NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A man was shot and killed by police today after he reportedly assaulted an elderly woman at the Farmer’s Market on Blue Hill Road, South, in the Sunshine Park area. Police said the man also produced a shotgun and shot a man who was part of a group of people who responded […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — As coronavirus restrictions continue to delay some court hearings, over 100 matters are still awaiting inquest at the Coroner’s Court, according to recent reports. Her Majesty’s Coroner oversees certain kinds of deaths to determine the identity of the deceased and the circumstances and medical cause of death. The Coroner’s Court report for July […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Commissioner of Police (COP) Paul Rolle said he intends to make recommendations to put an end to people being handcuffed, shackled and paraded as they are being escorted to court for arraignments. While appearing as a guest on ILTV’s Beyond the Headlines with host Clint Watson on Tuesday night, Rolle was asked […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Court of Appeal has denied Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard’s application for conditional leave to appeal to the Privy Council its decision to dismiss an appeal that sought to quash a judge’s contempt of court order. On February 4 of this year, the applicant filed a notice of motion for conditional […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The securities industry regulator has secured a Privy Council decision in its favor in a decade-old legal battle with Fundhaven (formerly Accuvest Fund Services) and South America Investment Fund Ltd. In a release yesterday, the Securities Commission of The Bahamas (SCB) noted a judgment was issued by the Judicial Committee of the […]
FREEPORT, GRAND BAHAMA — Three Ecuadorians, two Romanians, one Costa Rican, one Haitian and one Eritrean all pleaded guilty to illegally departing from The Bahamas to attempt to enter the United States, the Department of Immigration reported today. The migrants were arraigned in the Magistrate’s Court on Grand Bahama on Monday, May 3, and charged […]
“Loss of use” damages to be retried in the Supreme Court NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Court of Appeal has refused to give leave to SkyBahamas to appeal to the Privy Council level over nearly $500,000 it was ordered to pay Southern Air Limited following an aircraft collision in 2009. Attorney Wayne Munroe, QC, represented Southern Air. […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A man was granted bail in the Magistrate’s Court after pleading not guilty to intentional libel against Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Leader Philip Brave Davis. Oswald Poitier, 45, of Second Street, Cockburn Town, was arraigned before Magistrate Samuel McKinney and charged with one count of intentional libel. The prosecution alleged that sometime […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Supreme Court on Monday awarded an elderly woman just over $70,000 after a January ruling determined negligence led to her slipping into a manhole after the metal sheet covering it shifted out of place. Joan Enetha Butler, a taxi driver, fell into a utility conduit while at Arawak Cay and fractured […]
GRAND BAHAMA, BAHAMAS — A 41-year-old mother of eight was formally charged with two counts of entering into a fraudulent marriage on Friday, according to a statement by the Department of Immigration. The department’s Prosecution Unit, Grand Bahama District, brought Nadacate Outten and two co-accused foreign nationals, Jamaican Oral Anthony White, and Haitian Moseles Monneus, […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — One Dominican, one Jamaican and eight Haitian nationals were recently brought before the courts on New Providence and Grand Bahama by the Department of Immigration. On Thursday, April 22, Yonaidi Melendez Castillo of the Dominican Republic appeared before Magistrate Jeanine Weech-Gomez in the Magistrate’s Court #7 and pleaded guilty to overstaying. She […]
“I have never been exposed to anything like that in my life” NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Officers sent to recover the bodies of people who died during Hurricane Dorian in the days after it decimated Abaco and parts of Grand Bahama were met with horrific scenes of carnage, a court heard this week. Sergeant Austin Bowles, […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The government has apologized to a man who was falsely detained at the Carmichael Road Detention Center as part of a Supreme Court order that determined the government was liable and will have to pay costs and damages to be determined to the plaintiff. Joseph Amihere was named as the plaintiff. He […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A Bahamian woman returned to court yesterday to be arraigned on additional charges of forgery and possession of a forged document in relation to the recent trend of fake coronavirus tests. Laderia Russell, 35, once again appeared before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt and was charged with a total of 160 counts. She previously pleaded […]
Court case continues today; more charges to be read NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A Bahamian woman was arraigned in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday on charges of possession of a forged document and forgery in relation to the recent trend of fake coronavirus tests. Laderia Russell, 35, appeared before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt and was read 40 […]
GRAND BAHAMA, BAHAMAS — Six Brazilian nationals and one Haitian national were on Tuesday arraigned before Magistrate Charlton Smith on charges of overstaying in The Bahamas, according to a Department of Immigration press statement. According to a Department of Immigration press statement, all of the migrants pleaded guilty and were ordered to remain in immigration […]
“She had spent so many hurricanes in her home; no one was expecting Dorian to be as bad as it was” NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Despite trying to convince his 86-year-old aunt to seek shelter before the passage of Hurricane Dorian, David Cornish testified yesterday that she refused to leave her home and he believes she was […]
“The balcony collapsed and that was the last time I saw her” “I wanted to bring her back to a safer place” NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The son of a 48-year-old woman believed to have drowned during the deadly Hurricane Dorian said yesterday the last time he saw his mother alive was when the balcony of […]
