Cuba abuse trial victims' return not convinced
THE Cuban Embassy remains tight-lipped on whether or not two Cubans claiming to have been beaten at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre will be returned to the Bahamas to testify.
$100,000 bail is granted for drugs suspect
DISMISSED constable Toni Sweeting was granted $100,000 bail yesterday morning in accordance with a Supreme Court ruling earlier this month that she be released on bond if her drug trial was not completed by December 18.
Christie: We have the answer to crime
DESPITE a murder count now in the triple digits, Prime Minister Perry Christie said yesterday he still thinks his government has the answer to the country’s escalating crime problem.
Trafficking suspect refused ID parade
A WOMAN accused of human trafficking declined to participate in an identification parade for a witness to pick out a suspect who withheld her passport and forced her into prostitution.
Bruised baby: Man held
POLICE have a 22-year-old man in custody in connection with the alleged abuse of a year old baby boy in Marsh Harbour, Abaco.
Man jailed for $1m road damage
UNDER no circumstances could causing more than $1 million damage to the new airport road be considered “reasonable”, Thomas Rigby was told moments before being sentenced yesterday to 16 months at Her Majesty’s Prison.
Jury hears of cry: 'The police got me'
“The police got me! The man them got me!” a policewoman shouted into her cellphone as she resisted arrest, moments after a package of cocaine dropped from under her skirt, a jury was told yesterday.
Badly bruised baby airlifted
A YEAR–old boy was airlifted to Nassau yesterday afternoon when doctors in Abaco discovered “visible bruises” all over his body.
Jewellery worth $93,000 stolen in Deputy PM raid
TWO men accused of robbing then acting Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis stole items collectively valued at $100,465, Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson Pratt said yesterday when they were being charged.
PEACE PARTY SHOOTING: ONE DEAD, SEVEN INJURED
ONE man is dead and six others are in hospital after they were shot at a “Bring the Peace Back in Bain Town” party Monday night.
Two arrested after armed robbery
A QUICK response by Mobile Division officers led to the apprehension of two men just moments after an armed robbery on Monday.
McCartney murder accused denied bail
POSSIBLE witness interference was among a number of reasons a judge denied bail to one of four people charged in connection with the murder of businessman Kurt McCartney.
Shooting victim in critical condition
A MAN, shot in his head in the Yamacraw Hill area yesterday, is in critical condition at the Princess Margaret hospital.
FOUR HELD OVER DPM RAID: ‘Police not to blame for lack of security’
IT WAS not the responsibility of police authorities to ensure that Deputy Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis was assigned an armed security detail, Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade said yesterday.
COURT REPORTER'S ABSENCE ENFORCES TRIAL RULING DELAY IN $1.2M ROAD DAMAGE CASE
THE fate of a man who admitted to causing $1.2 million worth of damage to the new airport road was expected to be decided yesterday in Magistrates Court.
