Woman alleges officer offered to dismiss traffic tickets if she had sex with him
A WOMAN testified that a police officer offered to dismiss her outstanding traffic tickets in exchange for sex.
Water and Sewerage assistant GM pushes back over her qualifications
A SENIOR employee at the Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) fiercely defended her professional credentials during the criminal trial of Adrian Gibson and others yesterday, pushing back against what she described as attempts to discredit her work and portray her as unqualified.
Man found not guilty of murder and attempted murder charges
A MAN was acquitted yesterday of the attempted murder of one man at a bar and the subsequent murder of that man’s friend in 2022.
Man accused of assaulting woman with beer bottle
A 64-year-old man was granted bail yesterday after allegedly assaulting his female coworker with a beer bottle last August.
Woman fined $10,500 in salvage car scam
A WOMAN was fined yesterday after being convicted of defrauding a man of $10,500 in a 2021 salvage car scam. Ryaan Bowe, 27, appeared before Senior Magistrate Kendra Kelly-Burrows on charges of conspiracy to commit fraud by false pretences and fraud by false pretences.
Five charged in $8.8m Long Cay drug seizure
FIVE men were arraigned yesterday in connection with an $8.8m drug bust in Long Cay, where over 1,000lb of cocaine and marijuana were seized from a residence.
WSC assistant general manager admits audits were done prior to her certification
AS the criminal trial of Adrian Gibson and several co-defendants continued yesterday, a senior employee at the Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) acknowledged that she was not a certified internal auditor when she prepared a key audit report central to the case.
Ten years plea deal for rapist stepdad
A 36-year-old man who raped and impregnated his 12-year-old stepdaughter after drugging her with a vape and then forced her to drink Guinness and castor oil to induce an abortion was sentenced to ten years behind bars yesterday as part of a plea deal.
Man ‘shoved wife and talked ending her pregnancy’
A WOMAN testified yesterday that her businessman husband shoved her and made a disturbing remark about terminating her pregnancy during a March incident on Paradise Island.
Man accused of raping British woman in parked car in hospital parking lot
A 23-year-old man was remanded to prison yesterday after being accused of raping a 29-year-old British woman in a vehicle at the Princess Margaret Hospital parking lot earlier this month.
Teen charged with rape of 17-year-old girl
A 16-year-old boy was remanded to Simpson Penn yesterday after allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl earlier this year.
Man on bail for threatening officers with a firearm accused of multiple bail violations
A MAN was remanded to prison yesterday after he was accused of breaching bail while awaiting trial for allegedly threatening three police officers with a gun in 2022.
Man sentenced after drunken break-in to room paid for by Social Services
A MAN was sentenced to eight months in prison for damaging a room paid for by the Ministry of Social Services, without permission to be there.
Woman granted $5,000 bail after loaded gun found in car
A WOMAN was granted bail on Friday after she was accused of having a loaded gun in her car on Turtle Drive and Carmichael Road last week.
Man jailed for breaching probation after stealing from AID
A MAN was sentenced to one year in prison on Friday for breaching his probation on a prior charge by stealing from AID on Wulff Road last week.
