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Man accused of threatening someone with gun

A MAN was granted $6,000 bail yesterday after he was accused of using a gun to threaten another man on Wulff Road last month.

Man admitting to having drugs gets probation

A MAN was given a conditional discharge after admitting to having drugs in New Providence earlier this week.

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Nygard: I could die if I go to court

PETER Nygard is struggling to find legal representation in Canada two weeks before he is sentenced for sexually assaulting five women between 1988 and 2005.

Murder ruling thrown out over ‘tenuous’ conviction

A MAN who was sentenced to 40 years behind bars for allegedly killing an American sailor in 2013 had his murder conviction quashed yesterday after the Privy Council ruled that evidence in the case was “so tenuous as to be incapable of supporting a safe conviction for murder”.

Man shot by police ‘fired replica gun at officers’

AN officer has testified that on the night police killed Walter Johnson, the suspect had fired a replica gun at them.

$7,000 bail for woman accused of maiming

A WOMAN was granted $7,000 bail after being accused of maiming a person on King Street last week.

Bail for phone theft suspect

A MAN was granted bail after he was accused of stealing a phone last year.

Four years’ jail over loaded gun

A 33-YEAR-OLD man was sentenced to four years in prison after he admitted last week to having a loaded gun.

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Two men shot to death in less than 24 hours

A MAN was shot dead last night in the second murder of yesterday and the 53rd murder of the year.

Officer testifies that victim had replica gun and wore makeshift bullet-proof vest

JURORS in the Coroner’s Court yesterday heard that a man police killed in 2022 had a fake gun and a makeshift bullet-proof vest.

Woman accused of stealing almost $400k from two different people’s bank accounts

A woman’s police bail was extended yesterday after she was accused of stealing almost $400,000 from two the bank accounts of two people over two years.

Man fined $1,000 for drug possession with intent to supply

A man was fined $1,000 after he admitted to having drugs in his home on Meadow Lane last month.

Two men accused of stealing dog, released on bail

TWO MEN were granted $5,000 bail on Thursday after they were accused of breaking into a woman’s home and stealing her dog in eastern New Providence last month.

Man accused of stabbing released on bail

A MAN was granted bail on Thursday after he was accused of stabbing another man on a bus on East Bay Street last week.

Man charged for three attempted murders

A TWENTY-eight-year-old man was imprisoned on Thursday after he was accused of a triple shooting on East Bay Street earlier this month.