Recusal application to be heard in open court
THE Supreme Court Judge hearing judicial review proceedings in the long-running dispute over development at Nygard Cay has ruled that an application to recuse herself from the case must be heard in open court as a matter of public importance.
Couple robbed by armed masked men
FREEPORT – A couple was robbed by armed masked men early Thursday morning in the Malibu Reef area, police reported.
Man wanted for questioning
Police have issued an all-points bulletin for an Abaco man who is wanted for questioning in connection with shopbreaking. Mandel Cox, 26, of Cooper’s Town, is wanted by police. He is 5ft 10in, with a low hair cut, slim build and dark complexion. He is considered armed and dangerous.
Douglas Pratt guilty of murder
Douglas Pratt has been found guilty of murdering his girlfriend, in a unanimous decision by the jury.
$1.5m haul of drugs seized
POLICE arrested two men in connection with a $1.5m drug seizure yesterday.
Three men killed in shootings
TWO Pinewood Gardens men were gunned down in separate incidents hours apart and a 41-year-old was shot dead taking the country’s murder count this year to 34.
Verdict due in Pratt case
A SUPREME Court jury is expected to pass judgment today on 27-year-old Douglas Pratt, who is standing trial in connection with the fatal stabbing of his girlfriend on Adelaide Beach.
Change of lawyer in manslaughter appeal
A MAN has privately retained a lawyer to assist him in challenging his conviction and 18-year-sentence for manslaughter after his previous lawyer asked the Court of Appeal for leave to withdraw.
Man killed in afternoon shooting
A MAN has been killed in a shooting incident off Market Street on Wednesday afternoon.
Four in custody after man shot dead
Four males aged 35, 30, 18 and 17 are in custody assisting police with investigations into a shooting incident that left a man dead on Tuesday.
Man in custody following triple shooting
AUTHORITIES confirmed yesterday that a 22-year-old man was in custody with several other men who were being questioned in connection with a Montel Heights shooting incident.
Lack of stenographer at heart of appeal
TWO men are appealing a judge’s ruling that their right to a fair trial would not be in jeopardy without the presence of a stenographer.
U.S. girl victim of sex attack
A 17-YEAR-OLD American girl was left traumatised after she was strangled to near unconsciousness and forced to perform a sexual act on a middle-aged San Salvador man.
Stab wounds 'may have been self inflicted'
THE stab wounds a man received the night his girlfriend was fatally stabbed on Adelaide Beach could have been self-inflicted, a jury heard yesterday.
Island-wide manhunt on Exuma
POLICE in Exuma have intensified their island-wide manhunt for 33–year old Denardo Smith AKA ‘Fat Boy’ of Hartswell and Williams Town, Exuma.
