NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt did nothing wrong when she criticized Health Minister Dr. Duane Sands and National Security Minister Marvin Dames for their involvement in the Frank Smith bribery and extortion trial, according to Smith’s attorney, Keith Knight, QC. On Tuesday, Director of Public Prosecutions Garvin Gaskins asserted that the chief magistrate was […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – A man jailed for 15 years for possession of a firearm with intent to endanger two others had his appeal dismissed yesterday by the Court of Appeal. Rauel Pierre was charged with the April 29, 2014, attempted murders of Rashad Farrington and Kimberley Goodman in addition to two counts of possession with […]
DPP: Magistrate erred when she took extraneous matters into consideration when making her decision NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The Crown’s appeal of former Progressive Liberal Party Senator, Frank Smith, finally got underway on Tuesday as the attorney general’s office presented its case in the Court of Appeal. Back in February, chief magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt acquitted Smith […]
“I hope they’re happy now,” she tells the court before being remanded NASSAU, BAHAMS – A psychiatric report from the Sandilands Rehabilitation Center presented in the magistrate court on Monday, deemed the alleged serial child abductor, De’edra Gibson, fit to enter a plea to the charges levied against her. The 29-year-old beautician was shielded from […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Chuckling and engaging in confrontation with spectators outside of court yesterday, 42-year-old Seron McQueen was escorted into the Magistrate Court, charged with the shooting death of Antoine Barron Roberts. According to police reports, shortly after midnight on May 4, 2019, a group of persons were sitting in front of an abandoned building […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Ambrose Gibson, 31, of #71 McKinney Drive appeared before Magistrate Samuel McKinney on Thursday, charged with 10 counts of stealing and four counts of housebreaking. According to court documents, the thief went on a stealing spree in southwestern New Providence, robbing residents in the Carmichael Road area of televisions, cell phones, lawn […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Chaos between relatives erupted outside of the magistrate court on Monday, when 21-year-old Chadwick Capron, also known as ‘Oldie’, was charged with the murder of Brian Smith. Smith was murdered on Easter Monday, April 22, 2019, when he was shot on Forster Street in Chippingham. Capron, a resident of McQuay Street, appeared […]
Donavon Brennan, 20, was arraigned today in the magistrates’ court for the murder of a man on Augusta Street last month. Alexander Bullard, 37, was shot dead on March 29. According to reports, police responding to reports of gunshots in the area shortly after 1 a.m. where they found Bullard’s body lying on the ground […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The sentencing of Don Brennen, who was found guilty of manslaughter in the of Dwayne Jackson back in November 2011, was put off yesterday. Brennen appeared before Justice Renae McKay for the sentencing hearing. The jury acquitted Brennen murder, and found him guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter. While convicted individuals […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Hon. Madam Justice Estelle Gary-Evans was sworn in as Acting Chief Justice by Her Excellency the Most Hon. Dame Marguerite Pindling, Governor General, during a brief ceremony at Government House on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. At present the Hon. Madam Justice Vera Watkins, Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, is […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Two brothers, 21-year-old Anton Lodimus, shown in the black shirt and 25-year-old Dwayne Lodimus, shown in the blue shirt, appeared before Chief Magistrate Joyanne Ferguson-Pratt on Monday, charged with the shooting death of 40-year-old Elroy “Skully” Burrows of Podoleo Street. Police alleged that on March 19, 2019 around 11 a.m., the victim […]
Lawyer says client has ‘mental health problems’ NASSAU, BAHMAS – “She is a good person, with a good heart, with mental health problems,” said Howard Thompson Jr, the lawyer representing De’endra Gibson, the woman who allegedly abducted four young boys in the capital in recent weeks, the first occurring on February 16, 2019. After evading […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – A total of 37 Haitian nationals were charged in an Inagua court on Thursday, April 11, 2019 with illegal landing. A statement released from the Department of Immigration on Thursday said the group, comprised of 30 males and seven females, were arraigned before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt in the magistrate’s court in […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Six Haitian nationals were arraigned before Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans in magistrates court number six on Wednesday, April 10, 2019. Of this group, five were convicted of illegal landing and sentenced to one month at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services. Kerby Nelson was remanded until April 17, 2019, pending documentation as he […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – A decision recently handed down in the Coroner’s Court, which ruled that a police-involved shooting death was unlawful, has raised a number of concerns about inconsistencies and loop holes in investigations in police-involved killings, according to attorney Ramona Farquharson-Seymour. Farquharson-Seymour was speaking specifically to the Osworth Rolle Jr. case where the Coroner’s […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Jeleah Turnquest, a 34-year-old paralegal of Soldier Road was a no-show yesterday in Deputy Chief Magistrate Subusola Swain’s court. Turnquest was charged earlier this year for stealing by reason of service. According to prosecutors, she allegedly stole $346,500 dollars from foreign buyers in a property sale. Turnquest pleaded not guilty to the […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – A correctional officer was brought before the magistrate court on Friday morning on drug-related charges. According to the prosecution, Bernard Hinsey was caught allegedly attempting to smuggle a quantity of suspected marijuana into the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services (BDOCS). Authorities allege that the incident occurred on April 3, 2019. According to […]
A corrections officer is in police custody after he was allegedly caught attempting to smuggle marijuana into The Bahamas Department of Correctional Services on Wednesday, April 3, 2019. According to police reports, shortly before 2:00p.m. on Wednesday, Drug Enforcement Unit Officers along with Bahamas Department of Corrections Officers in a joint operation, conducted a search […]
