Judge steps aside in case
A Court of Appeal judge yesterday recused herself from an appeal where prosecutors are challenging a magistrate’s acquittal of a police sergeant who was once accused of sexual intercourse with two underage girls who were wards of the state.
Reprimand for bail breach
A MAGISTRATE chastised a man yesterday who breached a condition of his bail without the court’s permission by reporting into a police station in Abaco as opposed to the Fox Hill station in New Providence.
Appeal to go to London
THE Court of Appeal yesterday dismissed the appeal of two men who challenged their murder and attempted armed robbery convictions as well as the 40-year sentence handed down by the Supreme Court.
Latest delay in family dispute
THE legal dispute between the millionaire Weissfisch brothers experienced another setback yesterday as the matter was adjourned to a date to be announced by the Court of Appeal.
Man cleared of murder and manslaughter charges
AFTER deliberation, a Supreme Court jury acquitted a man of a murder charge yesterday afternoon.
Teenager remanded to jail on murder charge
A 17-year-old boy was remanded to prison without bail yesterday after being charged in connection with the country’s 78th homicide for the year.
Latest delay in family dispute
THE legal dispute between the millionaire Weissfisch brothers experienced another setback yesterday as the matter was adjourned to a date to be announced by the Court of Appeal.
Clergy attend court for scuffle in church
A TRIAL date has been set for three men of the cloth accused of getting into a scuffle on the pulpit following a succession battle for leadership of a church.
Man charged in shooting murder
A MAN was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with the country’s 87th homicide of the year.
Murder victim is 90th of the year
A 36-year-old man became the country’s latest murder victim after he was shot to death early yesterday morning in Grand Bahama.
Former DNA candidate innocent of stealing from youth scheme
A FORMER Democratic National Alliance candidate who was accused of stealing more than $15,000 from a youth programme he managed for more than a decade, was acquitted of the charge yesterday in Magistrate’s Court.
Billionaire guilty of contempt
LYFORD Cay billionaire Peter Nygard was found guilty of contempt of court yesterday and ordered to pay a fine of $50,000 to the court or be jailed for 30 days for disobeying the court’s order pending the hearing of a civil matter involving himself and his billionaire neighbour, Louis Bacon.
Men held over drug find
POLICE yesterday said two men living in Harbour Island were arrested after they were found, in two separate cases, with dangerous drugs.
Gunshot to head kills victim
A 27-year-old man became the country’s latest murder victim after he was shot in the head on Saturday.
