Former police corporal sentenced to 10 years
A JUDGE said there was no justification for giving a former police corporal anything less than 10 years in jail for beating a man in police custody who later died.
Desmond Key’s family ‘satisfied with verdict’
THE family of Desmond Key, the detainee who was beaten while in police custody and later died, said they are satisfied with the sentencing given to the man responsible for his dea
Witness 'saw row that led to death'
A SUPREME Court jury was told yesterday that a witness heard murder-accused Jessie Williams telling her husband to stop choking her just before he was killed.
Former MP's son held at gunpoint
WITH Independence Day only 11 days away, former PLP MP George Smith said the time has come for Bahamians to seriously decide the kind of country they want.
15 men held over marijuana find
SEVERAL men were detained by police in four separate incidents yesterday after the discovery of a quantity of marijuana and marijuana plants. In all, 15 men are in custody in connection with the finds.
This time, a boy, 17, accused of murder
ANOTHER suspect, this time a 17-year-old boy, has escaped custody following a visit to the Princess Margaret Hospital, police confirmed yesterday.
Activists demand tougher sentences for rapists
ACTIVISTS yesterday called for sterner sentences of those convicted of rape, as the feel the maximum penalties are not being sought by prosecutors.
'fight over dog led to murder'
A 12-year-old boy told a jury a fight over a pitbull being hit led to a woman murdering her husband in a parking lot. Before the fifth-grader could testify
Real talk live host in court
THE "Real Talk Live" talk show audio tape will verify if the host made disparaging remarks about a Supreme Court judge on live radio. Yesterday morning, Supr
Wanted pair are captured in under 24 hours
POLICE have three men in custody assisting them with their investigations into a string of rapes, burglaries and armed robberies in Eastern and Western New Providence.
Reassurances over safety at Sandyport
THE security team at Sandyport want to make it clear that there have been no reported rapes within the gated community, following claims of a serial rapist targeting victims in the east and the west.
Butler-Turner blasts silence over rapes
FNM deputy leader Loretta Butler-Turner blasted the government's silence on the spike in reported rape cases
'Doctor fondled my breasts', court hears
'Doctor fondled my breasts', court hears By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net A FORMER hospital worker told a court a physician fondled her breasts and when she told him to stop he said she was "petty and touchy". The woman
Police shoot man after store raid
POLICE shot a 23-year-old man after an attempted raid on a Cost Rite store early yesterday morning. Police say they got an anonymous call that two men i
'How I fought off rapist'
A MAN was shot at and fought off an armed raider who he thinks may have been one of the rapists police are hunting.
