prison - Bahamas Court News https://bahamascourtnews.com Providing comprehensive coverage of court cases Fri, 21 Jan 2022 11:26:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 8 months for inmate with ganja in cell https://bahamascourtnews.com/8-months-for-inmate-with-ganja-in-cell/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=8-months-for-inmate-with-ganja-in-cell Fri, 21 Jan 2022 11:26:28 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=4959 Nassau, BAHAMAS- A remand inmate caught with 1 ½ ounces of ganja in his maximum security cell has been jailed for eight months. Cleophus Smith will spend an additional six months in prison if he doesn’t pay a $1,000 fine. The 29-year-old pleaded guilty to drug possession with intent to supply over the November 27, […]

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]]> Fishing lodge owner jailed over unpaid debt https://bahamascourtnews.com/fishing-lodge-owner-jailed-over-unpaid-debt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fishing-lodge-owner-jailed-over-unpaid-debt Mon, 11 Oct 2021 08:02:19 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/fishing-lodge-owner-jailed-over-unpaid-debt/ NASSAU- An unpaid debt landed bonefish lodge owner Prescott Smith behind bars. Smith’s failure to return a $7,600 deposit on a property sale that fell through in 2009 finally put him in prison. He now owes Colin and Anna DeGregory $32,500, inclusive of legal fees and interest. On February 4, Justice Diane Stewart found Smith […]

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]]> Omar Archer’s Facebook post could land him in jail https://bahamascourtnews.com/omar-archers-facebook-post-could-land-him-in-jail/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=omar-archers-facebook-post-could-land-him-in-jail Wed, 07 Jul 2021 03:01:26 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/omar-archers-facebook-post-could-land-him-in-jail/ NASSAU- Self-styled activist Omar Archer is still facing up to two years in prison after the Court of Appeal upheld the constitutionality of the criminal libel law. Archer was arrested in 2015 over a post on his Facebook page in which he claimed someone had AIDS. Archer’s legal team have argued that the law violates […]

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]]> Hell on earth: a convict tells of daily life https://bahamascourtnews.com/hell-on-earth-a-convict-tells-of-daily-life/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hell-on-earth-a-convict-tells-of-daily-life Sun, 11 Apr 2021 20:09:12 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=3673 A convicted inmate speaks of the abuses endured at the prison. NASSAU-Each day, I arise to find myself in a state of utter turmoil. A cramped 6-foot by 10-foot cell that I share with three other men is my home. There’s no bedding, no toilet, nothing. You probably don’t care. You’re saying prison isn’t the […]

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]]> Child rapist dies in prison https://bahamascourtnews.com/child-rapist-dies-in-prison/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=child-rapist-dies-in-prison Sat, 23 Jan 2021 03:23:11 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/child-rapist-dies-in-prison/ NASSAU- A convicted child rapist died in prison Friday afternoon after he reportedly suffered a seizure at his dorm. Anthony Smith was serving a 10-year sentence for molesting his former girlfriend’s three daughters. Smith raped the girls, aged, seven and eight, in 2016 while their mother was at work. He was convicted of the indecent […]

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]]> Man sentenced for breaking bail conditions https://bahamascourtnews.com/man-sentenced-for-breaking-bail-conditions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=man-sentenced-for-breaking-bail-conditions Sat, 27 Jun 2020 10:46:26 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=2057 NASSAU-A magistrate on Friday sentenced gun suspect Dwight Rolle to three months in prison for breaking his bail conditions. Rolle faced a maximum sentence of five years’ imprisonment and a $50,000 fine. The 23-year-old from United Estates in San Salvador admitted the bail breach at his arraignment before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes. A Supreme […]

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