manslaughter - Bahamas Court News https://bahamascourtnews.com Providing comprehensive coverage of court cases Sat, 19 Aug 2023 15:06:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 Man gets 16 years for fatal shooting https://bahamascourtnews.com/man-gets-16-years-for-fatal-shooting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=man-gets-16-years-for-fatal-shooting Sat, 19 Aug 2023 15:06:08 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=6361 Nassau, BAHAMAS- A man responsible for a shooting that killed a man and injured another has been jailed for 16 years. Alvarado Curry pleaded guilty to manslaughter and attempted murder as part of a plea deal. Prosecutors alleged that Curry and Pedreito Mejias killed Javardo Thompson and tried to kill Antonio Morley during a drive-by […]

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]]> Man gets 20 years for double shooting https://bahamascourtnews.com/man-gets-20-years-for-double-shooting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=man-gets-20-years-for-double-shooting Tue, 20 Sep 2022 11:45:28 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=5624 NASSAU- An allegedly abusive man who killed his girlfriend’s sister and tried to kill her brother has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Fritz Geffrard, 29, received the sentences after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the January 3, 2021 shooting death of Jilny Fleureme and the attempted murder of her 10-year-old brother. Geffrard had […]

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]]> 4 cops charged with killing unarmed man seek bail https://bahamascourtnews.com/4-cops-charged-with-killing-unarmed-man-seek-bail-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=4-cops-charged-with-killing-unarmed-man-seek-bail-2 Wed, 16 Feb 2022 18:29:43 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=5068 NASSAU- Four police officers charged manslaughter in connection with the fatal shooting of an unarmed man are trying to avoid being remanded to prison. Corporals Archibald Miller Jr, Thomas Thurston and Constables Lee Dormeus and Kevin Greenslade were all on duty when Danrico Carey was shot dead at Matthew Street, Nassau Village on November 13, […]

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]]> 4 cops charged with killing unarmed man seek bail https://bahamascourtnews.com/4-cops-charged-with-killing-unarmed-man-seek-bail/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=4-cops-charged-with-killing-unarmed-man-seek-bail Wed, 16 Feb 2022 18:29:43 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=5066 NASSAU- Four police officers charged manslaughter in connection with the fatal shooting of an unarmed man are trying to avoid being remanded to prison. Corporals Archibald Miller Jr, Thomas Thurston and Constables Lee Dormeus and Kevin Greenslade were all on duty when Danrico Carey was shot dead at Matthew Street, Nassau Village on November 13, […]

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]]> Bully gets 20 years for fatal stabbing https://bahamascourtnews.com/bully-gets-20-years-for-fatal-stabbing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bully-gets-20-years-for-fatal-stabbing Thu, 09 Dec 2021 11:41:42 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=4678 NASSAU – A bully who drove for miles to stab a man has been jailed for 20 years for manslaughter. Witnesses told how Marvin Edgecombe, 47, picked a fight with David Hanna at a restaurant and bar in Spring Point, Acklins on June 3, 2017. Hanna, a fisherman, had come there to sell his catch. […]

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]]> New trial for man who killed gay banker https://bahamascourtnews.com/new-trial-for-man-who-killed-gay-banker/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-trial-for-man-who-killed-gay-banker Fri, 08 Oct 2021 09:49:25 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/new-trial-for-man-who-killed-gay-banker/ NASSAU-The man who fatally stabbed banker DeVince Smith at his home will face a second trial four years after his conviction. Tried for murder, Lamar Albury was convicted of the lesser charge of manslaughter in 2017. He received a 20-year sentence. But the Court of Appeal questioned the safety of the jury’s verdict after the […]

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]]> Killer’s sentence reduced to 16 years on appeal https://bahamascourtnews.com/killers-sentence-reduced-to-16-years-on-appeal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=killers-sentence-reduced-to-16-years-on-appeal Wed, 28 Jul 2021 09:18:12 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/killers-sentence-reduced-to-16-years-on-appeal/ NASSAU- A man who beat a 64-year-old man to death with a conch shell has had his sentence cut by appeal judges. Ashley Hield was 21 when he bludgeoned John Frazier in 2015. He was charged with murder, but jurors convicted him of the lesser crime of manslaughter in 2019. As a result, he was […]

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]]> Man accused of killing ex-girlfriend gets bail https://bahamascourtnews.com/man-accused-of-killing-ex-girlfriend-gets-bail/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=man-accused-of-killing-ex-girlfriend-gets-bail Fri, 25 Jun 2021 10:11:20 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/man-accused-of-killing-ex-girlfriend-gets-bail/ NASSAU- A man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend in 2020 has been granted bail. Barry Swain Jr was charged with manslaughter in Angelita Pritchard’s death. Pritchard, a mother-of-seven, was found strangled to death in her home in Crown Haven, Abaco on December 26, 2020. Swain does not have a trial date, as his matter isn’t […]

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]]> Convict to stand trial in cellmate’s death https://bahamascourtnews.com/convict-to-stand-trial-in-cellmates-death/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=convict-to-stand-trial-in-cellmates-death Wed, 05 May 2021 08:36:48 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/convict-to-stand-trial-in-cellmates-death/ NASSAU- A prisoner accused of the vicious beating death of a cellmate will face trial in the Supreme Court. Tyrone Butler, 35, was on Tuesday committed to stand trial for manslaughter in the death of D’yanza Knowles. A corrections officer found the 54-year-old unconscious and injured in his cell on November 18, 2019. Knowles died […]

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]]> Ex-cop to stand trial for fatally shooting unarmed man https://bahamascourtnews.com/ex-cop-to-stand-trial-for-fatally-shooting-unarmed-man/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ex-cop-to-stand-trial-for-fatally-shooting-unarmed-man Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:53:11 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/ex-cop-to-stand-trial-for-fatally-shooting-unarmed-man/ NASSAU- The former police officer charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of an unarmed man has been committed to stand trial in the Supreme Court. Jason Anderson, 52, will be arraigned for the death of Jarvis Burrows on April 23. Burrows died on October 28, 2020 after Anderson, who was off-duty, shot him in […]

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