more killings
POLICE are investigating three separate murders after a man was shot to death on Ida Street yesterday afternoon, nearly 12 hours after another man was found dead with gun shot wounds near the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.
Police intervene after suicide threat by woman
A WOMAN was admitted to Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre yesterday morning after she allegedly threatened to commit suicide, police said.
Man’s death ‘suspicious’
BIMINI police are investigating the suspicious death of a 35-year-old male visitor from India who was discovered with bruises about his body.
Sentence upheld for man convicted of shooting
THE Court of Appeal yesterday upheld the sentence of a man convicted of an early morning inner-city community shooting that hospitalised another man.
Physician says stab wound led to student's death in after-school fight
A JURY heard from a physician yesterday on the cause of death of a 17-year-old CV Bethel student who died following an after-school scuffle.
Donna Vasyli to have another bail hearing 'within two days'
THE wife of murdered millionaire podiatrist Phillip Vasyli will have another bail hearing in Supreme Court after Court of Appeal judges ruled this afternoon that Senior Justice Stephen Isaacs did not explicitly give his reasons for denying bail to the 54-year-old Australian.
Man in hospital after stabbing
A MAN is in hospital after being stabbed by another man during an argument on Saturday.
Nightclub shooting leaves man in hospital
A MAN is in hospital in a stable condition after being shot at a Mackey Street nightclub following a fight early today.
Former US Marine 'needs work to pay legal fees', judge told
A FORMER US Marine awaiting trial for attempted murder needs work in the United States to afford his legal fees, a Supreme Court judge was told yesterday.
