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Murder case accused acquitted by jury

A MAN standing retrial on a murder charge was unanimously acquitted after the crown offered no further evidence against him yesterday afternoon.

Dismissed date delay in $64,000 cocaine trial

By LAMECH JOHNSON

Pair accused of cocaine smuggling

By LAMECH JOHNSON

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Cocaine found at airport

TWO Bahamian men, ages 32 and 22, are being questioned after the discovery of $13,500 worth of cocaine in the US Departure Lounge of the Lynden Pindling International Airport.

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Drive-by shootings under investigation

POLICE have put out a call for information concerning two drive-by shootings currently under investigation.

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Legal bid to jail Bar President

JUST months after taking up the post of Bahamas Bar Association president, Elsworth Johnson is facing an attempt by one of its members to have him committed to prison for contempt.

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Three men arrested after armed robbery

SWIFT action by police led to the arrest of three Nassau Village men just hours after an armed robbery.

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Seven men wanted for questioning

THE police are looking for seven men who they want to question in connection with three separate armed robberies over the weekend.

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GRANDFATHER NOT GUILTY OF INCEST

A JURY of seven women and two men unanimously acquitted a 59-year-old grandfather of two counts of incest yesterday.

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Church robbed in broad daylight

A CHURCH, opposite an Urban Renewal Centre, and its members were held up and robbed in broad daylight yesterday.

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Policeman charged with stabbing wife to death

THE policeman accused of fatally stabbing his wife and nearly killing her son has received death threats from prison, a Magistrate was told yesterday during the man’s arraignment.

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Search for four men in connection with armed robberies

FREEPORT – Grand Bahama Police are searching for four men in connection with two separate armed robbery incidents that occurred in Freeport and Hunters.

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Grandfather's attorney tells jury that girl made up story about being molested

A DEFENCE attorney told a jury that a girl made up her story about being molested by her grandfather over a period of six years in order to flee home and avoid being disciplined.

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Three-month wait for 'Die' Stubbs appeal

STEPHEN ‘Die’ Stubbs will have to wait three months before his appeal is heard.

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Four charged with Kurt killing, one with being accessory

TWO WOMEN and two men were charged in Magistrate’s Court yesterday with the murder of businessman Kurt McCartney.