Police seize $25,000 of suspected marijuana
POLICE confiscated 25 pounds of suspected marijuana with an estimated street value of $25,000 in three separate incidents this weekend.
Threat to minister prompts police hunt
POLICE were last night seeking to quiz a local political activist after a threat to shoot National Security State Minister Keith Bell with an AK47 appeared on his Facebook page.
Father charged with murdering toddler son
DAVID Alexander Stuart, 22, has been charged with murder in the death of his two-year-old son.
Jury finds man guilty of murder
A JURY unanimously decided in two hours yesterday that Simeon Bain was responsible for the throat-slashing murder of a fast food restaurant manager that began from a plot to seduce the young man before robbing him and the highway franchise.
Charges due in road deaths
EXUMA Police say charges will be brought against the driver of the grey Nissan, which struck and killed two Canadian animal activists last week. Jill Gandza, 55, and her 57-year-old husband, Ron, were walking home from a local hotel around 10pm when the accident occurred.
Accused pleads his case to jury in three-hour address
SIMEON Bain spent three hours yesterday attempting to convince a Supreme Court jury that he did not seduce, kidnap, rob or kill a fast food restaurant manager in 2009.
Sex abuse link in boy's death
FREEPORT – A father is in custody assisting police with investigations into the death of his two-year-old son, who is believed to have suffered injuries that might be consistent with allegations of sexual abuse.
Lawyers in argument at Archer muder trial
THE seventh day of the Marco Archer murder trial ended early after Kofhe Goodman’s attorney alleged that the case’s lead prosecutor made “facial gestures” to the crown witness while she was answering his questions during cross-examination.
Phone records brought to court by defendant
A MAN alleged to have sent a text message to a fastfood restaurant manager and to have seduced him for the sake of robbing him had phone records brought to court yesterday.
Woman dead, man injured in shooting after car chase
A woman was murdered and a man left in critical condition yesterday after a car chase led to a deadly shooting.
Accused faces court over $64,000 cocaine plot
A WANTED man accused of being an accomplice in a plot to smuggle $64,000 worth of cocaine out of the country was arraigned in Magistrates Court yesterday.
Lawyer claims expert tried to 'flam' jury
KOFHE Goodman’s attorney yesterday suggested to a crime scene investigator that she was trying to “flam” the jury with her claims about the handling of items collected from the scene where a body, believed to be of a male, was found in bushes behind an apartment.
Man held over drugs
ABACO Police arrested a man of Pigeon Pea in connection with the discovery of illegal drugs and firearms early Friday morning.
Man admits possession of $750,000 worth of drugs
KENDAL Hepburn, a 39-year-old of Mackey Street, admitted to being in possession of $750,000 worth of cocaine and marijuana seized by DEU officers earlier this week.
Accused struggles to find defence witnesses
A JUDGE told Simeon Bain, who chose not to be represented by counsel in his murder trial, that he was responsible for getting his own witnesses to court to testify on his behalf. Bain was accused of killing a former Burger King manager, who he had planned to seduce and rob told.
