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Lindsay Shriver trial delayed until July

THE trial of an American woman accused of plotting to kill her husband was postponed yesterday to July.

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Chinese eatery to pay worker burnt on job over $85,000

THE Supreme Court ordered Canton House Chinese Restaurant to pay $85,697.38 plus interest to a man who suffered severe burns on the job.

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Jury selected for inquest into 2018 police-involved killing of two men on Cowpen Road

A FIVE-PERSON jury was empanelled yesterday as the inquest into the 2018 police-involved killings of Roy Stubbs and Ernst Forest on Cowpen Road began.

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Exuma man accused of molesting ten-year-old girl on two occasions

A 20-year-old man was sent to prison yesterday after being accused of twice molesting a ten-year-old girl in Exuma last week.

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25-year-old Man charged with rape

A 25-year-old man was jailed yesterday after he was accused of raping a 27-year-old woman last week.

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Armed robbery accused admits to escaping custody at Southern police station last week

A MAN accused of robbing a web shop admitted yesterday to escaping the Southern Police Station last week.

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Man with prior charge of arson of a church now charged with setting fire to a car

A MAN previously charged with the arson of a church was remanded in custody yesterday for allegedly setting a car on fire.

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After unprecedented murder numbers in January, rate slows in February

AFTER an unprecedented start to the year, the murder rate dropped significantly last month, though the country still recorded 29 per cent more killings than it did in February 2023.

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Family to pay $15k after man on bail disappears

TWO relatives of a man who fled the day after his murder trial began were ordered yesterday to pay his $15,000 bail bond, the latest instance of sureties being held accountable for the failure of accused people to follow their bail conditions.

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‘I don’t know how I got in this mess’

A WOMAN who accepted a plea deal in the criminal trial of Adrian Gibson and others said she was surprised when police charged her with fraud-related offences because she did not know how she “got in this mess”.

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Man gets bail after threatening woman with knife at Coco Cay

A MAN was granted bail after he allegedly threatened a woman with a knife on Coco Cay last month.

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Man accused of two counts of attempted murder denied bail

A MAN was denied bail yesterday while awaiting trial for two charges of attempted murder.

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Three years for shopbreaking

A MAN was sentenced to three years in prison yesterday after  admitting to breaking into a bar and stealing $1,888 worth of property last December.

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WITNESS ‘DID NOT SIGN’ CONTRACTS: Cashier tells court signature on papers does not match hers

A KEY witness in the criminal trial of Adrian Gibson and five others claimed she never signed maintenance contracts awarded to a company of which she was a shareholder when court documents allegedly bearing her signature were shown to her in court yesterday.

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40-year-old man accused of soliciting sex from boy, 14

A 40-year-old man was remanded in custody yesterday after he was accused of soliciting sex from a 14-year-old boy last week.