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Defense seeks reduced sentence for man convicted of unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl

THE attorney of a 27-year-old man convicted of having unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl argued for his client to receive a two-year imprisonment sentence.

Two teens charged with setting fire to man’s property last month

THREE young men were remanded to Simpson Penn yesterday after they allegedly set fire to a man’s property in New Providence last month.

14-year-old charged with housebreaking

A 14-year-old boy was granted bail yesterday after he was accused of breaking into a man’s house and stealing $3,000.

17-year-old accused of assault with a cutlass

A 17-year-old was granted bail after he was accused of seriously injuring someone with a cutlass at a Rubis Service Station in New Providence earlier this month.

30-month jail sentence for having a loaded gun

A 23-year-old male was sentenced to 30 months in prison after admitting to having a loaded gun in his apartment on Flamingo Drive last week.

Man accused of knife assault gets bail

A MAN was granted bail yesterday after he allegedly assaulted a woman with a knife and threatened her with death on Nelson Street last weekend.

Families and officers still wait on DPP for charges

ELEVEN police officers and the families seeking justice for police-involved killings were left in limbo yesterday as acting Coroner Kara Turnquest Deveaux announced that the court is still waiting for the acting Director of Public Prosecutions to decide what charges, if any, the officers will face.

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Top court reinstates $2m freeze in King Case

The Bahamian judicial system’s highest court yesterday refroze some $2m alleged to be the proceeds of a fraud involving flamboyant “philanthropist” Rudolph Kermit King.

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Munroe: Urgent need to address rising threat of illicit firearms

NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe emphasised the urgent need to address the rising threat of illicit firearms in The Bahamas, reporting that approximately 90 percent of homicides in the country over the past five years involved firearms.

Grandfather accused of seven counts of incest

A 57-year-old man was remanded to custody after he allegedly molested his underaged granddaughter over four years.

Defence lawyer berates WSC general manager for ‘not answering questions’

A DEFENCE lawyer berated Water and Sewerage Corporation’s (WSC) general manager, Robert Deal, yesterday for “wasting” the court’s time, accusing him of not directly answering questions during cross-examination.

Police looking for four men involved in armed robbery at a residence

POLICE are searching for four men believed to be responsible for an armed robbery that took place in the early hours of Monday at a residence on Sanford Drive.

27-year-old charged with unlawful sex with 13-year-old girl jailed for bail breach

A 27-year-old man who had unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl he met online was sentenced to six months in prison yesterday for breaching bail after failing to appear in court for sentencing.

Man accused of double shooting that left child dead in 2017

A MAN was remanded to custody yesterday after he was accused of a fatal double shooting that left a child dead on Rosebud Street in 2017.

Defendant adamantly pleads ‘not guilty’ to accusation of injuring pitbull puppy

A MAN was granted bail yesterday after he was accused of seriously injuring a pitbull puppy last week on Hay Street.