acquittal - Bahamas Court News https://bahamascourtnews.com Providing comprehensive coverage of court cases Tue, 23 Aug 2022 14:55:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 Comedian cleared of riot case https://bahamascourtnews.com/comedian-cleared-of-riot-case/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=comedian-cleared-of-riot-case Tue, 23 Aug 2022 14:50:54 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=5532 NASSAU- Comedian Wellington Roberts Jr was yesterday acquitted of charges of inciting a riot and disorderly behavior. The acquittal came after the prosecution withdrew the charges. The decision not to proceed followed the court requiring Roberts to present a defense. The charges stemmed from Roberts’ participation in a 2020 protest by furloughed Atlantis workers seeking […]

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]]> Man acquitted of rape awarded $767,000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/man-acquitted-of-rape-awarded-767000/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=man-acquitted-of-rape-awarded-767000 Wed, 24 Mar 2021 08:00:55 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=3537 NASSAU- A judge has awarded $767,000 in damages to a man acquitted of rape. Rod Andrew Bethel lost a job paying $75,000 per year and his family and friends shunned him after he was charged with the rape of a woman in 2009. Bethel went to a party which the alleged victim attended during the […]

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]]> Former wanted man acquitted of murder https://bahamascourtnews.com/former-wanted-man-acquitted-of-murder/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=former-wanted-man-acquitted-of-murder Fri, 19 Feb 2021 23:24:34 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/former-wanted-man-acquitted-of-murder/ NASSAU- A Supreme Court jury has found Jamal Wallace not guilty of murder. Prosecutors said Remo Fox was able to identify Wallace as his killer before he died on August 5, 2013. Fox allegedly made a dying declaration to his wife and a policeman before doctors rushed him into surgery. A witness to the shooting […]

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]]> Two cleared of fatal stabbing on appeal https://bahamascourtnews.com/two-cleared-of-fatal-stabbing-on-appeal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=two-cleared-of-fatal-stabbing-on-appeal Thu, 09 Jul 2020 12:25:10 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=2202 NASSAU-The Court of Appeal has reversed the convictions of two men accused of the fatal stabbing of Cyril Cartwright in Nassau Village in 2016. The panel unanimously acquitted Sean McPhee, 22, and Jordon Ellis, 19, and did not order retrials after finding that the trial judge wrongly admitted key evidence. A jury convicted McPhee of […]

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]]> Privy Council denies appeal against Frank Smith’s acquittal https://bahamascourtnews.com/privy-council-denies-appeal-against-frank-smiths-acquittal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=privy-council-denies-appeal-against-frank-smiths-acquittal Thu, 26 Mar 2020 13:55:25 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=845 For the second time, a panel of judges has dismissed an appeal against former Progressive Liberal Party Senator Frank Smith’s acquittal on corruption charges. The Privy Council on Wednesday refused the government permission to challenge a Court of Appeal decision that affirmed Smith’s acquittal on charges of bribery and extortion last August. The government had […]

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