Nightclub murder appeal date set
A MAN challenging his conviction and 54-year-prison sentence for a nightclub murder will have his appeal heard in January 2014, even though the appeal was filed more than a year after he was sentenced.
Two immigration officers accused of aiding escape
TWO Immigration officers accused of permitting and aiding the escape of three detainees from the Carmichael Road Detention Centre were denied bail yesterday when arraigned in Magistrate’s Court.
Mother and daughter die in shooting
A triple shooting this morning has left a woman and her daughter dead.
McCartney case: police confident of solution
PAUL Rolle, officer in charge of the Central Detective Unit, said yesterday that although police have no one in custody for the murder of businessman Kurt McCartney, they are confident they will solve the murder.
Man cleared of murder
A JURY unanimously acquitted a man of murder yesterday, not accepting a dying man’s declaration to a police officer of the identity of his assailant after asking police not to let him die.
John Bull raid appeal date set
FEBRUARY 2014 is when two men convicted of conspiring to rob a John Bull retail store will go before the Appeal Court to challenge their conviction and sentence.
Two in hospital after stabbing
TWO MEN are being treated in hospital after being stabbed multiple times during an argument over a dog early yesterday morning.
Man to appeal drug sentence
A MAN will challenge his four year sentence for possessing 130 pounds of marijuana in January, 2014, more than two years after he pleaded guilty to drug and ammunition possession charges when arraigned in Magistrate’s Court.
Keod Smith ordered to apologise
A LAWYER was ordered to apologise in writing to Chief Justice Sir Michael Barnett and Justice Rhonda Bain for writing a letter to the Chief Justice suggesting that Justice Bain showed bias in her judicial review of a case between the Coalition to Protect Clifton Bay and the government, Canadian multi-millionaire Peter Nygard and Koed Smith.
Man gunned down in morning shooting
A 29-year-old man became the country’s latest murder victim after he was gunned down outside his home early yesterday morning.
Pregnant woman denied bail
A WOMAN’s pregnancy did not win her leniency in a bail hearing before a magistrate ahead of her trial on fraud related charges.
Ten arrested over drugs find
POLICE arrested 10 persons early yesterday morning after they were found in possession of a quantity of drugs. It happened at about 4am.
KURT MCCARTNEY: Eight released as case goes cold
POLICE have released the eight people who were being held for questioning in connection with the death of businessman Kurt McCartney, with a senior police source claiming the case has “gone cold” – at least temporarily.
Man and woman in hospital after separate shootings
A MAN and a woman are fighting for their lives in hospital after being shot in two separate incidents early yesterday morning.
Man arrested after firearm found
FREEPORT – Grand Bahama police arrested a 28-year-old male resident of Fresh Creek, Andros in connection with the discovery of an unlicensed firearm.
