retrial - Bahamas Court News https://bahamascourtnews.com Providing comprehensive coverage of court cases Mon, 16 Oct 2023 22:19:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Man awaiting retrial for 2014 murder is killed https://bahamascourtnews.com/man-awaiting-retrial-for-2014-murder-is-killed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=man-awaiting-retrial-for-2014-murder-is-killed Mon, 16 Oct 2023 22:19:06 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=6605 A man on bail in relation to a 2014 murder became a murder victim himself when he was gunned down in broad daylight on Monday. T’iano D’Haiti was shot dead while at Fleming and Market Streets. He was on bail for the October 28, 2014 fatal shooting of Andre Cartwight, who was killed in a […]

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]]> Two cleared in teacher’s murder, third man gets retrial https://bahamascourtnews.com/two-cleared-in-teachers-murder-third-man-gets-retrial/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=two-cleared-in-teachers-murder-third-man-gets-retrial Wed, 22 Dec 2021 09:52:00 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=5140 Nassau, Bahamas – A man accused of killing popular primary school teacher Joyelle McIntosh during a botched armed robbery will be tried a second time. The Court of Appeal in a unanimous decision on Wednesday, December 22 ordered a retrial for 23-year-old Makaveli Tinker, while acquitting his alleged accomplices Johnny Mackey and Armando Sargent outright. […]

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]]> Retrial delay for man accused of killing activist’s brother https://bahamascourtnews.com/retrial-delay-for-man-accused-of-killing-activists-brother/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=retrial-delay-for-man-accused-of-killing-activists-brother Thu, 09 Jul 2020 05:53:44 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=2196 NASSAU-The coronavirus pandemic has delayed the murder retrial of a man accused of killing the brother of an anti-crime activist Khandi Gibson. Thorne Duncan, 28, was supposed to face trial for the 2012 murder of Khanoachi Knowles on June 29. Since new jury trials remain on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic, Justice Guillimina Archer-Minns […]

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]]> 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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]]> Donna Vasyli seeks to block retrial for husband’s murder https://bahamascourtnews.com/donna-vasali-seeks-to-block-retrial-for-husbands-murder/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=donna-vasali-seeks-to-block-retrial-for-husbands-murder Mon, 22 Jun 2020 06:44:08 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=1943 NASSAU- Donna Vasyli, the prime suspect in her husband’s murder, hopes her attorneys can convince an appellate court to end her case for good. The Court of Appeal will on July 20 consider whether she should face a second trial for the murder of orthotics tycoon Phillip Vasyli. Police arrested Donna, his wife of 34 […]

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]]> Man convicted of manslaughter wins retrial https://bahamascourtnews.com/man-convicted-of-manslaughter-wins-retrial/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=man-convicted-of-manslaughter-wins-retrial Wed, 13 May 2020 11:21:58 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=1372 Nassau-A man convicted of manslaughter won a new trial on appeal because jurors didn’t hear from a key witness. In a ruling Tuesday, Justice of Appeal Milton Evans and two other judges threw out Xavient Taylor’s conviction for killing James Gardiner in a fight. Prosecutors tried Taylor for murder. However, jurors convicted him of manslaughter […]

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]]> Prosecutors seek third rape trial for ex-GG’s son https://bahamascourtnews.com/prosecutors-seek-third-rape-trial-for-ex-ggs-son/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=prosecutors-seek-third-rape-trial-for-ex-ggs-son Sun, 12 Apr 2020 05:30:48 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=1070 Nassau, BAHAMAS-A woman allegedly sexually assaulted by the son of a former governor general is still seeking justice eight years later. Joseph Foulkes, son of Sir Arthur Foulkes, was jailed for 10 years in 2015 after a jury convicted him of the 2012 statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl. The Court of Appeal ordered a […]

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]]> Donna Vasyli faces retrial uncertainty after Privy Council ruling https://bahamascourtnews.com/donna-vasyli-faces-retrial-uncertainty-after-privy-council-ruling/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=donna-vasyli-faces-retrial-uncertainty-after-privy-council-ruling Tue, 03 Mar 2020 06:05:33 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=675 NASSAU-Accused murderer Donna Vasyli still doesn’t know if she’ll be tried a second time for the murder of her husband. Philip Vasyli, a world-renowned podiatrist, was found stabbed to death in his Bahamas mansion on March 24, 2015. Donna, his wife of 34 years, was arrested and charged with his murder later that day. She […]

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