Attorney General says backlog of cases is a 'grave concern'
EVEN if they focused solely on criminal cases in 2013, the 12 current Supreme Court judges could not clear the backlog of outstanding cases, Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson yesterday.
Concern over armed robberies
JUST 10 days into the New Year and police say they are already concerned about the number of armed robberies in the capital.
BRIEF: Bomb scare at Marathon
THE Mall at Marathon had to be evacuated yesterday afternoon following a bomb scare.
Officials stumped over men’s deaths
OFFICIALS yesterday admitted they were stumped over what could have led to the death of two men discovered floating in waters between North Andros and Lyford Cay.
Haitian captain, crew charged in connection with $1m drug seizure
A HAITIAN captain and his crew of seven countrymen appeared in Magistrate’s Court yesterday to be arraigned in connection with a $1million cocaine seizure last weekend.
Man in court over Urban Renewal break-in
A MAN accused of breaking into an Urban Renewel Project Centre and making off with nearly two dozen electronic items worth thousands of dollars was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Man charged with attempted murder
A MAN was remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison without bail yesterday after being arraigned in Magistrate’s Court on an attempted murder charge.
Accused will face drug charge over discovery of 130lbs of marijuana
A MAGISTRATE ruled that the prosecution in a 130 pound marijuana seizure trial has produced sufficient evidence for the accused to answer a drug charge.
Man remanded to prison on double murder charge
A MAN was remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison yesterday after being charged in Magistrate’s Court in connection with two murders, one dating back to 2011.
50-year-old man accused of having sex with six-year-old boy
A 50-YEAR-OLD man accused of trying to have sex with a 6-year-old boy on the last day of 2012 was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning.
Concern over rise of drug shipments at airport
COMMISSIONER of Police Ellison Greenslade expressed concern yesterday over the growing use of the Lynden Pindling International Airport as a transshipment point for dangerous drugs.
Lone gunman shoots victim dead
POLICE are asking the public’s assistance in solving a late night shooting that left one man dead and two other persons fighting for their lives in hospital.
Man: Police attacked me
A 20-year-old man is recovering in hospital today, after allegedly being attacked by a police officer early Sunday morning.
Woman smuggled drugs to pay for care of her child
BEFORE being sentenced to 16 months in prison for trying to smuggle cocaine into the USA, a woman told the magistrate that she was willing to risk getting caught because she needed the $6,000 payment to take care of her and her then two-year-old child.
'Hit men' blamed for majority of 2012 murders
POLICE Commissioner Ellison Greenslade said yesterday that gang activity and “hit men” accounted for a majority of the murders in 2012.
