nolle prosequi - Bahamas Court News https://bahamascourtnews.com Providing comprehensive coverage of court cases Mon, 15 Aug 2022 03:51:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Sex case dropped against teen https://bahamascourtnews.com/sex-case-dropped-against-teen/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sex-case-dropped-against-teen Mon, 15 Aug 2022 03:51:47 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=5499 NASSAU- Charges have been dismissed against a man accused of the statutory rape of a teenage girl last year. Police arrested Anton Pratt, 19, on accusations that he had sex with a 14-year-old girl on July 11 while at a pool party. The girl was unable to consent to the act because she’s under 16. […]

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]]> Ken Dorsett case dropped days before trial date https://bahamascourtnews.com/ken-dorsett-case-dropped-days-before-trial-date/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ken-dorsett-case-dropped-days-before-trial-date Fri, 11 Mar 2022 17:38:19 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=5150 NASSAU- The Director of Public Prosecutions today dropped charges against a former government official accused of misconduct in public office, 10 days before his trial was supposed to begin. Kenred Dorsett, the former Minister of Environment and Housing under a Perry Christie-led government, appeared before Senior Justice Bernard Turner today for a case management hearing. […]

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]]> DPP drops sex crime case against doctor https://bahamascourtnews.com/dpp-drops-sex-crime-case-against-doctor/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dpp-drops-sex-crime-case-against-doctor Tue, 22 Feb 2022 10:05:00 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=5096 NASSAU- The case against a doctor accused of a sex crime against a teenager ended on Monday without a trial. Prosecutors on February 21 dropped charges of child pornography and procuration against Dr Zephrick Newbold. The radiologist met the 15-year-old on Grindr, an adult dating app for gay, bi and trans people in January 2020. […]

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]]> Armed robbery charge dropped against couple https://bahamascourtnews.com/armed-robbery-charge-dropped-against-couple/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=armed-robbery-charge-dropped-against-couple Sun, 24 Jan 2021 10:28:34 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/armed-robbery-charge-dropped-against-couple/ NASSAU- Prosecutors have dropped charges against a couple accused of robbing a man of $50 at gunpoint. Anita McDonald and her boyfriend Dontee Riley were arrested and charged in August 2018 after they were accused of the July 17, 2018 armed robbery of Wesley Smith. McDonald and Riley were not given bail and remained in […]

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]]> Charge dropped against man accused of murder https://bahamascourtnews.com/charge-dropped-against-man-accused-of-murder/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=charge-dropped-against-man-accused-of-murder https://bahamascourtnews.com/charge-dropped-against-man-accused-of-murder/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2020 11:43:27 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/charge-dropped-against-man-accused-of-murder/ NASSAU-A murder charge stemming from a New Year’s Day shooting has been dropped. Marvin Martin, 44, no longer faces trial for the January 1 shooting death of Terrance “Coke Head” Rolle at Market Street. Prosecutors had accused Martin of shooting the teen as he walked home after attending the Junkanoo parade. But on Thursday the […]

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