Featured - Bahamas Court News https://bahamascourtnews.com Providing comprehensive coverage of court cases Tue, 08 Jun 2021 09:05:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Funeral fundraiser for mass murder victim https://bahamascourtnews.com/funeral-fundraiser-for-mass-murder-victim/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=funeral-fundraiser-for-mass-murder-victim Tue, 08 Jun 2021 09:05:11 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/funeral-fundraiser-for-mass-murder-victim/ NASSAU- The family of Maurice Pinder, one of the victims of the April 15 mass murder, has launched a fundraiser to help with his burial. Pinder and five of his friends were killed when masked gunmen opened fire on the car they were traveling in at the junction of Jerome Avenue and Chesapeake Road. A […]

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]]> Bahamas hanged 13 since independence https://bahamascourtnews.com/bahamas-hanged-13-since-independence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bahamas-hanged-13-since-independence Thu, 15 Apr 2021 04:01:17 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=3706 Facts Although capital punishment remains on the books, just 13 people have been executed in The Bahamas since the country attained independence on July 10, 1976. In 2000, David Mitchell was the last person sentenced to death. Convicted of the 1994 stabbing deaths of Horst and Traude Jennings as they slept in their home in […]

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]]> Hell on earth: a convict tells of daily life https://bahamascourtnews.com/hell-on-earth-a-convict-tells-of-daily-life/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hell-on-earth-a-convict-tells-of-daily-life Sun, 11 Apr 2021 20:09:12 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=3673 A convicted inmate speaks of the abuses endured at the prison. NASSAU-Each day, I arise to find myself in a state of utter turmoil. A cramped 6-foot by 10-foot cell that I share with three other men is my home. There’s no bedding, no toilet, nothing. You probably don’t care. You’re saying prison isn’t the […]

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]]> Mom seeks help to bury murdered son https://bahamascourtnews.com/mom-seeks-help-to-bury-murdered-son/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mom-seeks-help-to-bury-murdered-son Sat, 27 Mar 2021 18:45:39 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=3569 NASSAU-A fundraiser has been launched to raise money for the family of murder victim Kenron Dean. Kenron, just 10, died tragically after gunmen fired into his family’s home on Finlayson and Bola Avenue on March 11. The GoFundMe fundraiser is to help with his funeral costs. So far $1,620 of the $7,500 target has been […]

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]]> ‘They deserve no mercy’: Robbery victim’s son speaks out https://bahamascourtnews.com/armed-robbery-victims-son-speaks-out/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=armed-robbery-victims-son-speaks-out Sun, 23 Feb 2020 14:26:10 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=614 NASSAU-A defenseless 93-year-old sustained life-changing injuries after he was beaten and robbed. Shopkeeper Wilfred Beneby’s daily routine was altered permanently on January 28 when thugs bashed in his skull with a hammer during a $500 robbery at his store on Lincoln Boulevard. His son, Ricardo Beneby, told Bahamas Court News, “Let me tell you this, […]

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