Couple plead guilty to false declaration
A MAN and his fiance; pleaded guilty in Magistrate’s Court yesterday to making a false declaration to a US Customs officer.
Witness tells of shooting
A WOMAN told a court yesterday how the car she and her nephew were in was fired upon.
Jury to return tomorrow for Earth Village raid trial
THE nine-member jury hearing evidence in the Earth Village robbery trial return to Supreme Court tomorrow morning.
Divorce case sent back to supreme court
THE COURT of Appeal has ordered that the property hearing of a divorced couple be sent back to the Supreme Court.
Death of elderly man investigated by police
POLICE are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of an elderly man yesterday afternoon.
Man sentenced to three years for drug offences
A MAN was sentenced to spend three years in Her Majesty’s Prison after being convicted in Magistrate’s Court on drug related charges.
Trial delayed of man facing three attempted murder charges
THE Supreme Court trial of a man accused of trying to murder a mother, son and nephew, has been delayed as pre-trial legal issues have arisen.
Canadian woman tells court of 'traumatic experience' in robbery
A CANADIAN woman recalled her “traumatic experience” of lying in dirt and being robbed at gun point with other tourists and her tour guide in a brazen daylight robbery during an eco-tour of Earth Village.
Shot dead outside his own home
DISTRAUGHT family members in Grand Bahama yesterday hit out at the rise in “senseless crime” after a Cash For Gold employee became the island’s first homicide of the year.
GUNMEN HOLD UP POTCAKE HELPERS
VOLUNTEERS who travelled to the Bahamas to help with the Operation Potcake spay and neuter programme were held up at gunpoint and robbed.
Time to pay up or go to jail for attorney
AN ATTORNEY’S two week extension to repay nearly $100,000 she stole from a former client is up and a two-year prison term could follow if she has failed to make full restitution.
Prosecutor seeks to restrict case coverage
THE lead prosecutor in a high profile retrial murder case believes the press is subject to the rules of any normal citizen in a democracy and should not breach the laws in the name of investigative journalism.
Delay in drug case ruling
A MAGISTRATE’S ruling in the drug case of a contractor and his girlfriend was delayed by two weeks because three trial transcripts did not arrive on time.
Suspect: Don't send me to maximum security
A MAN, claimed to have murdered his ex-girlfriend and attempted to kill a man during the attack, asked a Magistrate during his arraignment yesterday not to send him to the maximum security at Her Majesty’s Prison.
Murder and robbery case discontinued
MURDER and robbery charges against a teenager were dropped yesterday in Supreme Court after prosecutors produced a written directive from the Attorney General’s Office requesting that proceedings be discontinued.
