Jean Rony case dealt a legal blow Yesterday marked a win for the Government after the court of appeal threw out a landmark decision by Supreme Court Justice Gregory Hilton concerning the controversial deportation of Jean Rony Jean Charles from the Bahamas to Haiti earlier this year. The decision on what will happen to Jean Rony […]
Another officer of the Bahamas Department of Corrections (BDOC) was hauled before the court on Monday. BDOC officer Dennis Watson, 21, and Damal Cartwright, 23, an employee of Lyford Cay Summer Home Construction, appeared before magistrate Subusola Swain. Both were charged with possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply. Both men pleaded guilty to […]
Kenisha Lightbourne, 37, of Hutchinson Street, was arraigned in Magistrate Court #11 Thursday by the Anti-Corruption and Financial Investigation Branch with 18 counts of Stealing by Reason of Employment. She pleaded guilty to all counts and was sentenced to a $200.00 fine on each count ($3,600.00) or nine months. Additionally, Magistrate Kara Deveaux ordered her […]
Having been recently evicted by the Mortgage Corporation for non-payment, Michelle Rolle, 50, and her 18-year-old daughter Deshanne Rolle were hauled before the court on Wednesday for trespassing. The two, who pleaded guilty to trespassing before Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans, were caught going back into their Millennium Gardens home on Monday around 7:45 p.m. by Mortgage […]
Christin Reckley is a free woman after paying a $20,000 fine to the courts and released from The Bahamas Department of Corrections (BDOC). The Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) marine was fined as her punishment for the September 16 killing of Stevan Devallon and Maude Augustin. Reckley struck and killed the brother and sister as […]
A prison officer will spend the next three months behind bars and will have to pay a $2,000 fine after he was charged on Tuesday with bringing in a small quantity of illegal drugs into Her Majesty’s prison while on duty. Antonio Harrison Cash, 27, pleaded guilty to drug possession with the intent to supply. […]
A Royal Bahamas Defence Force Marine will spend the next five days at the Department of Corrections awaiting her sentence for killing a brother and sister following a traffic accident last month. Christin Reckley, 26, pleaded guilty to two counts of killing in the course of dangerous driving and driving without insurance. Police say shortly […]
Diane Stewart was sworn in as Justice of the Supreme Court by Governor General, Her Excellency the Most Hon. Dame Marguerite Pindling during a brief ceremony at Government House, Mount Fitzwilliam, on Tuesday, October 2, 2018.
Akandi Gibson, 31, and Malik Smith, 23, were charged Monday with the recent armed robbery that occurred in front of the Royal Bank of Canada on Prince Charles Drive on September 24. The men appeared before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson Pratt. According to reports, on September 24, Smith allegedly robbed Kevin Major of $4,000 dollars that he […]
Justice Indra Charles on Friday forbid the press as well as members of the public from discussing the ongoing bribery case of former Cabinet minister Shane Gibson. In an unexpected turn of events, Justice Charles summoned the media to her courtroom for what she called “a matter of great importance”. Justice Charles said she personally […]
Lawyers filing to have judge recused from case Justice Indra Charles on Friday questioned whether lawyers representing billionaire Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard were “playing a game in court” after they indicated they were filing a motion for her to be recused from the case Nygard appeared in the Supreme Court Friday and it was expected […]
Moments after Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard left his contempt of court sentencing hearing, the billionaire was served with bankruptcy papers, which he threw on the ground. The papers are connected to the $2.2 million debt Nygard incurred in legal fees during a separate court matter with Save the Bays, which blew the whistle on […]
