Boyfriend of murdered woman named as suspect in double killing
THE boyfriend of the 35-year-old woman, who was brutally killed with her 14-year-old daughter Wednesday morning has been named as the main suspect in their murders.
Men wanted for questioning
POLICE want to question three men in connection with an ongoing narcotics case.
Arrest after suspected drugs find
FREEPORT – Grand Bahama Police made one arrest on Wednesday after a quantity of suspected marijuana was discovered at a home in the Freeport area.
Witness fails to give evidence in trial for 2006 murder
A MAN accused of killing a messenger of a fast-food restaurant during a deposit-run closed his case in the Supreme Court yesterday when his defence witness failed to appear to give testimony from Freeport by video link.
Mom and daughter shot dead at home
STAFF and students at C C Sweeting Senior High mourned the loss of murder victim Indiana Forbes yesterday with a special assembly and memorial wall in her honour. Indiana, 14, and her mother, 35-year-old Anchinique Berry, were shot “execution” style as they slept early Tuesday morning.
Nightclub murder appeal date set
A MAN challenging his conviction and 54-year-prison sentence for a nightclub murder will have his appeal heard in January 2014, even though the appeal was filed more than a year after he was sentenced.
Two immigration officers accused of aiding escape
TWO Immigration officers accused of permitting and aiding the escape of three detainees from the Carmichael Road Detention Centre were denied bail yesterday when arraigned in Magistrate’s Court.
Mother and daughter die in shooting
A triple shooting this morning has left a woman and her daughter dead.
McCartney case: police confident of solution
PAUL Rolle, officer in charge of the Central Detective Unit, said yesterday that although police have no one in custody for the murder of businessman Kurt McCartney, they are confident they will solve the murder.
Man cleared of murder
A JURY unanimously acquitted a man of murder yesterday, not accepting a dying man’s declaration to a police officer of the identity of his assailant after asking police not to let him die.
John Bull raid appeal date set
FEBRUARY 2014 is when two men convicted of conspiring to rob a John Bull retail store will go before the Appeal Court to challenge their conviction and sentence.
Two in hospital after stabbing
TWO MEN are being treated in hospital after being stabbed multiple times during an argument over a dog early yesterday morning.
Man to appeal drug sentence
A MAN will challenge his four year sentence for possessing 130 pounds of marijuana in January, 2014, more than two years after he pleaded guilty to drug and ammunition possession charges when arraigned in Magistrate’s Court.
Keod Smith ordered to apologise
A LAWYER was ordered to apologise in writing to Chief Justice Sir Michael Barnett and Justice Rhonda Bain for writing a letter to the Chief Justice suggesting that Justice Bain showed bias in her judicial review of a case between the Coalition to Protect Clifton Bay and the government, Canadian multi-millionaire Peter Nygard and Koed Smith.
Man gunned down in morning shooting
A 29-year-old man became the country’s latest murder victim after he was gunned down outside his home early yesterday morning.
