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Documents do not record possession of gun in murder retrial, court hears

ACCORDING to testimony, one of the men accused of killing police officer Jimmy Ambrose on March 29, 1999 was not noted as having a firearm after his arrest, and was seen being beaten up on the night in question.

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Christie yet to keep promise to set the record straight

DESPITE two assurances by Prime Minister Perry Christie to set the record straight over the Stem Cell controversy and fashion tycoon Peter Nygard’s involvement, he has yet to do so.

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Keod Smith 'charged with assault and damage'

FORMER MP Keod Smith was charged with assault and damage yesterday, The Tribune understands.

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Shooting is fourth murder in three days

A MAN was shot to death outside a nightclub early yesterday morning, bringing the country’s homicide count to 63 for the year. It was also the fourth murder in three days.

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Closing arguments in marine's murder trial

JURORS heard closing arguments from both sides in the trial of a woman accused of murdering her Defence Force marine husband.

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Case begins over St John's College graduation

ATTORNEYS Christina Galanos and Krystal Rolle began their opening submissions yesterday in the case between the 2013 graduating class of St John’s College and the Anglican Central Education Authority.

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Men decline to testify in cop murder retrial

THREE men accused of murdering a police officer waived their right to testify in court yesterday.

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Govt ‘is ready’ if environmentalists want to go to court

IF environmentalists want to go to court over the construction of a jetty in Bimini for the Resorts World Bimini SuperFast, the government will be “ready to take them on,” Prime Minister Perry Christie said Saturday.

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Police reserve officer, teenager shot

A RESERVE police officer and a 17-year-old boy are in hospital after being shot over the weekend in two separate incidents.

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Three dead in weekend crime

A FIGHT between two men escalated into a fatal stabbing that left one man dead and another in serious condition in hospital yesterday.

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35-year-old man questioned over allegations of unnatural sexual intercourse

ELEUTHERA police are questioning a 35-year-old Cat Island man in connection with allegations of unnatural sexual intercourse, assault with a deadly weapon, and threats of death.

Goodman trial: Evidence ‘tested before being sent abroad’

SERGEANT Sheria King, head of the biology unit at the Royal Bahamas Police Force,  testified yesterday that she tested biological evidence in the Kofhe Goodman case, before shipping some of the items for further testing abroad.

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Teenager charged in connection with Shooting of boy, 5

A 15-year-old boy has been charged in connection with the shooting of a five-year-old boy, The Tribune understands.

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Marco Archer trial: Lawyer told he is in contempt of court

JUSTICE Bernard Turner told lawyer Geoffrey Farquharson that he was in contempt of court because of his conduct and choice of words yesterday on the 60th day of the Marco Archer murder trial.

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Man charged with causing damage to asphalt on JFK

A 53-year-old man was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday for causing damage to more than 8,000 ft of asphalt on John F Kennedy Drive over a six-day period.