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Historic ruling on mandatory sentences due

THE COURT of Appeal will make an historic ruling tomorrow in the cases of two men appealing their sentences after being convicted of possessi

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Man gunned down in the shower

A man was gunned down in the Sugar Kid Bowe area just off Soldier Road early this morning while he was in the bathroom

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Killer policeman to wait five weeks for sentence

A FORMER policeman convicted of manslaughter will learn his sentence in five weeks.

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Shooting leaves two in hospital

POLICE are requesting the public's assistance in locating those responsible for the country's latest shooting which has left two men in the hospital.

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Missing man

Police are requesting the public’s help in locating 25 year old CRAVON GLASS of BOATSWAIN HILL, CARMICHAEL ROAD.

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Decomposed body found

A BODY is carried away through the rain . . .

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Man dies in hail of bullets

THE COUNTRY'S murder count rose to 42 over the weekend when a 31-year-old man was gunned down in front of his home.

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Two injured in separate shootings

TWO men are in hospital fighting for their lives after being shot in two separate incidents over the weekend.

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Confrontation outside court

A WAR of words took place yesterday outside court between the family of a man nearly killed at a cemetery last weekend and four brothers charged in connection with that incident.

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Prosecution given deadline by judge in rape case

A MAGISTRATE gave the prosecution in a rape case a little more than seven weeks to have a document ready to have a man accused of rape s

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APPEAL IN MILLIONAIRES' DISPUTE MUST WAIT UNTIL AFTER ELECTION

YESTERDAY'S Appeal Court hearing, expected to end the six-year dispute between the millionaire Weissfisch brothers, did not go ahead as scheduled. It is understood the hearing was rescheduled for May 9 -- two days after the general election. The dispute st

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$4m for cameras to fight crime

THE National Closed Circuit Television Project will see more than 200 surveillance cameras worth more than $4 million installed in various locations around New Providence.

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Total number of crimes down on last year

THE number of reported crimes so far this year has fallen in comparison to the same period last year. Police statistics show rape, murder, burglary and

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Man cleared of bank robbery

ONE of two men on trial for the 2010 armed robbery of a local bank was acquitted yesterday.

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Four arrested over theft of vessels worth $500,000

FREEPORT - Four Bahamian men were arrested and two stolen vessels valued at more than half a million dollars were recovered during a joint operation between Bahamian and US authorities.