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, my father will never be the same again. What they did to him he did not deserve. We now have to help him about, because he is weak and unsteady when he tries to walk. God has preserved his life.”
Beneby hopes the courts show no mercy on his father’s attackers.
He said, “They do not need to be shown any mercy. Why beat a defenseless 93-year-old in the head with a hammer and fracture his skull in two places?”
Beneby said that his father’s head was bashed in so badly after the vicious attack that doctors had to put a metal plate in his skull.
What’s more, he needed more than 30 heavy duty staples to hold his skull together, Beneby said.
He said, “I couldn’t help but cry when I saw my dad in hospital, with his face and head bandaged up like a mummy. He could barely talk and was unrecognizable.
“Yet, some mothers would have the gall to talk about their good son.”
On Friday, two teens Tyrone Neely, 18, and a 16-year-old were charged with Mr Beneby’s armed robbery and attempted murder.
They apologized for their actions in court and were remanded to prison.
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‘They deserve no mercy’: Robbery victim’s son speaks out
Police investigate murder
Freeport- A man is dead after an early morning shooting in Freeport on Sunday, February 23.
The incident happened at Polaris Drive and the victim died on the scene.
Man arrested after his pitbulls attack woman
NASSAU-Police arrested a man after his dogs severely injured a woman Friday afternoon.
Three pit bulls attacked the woman as she walked to her car on Sequoia Street in Pinewood Gardens around 3pm.
The woman is in serious but stable condition at hospital.
Animal control seized the dogs.
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Teens accused of beating, robbing elderly shopkeeper
NASSAU-Police have arrested two teens who they say almost killed a 93-year-old man when they attacked him with a hammer during a robbery that netted $500.
Tyrone Neely, 18, and a 16-year-old are accused of attempting to murder Wilfred Beneby during an armed robbery at his shop on Lincoln Boulevard on January 28.
The teens did not enter pleas to the charges when they appeared before Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evanson Friday and have been denied bail.
They return to court on April 29.
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Principal accused of kissing student freed on bail
NASSAU-A pastor and school principal accused of forcibly kissing a student in his office was released on bail today.
Thomas Nottage Sr, 50, spent nine days in custody before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt granted him $3,500 bail.
Under the terms of his bail, Nottage must have no contact with the 13-year-old girl he allegedly French kissed on January 29.
That should be easy since his accuser no longer attends Nottage’s Grace Christian School of Excellence.
Nottage must also report to the Elizabeth Estates Police on the 15th and 28th of each month until the conclusion of his trial, which is set to begin in May.
Keevon Maynard represents Nottage, who heads Grace Evangelical Ministry.
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Top model arrested with ganja at airport
NASSAU-The fiancée of champion boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. was arrested Tuesday for marijuana possession.
Instagram model Gallienne Nabila, 22, was headed back to Los Angeles, where recreational marijuana use is legal, when she was found with five grams of the drug at the Lynden Pindling International Airport on February 18.
Nabila, who was represented by Ian Cargill, pleaded guilty when she appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes on February 19.
The magistrate did not record a conviction and granted Nabila an absolute discharge.
Mayweather proposed to Nabila last year.
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Man killed in shooting
NASSAU- One person is dead following a shooting in Wilson Track.
Valdez McKinney was sitting in the back of a home around 10pm Tuesday when he was shot by a lone gunman.
He died in hospital a short time later.
No one is in custody.
Puppy killer jailed for attack on owner
NASSAU-A man has been jailed for two years after attacking a relative and killing his puppy.
Omarv Saunders Jr. first killed his cousin’s Pit Bull puppy by throwing it against a wall.
Then he wounded his cousin in a knife attack that sent him to hospital.
Saunders didn’t face charges in relation to the death of his cousin’s pet.
But he pleaded guilty to causing harm to his cousin when he appeared before Magistrate Samuel McKinney.
His sentence could be extended by six months if he doesn’t pay his victim $2,500 in compensation.
Judge orders Gaming Board to rehire 24 fired workers
NASSAU-A Supreme Court judge on Monday ordered the immediate reinstatement of 24 Gaming Board workers who were illegally fired between November and December 2017.
Justice Indra Charles ruled that the board broke the law when it made the workers redundant without first consulting the union.
The workers were among 36 former Gaming Board employees who sued for wrongful dismissal.
Justice Charles said the workers could be let go again as long as the proper procedures are followed.
The court ruled that six workers who were on probation and four workers on monthly contracts were not illegally terminated.
However, the judge ruled that two workers whose three-year contracts were still valid should have been paid the remainder of their contracts.
Man killed in shooting outside home
NASSAU-A man is dead after a shooting Monday night.
Police said the victim was standing in front of a home on Toote Shop Corner around 8pm when a gunman emerged from a car and shot him.
The killer escaped in the same vehicle.
