good character - Bahamas Court News https://bahamascourtnews.com Providing comprehensive coverage of court cases Mon, 29 Jun 2020 07:13:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 Court orders retrial in rape case https://bahamascourtnews.com/court-orders-retrial-in-rape-case/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=court-orders-retrial-in-rape-case Mon, 29 Jun 2020 05:17:20 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=2096 NASSAU-The Court of Appeal has ordered a retrial for a Haitian man accused of rape. Josue Celestin will face a second Supreme Court trial on claims that he raped the woman at his home. The Court said it ordered a retrial in “the interests of justice.” The Court overturned Celestin’s conviction because the trial judge […]

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]]> Rape conviction overturned on appeal https://bahamascourtnews.com/rape-conviction-overturned-on-appeal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rape-conviction-overturned-on-appeal Thu, 11 Jun 2020 10:45:49 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=1738 NASSAU-A man jailed for raping a woman had his conviction overturned on appeal. Josue Celestin denied that he raped the woman at his home on November 9, 2015. At trial, Celestin claimed his accuser was a prostitute, who agreed to have sex for $50. Celestin said the woman accused him of rape because he did […]

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