Crime & Court

Murder victim 'received multiple stab wounds'

A WOMAN murdered on her job at a resort in San Salvador received some 15 cuts and stab wounds, a Supreme Court jury was told by a pathologist yesterday.

Man sentenced to death to challenge conviction

A MAN sentenced to death for a “contract killing” will challenge his murder conviction and punishment to the Court of Appeal in three months.

Police seek help over three shootings and armed robberies

POLICE are asking for the public’s help in solving three shootings and armed robberies that happened late Monday night.

Six years in jail for gun possession

COURT of Appeal judges yesterday dismissed a convicted man’s plea for mercy from the court to lessen his six-year consecutive sentence for possession of a firearm and ammunition.

Police called in to investigate missing funds at COB

THE College of the Bahamas has called in police to investigate the misappropriation of funds from the COB business office.

Four released in missing persons probe

POLICE have released the four persons they were questioning in connection with the disappearance of an Immigration Officer and his girlfriend in Andros.

Former cop on gun charges

FORMER police constable Jovanh Munnings, 31, was charged yesterday with possession of an unlicensed firearm and causing damage.

Teenager shot dead on street

THE country’s latest murder victim was the third teenager to be shot and killed within the last five days.

Former death row inmate seeks attorney assistance

FORMER death row inmate and murder convict Maxo Tido requested the Court of Appeal’s assistance yesterday in getting an attorney to aid him in challenging his 52-year sentence for the killing 16-year-old Donnell Connover.

Appeal court reduces sentence for man who stole from church

By LAMECH JOHNSON

Police seek help in fraud probe

POLICE want the public to help them crack a major fraud ring believed to have fleeced thousands of dollars from a prominent financial institution.

Police officer stabbed

A POLICE officer is in stable condition today after being stabbed in his head near the Accident and Emergency section of the Princess Margaret Hospital yesterday.

Cuban hearings resume this week

THE hearings into the alleged abuse of Cuban detainees by Defence Force marines at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre earlier this year will resume on Wednesday, the lawyer for the marines, Wayne Munroe, said yesterday.