NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Privy Council has sent the kidnapping, armed robbery and murder case of Simeon Bain back to the Court of Appeal to consider a possible retrial, ruling a “miscarriage of justice has occurred”. “Having gone through all of these consideration and factors, it is apparent that they nearly all indicate mismanagement by […]

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – A Mr. Ship It employee was charged with stealing more than $11,000 from her job last year. Antonia Curry, 36, of Hanna Road, was arraigned before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes on Thursday. She was called to answer to six counts of stealing by reason of employment and six counts of falsification […]

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – A man was charged with the February 16 murder of Roderick Taylor on Thursday. Jean Joseph, 38, of Ross Corner, was not required to enter a plea to the murder charge when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt. Joseph was said to be of Bahamian and Haitian descent, and is also […]

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The Court of Appeal has granted Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard a ‘stay’ of a 90-day prison sentence imposed by a Supreme Court judge last month after he was found in contempt. The appellate court in a decision handed down last Friday found that Mr. Nygard had partially purged his contempt by […]

The Broward State Attorney’s Office announced on Wednesday that Sergeant Gregory LaCerra and Deputies Christopher Krickovich and Ralph Mackey are facing misdemeanor charges, after they allegedly assaulted Delucca Rolle, a 15-year-old Bahamian-American student back in April of this year. LaCerra, 51, was charged with two counts of battery for spraying Rolle in the face with […]