CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST FRED SMITH AND KEOD SMITH
THE charges against lawyers Fred Smith and Keod Smith following an incident on Jaws Beach last April were dropped by the office of the Attorney General yesterday.
Date set for legal action over removal of stenographers
A DATE has been set for a group of attorneys taking legal action against Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson for the removal of stenographers from the Magistrate’s Court.
Man wanted in connection with attempted murder
THE police have issued an appeal for help in tracking down a man wanted in connection with attempted murder.
Jury to return today in unnatural sex case
A JURY is scheduled to return today for the continuation of Andre Birbal’s unnatural sex case before Supreme Court.
Appeal held up by missing transcripts
OUTSTANDING trial transcripts delayed the appeal of a man contesting his conviction for the throat-slashing manslaughter of his girlfriend.
Trafficking victim urged to go to police
A MAN told a Supreme Court jury that he’d told a woman “going through some stuff” that she should go to the police.
Lawyer given seven-week appeal delay
A MAN challenging his conviction and 23-year sentence for attempted murder must wait seven weeks before his case is heard in the Court of Appeal.
Man cries when found guilty of rape
A MAN cried in the Supreme Court when a jury found him guilty of raping a woman in her western New Providence home.
Second arrest over murder of man out on bail
POLICE arrested a second man early Tuesday morning in connection with the murder of 26-year-old Troy Bodie.
Woman admits entering nation under false pretenses
A WOMAN, claiming to be a human trafficking victim, admitted she came to the Bahamas under false pretenses, but denied that she did it to become a prostitute.
Man risks jail for pipe theft
A MAN, who was paid $60 to take $18,000 worth of ductile pipes from Coral Harbour to a scrap metal yard on his truck, faced up to five years in jail for receiving the pipes that belonged to the Water and Sewerage Corporation.
'I was forced into prostitution to pay for my plane ticket home'
ONE of two women alleging to be victims of human trafficking testified in the Supreme Court yesterday that a woman named “Sasha” approached her with the opportunity to come to the Bahamas for work.
Boyfriend held after body found in shallow grave
A 33-year-old man is in police custody after he led investigators to a shallow grave where the naked body of a woman was buried, police sources confirmed yesterday.
Greenslade blames repeat offenders
REPEAT offenders out on bail continue to challenge anti-crime initiatives, according to Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade, who yesterday renewed his appeal for Bahamians to “draw a line in the sand” against criminals residing in their communities.
Police Station wedding groom faces drug charges
TWO days after being allowed to marry his bride in the Central Police Station, a Freeport resident appeared in Magistrate’s Court yesterday on charges in connection with a $50,000 marijuana seizure.
