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Case against Janaldo Farrington will continue

The judge in the Stephen Sherman murder case has directed the jury to acquit Renee Sherman and Cordero Bethel of the charges they face due to legal reasons.

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Police question man after stabbing death

A 39-year old man is in custody assisting police after a man was stabbed to death last night.

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BTC restores northern Bahamas services after disruption

THE Bahamas Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) has restored its landline, internet and cellular services to the Northern Bahamas and to the Mars Bay area of South Andros.

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Girl says she saw gunman's face

THE girl who knelt next to her uncle as they were being robbed outside his Yamacraw Shores home told a jury that she looked back to get a glimpse of the armed gunman’s face.

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Parent held by police after row with teacher

A PARENT was taken into police custody at the Anatol Rodgers High School yesterday after yet another argument with a teacher turned physical.

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Jury told of confession given to police

PHYSICAL abuse and “a big insurance” were the reasons a woman ordered a hit on her husband, a man suspected of murder allegedly told police while in custody.

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'Dozens screaming' after pepper-spray incident

POLICE are investigating a pepper-spray incident in Andros said to have left dozens of people, including tourists, screaming and jumping into sea.

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Boy, 16, accused of being serial rapist

A TEENAGE boy accused of being a serial rapist was arraigned in Magistrates Court yesterday in connection with four sexual assaults in which two of his alleged victims are 13-year-old girls.

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49-year-old faces court over rape of 13-year-old

A 49-year-old man was charged in Magistrate’s Court yesterday with statutory rape. He was accused of having unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl.

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Jury returns in murder trial after two weeks of legal discussions

THE jury in the murder trial of a widow accused of plotting her husband’s death returns to court today having been excused from Supreme Court for two weeks because of legal discussions which had to take place in their absence.

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Four years in jail for smuggling marijuana in loaves of bread

A MAN was sentenced to four years imprisonment yesterday after admitting that he tried to smuggle marijuana to Mayaguana in loaves of bread.

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Girl, 13, raped - suspect arrested

POLICE are questioning a teenager in connection with the rape of a 13-year-old girl and a string of other serious offenses.

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$2 MILLION DRUG BUST

AUTHORITIES are praising yet another “major” drug bust with the early morning discovery of more than $2 million worth of marijuana in Exuma.

Kofhe Goodman sentencing delayed

A “POLITICAL show trial” is what Kofhe Goodman’s attorney dubbed the delay in yesterday’s sentencing of the convict for the September 2011 murder of Marco Archer.

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Police seek help in hunt for killer as murder total reaches 82

POLICE are asking for your help in locating the man responsible for the country’s latest murder.