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Officer testifies that Finley was unarmed at time he was shot

THE lawyer for the estate of 15-year-old Gino Evante Finley, Jr, questioned the report of the officer who fatally shot the teen on Prince Charles Drive in 2017.

Man ordered to anger management after attacking woman with cutlass

A MAN was ordered to attend anger management classes after he assaulted a woman with a cutlass and threatened to kill her last week.

Teen admits to stealing, sent to Simpson Penn

A TEENAGE boy admitted to breaking into a store on John Chipman Street last month and stealing items worth over $500.

Man accused of the murder of Heston Adderley last weekend

A MAN was remanded in custody yesterday after being accused of a murder in New Providence last week.

Man and woman charged with having loaded gun

A DOMINICAN man and woman were granted bail yesterday after they were accused of having a loaded gun in New Providence.

Man accused of indecent exposure ordered to psychological evaluation

A MAN was ordered to get psychological evaluation after he was accused of exposing himself to a woman in Culbert’s Hill last week.

Man sentenced to two and a half years prison for having gun and ammunition

A MAN was sentenced to two and a half years in prison yesterday after he was found guilty of having a loaded gun in his home in Palmetto Point Eleuthera in 2021.

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Man shot and killed in Fox Dale subdivision

A MAN wearing a bail monitor was shot dead as he arrived at his home in the Fox Hill area last night.

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‘Courts must be safe’ urges Bahamas bar

THE Bahamas Bar Association called for greater security at the courts after Wednesday’s brazen shooting outside the Magistrate’s Court, saying court users were “seriously let down by the lack of security and persistent failure to take reasonable and necessary steps” to protect judicial officers and the wider public.

Man shot in parking lot of court on Nassau Street

A CROWD dashed for safety as gunshots rang out in the parking lot of the Nassau Street Magistrate’s Court yesterday, where a man was shot multiple times and was taken to hospital where he is in serious, but stable condition.

Psychological evaluation ordered for man accused of indecent assault of a woman

A 21-year-old man was ordered to be psychologically evaluated after he was accused of indecently assaulting and threatening to kill a woman last week.

Woman gets two years jail for fraud and stealing from 87-year-old woman

A WOMAN was sentenced to two and a half years in prison after she admitted to stealing over $1,000 from an 87-year-old woman in 2022.

Woman charged with assault with cutlass

A woman was remanded in custody yesterday after she allegedly assaulted someone with a cutlass and another person with a knife within a week this month.

Teen accused of possession of a firearm

A 16-year-old boy was remanded to Simpson Penn after he was accused of a gun attack last week.

Man accused of molesting four-year-old step-daughter

A MAN was sent to prison after being accused of molesting his four-year-old stepdaughter this year.