sentencing - Bahamas Court News https://bahamascourtnews.com Providing comprehensive coverage of court cases Wed, 08 Nov 2023 12:37:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Man convicted of armed robbery and kidnapping https://bahamascourtnews.com/man-convicted-of-armed-robbery-and-kidnapping/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=man-convicted-of-armed-robbery-and-kidnapping Wed, 08 Nov 2023 12:14:42 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=6661 Nassau, BAHAMAS-A man has been convicted after a businesswoman was robbed, tied up in bushes and forced to write a cheque. Mark Rolle Jr was unanimously convicted of the 2022 armed robbery and kidnapping of Vashti Glinton. She was accosted by two gunmen as she was about to open the Coral Harbour Food Store on […]

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]]> Man convicted of teen’s 2004 rape and kidnapping https://bahamascourtnews.com/man-convicted-of-teens-2004-rape-and-kidnapping/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=man-convicted-of-teens-2004-rape-and-kidnapping Wed, 25 Oct 2023 07:30:32 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=6609 Nassau, BAHAMAS- A man who abducted a 14-year-old girl from her home, held her captive for four days and sexually assaulted has been convicted 19 years later. Lincoln Poitier, 62, is expected to learn his fate for the January 2004 crimes on December 12. Poitier was convicted of forcible detention, unlawful sexual intercourse and kidnapping. […]

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]]> Man faces 40 to 50 years for second murder conviction https://bahamascourtnews.com/man-faces-40-to-50-years-for-second-murder-conviction/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=man-faces-40-to-50-years-for-second-murder-conviction Fri, 15 Sep 2023 07:10:48 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=6541 Nassau, BAHAMAS – Prosecutors have asked a judge to sentence a man convicted of a second murder to 40 to 50 years. Mark McKenzie, otherwise known as Kenzal Higgins, is already serving 40 years in prison for murder. McKenzie’s most recent conviction concerns the murder of Carlos Adderley. He was shot dead on a basketball […]

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]]> Man sentenced to 35 years for 2020 murder https://bahamascourtnews.com/man-sentenced-to-35-years-for-2020-murder/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=man-sentenced-to-35-years-for-2020-murder Thu, 07 Sep 2023 10:08:03 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=6492 Nassau, BAHAMAS- Murder convict Marcello McKenzie has been sentenced to 35 years’ imprisonment for a 2020 fatal shooting. He faced a potential maximum sentence of 60 years. A nine-member jury on May 31 convicted the 38-year-old of the murder of Godfrey “Rob”Sawyer, a former death row inmate. On June 28, 2020, Sawyer was shot dead […]

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]]> Incest dad gets 25 years in jail https://bahamascourtnews.com/incest-dad-gets-25-years-in-jail/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=incest-dad-gets-25-years-in-jail Tue, 28 Feb 2023 08:36:28 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=6084 NASSAU- A man who sexually abused his teenage daughter has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for incest. The 48-year-old businessman exploited his daughter’s desire to have a relationship with him by molesting her in 2015 and 2016 when she was 15 and 16 years old. His name has been withheld to protect the […]

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]]> Acid attack exposes sentencing double standard https://bahamascourtnews.com/acid-attack-exposes-sentencing-double-standard/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=acid-attack-exposes-sentencing-double-standard Tue, 09 Jun 2020 10:59:09 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=1694 NASSAU-Acid attack survivor Sterling Pratt has exposed the double standard in the court system in sentencing female criminals. Minique Bowe-Wyles, 37, pleaded guilty to causing grievous harm to her then-boyfriend in a December 15, 1999 attack. Pratt received a “life-sentence” when the acid burned 24 percent of his body, leaving permanent scars, during an argument. […]

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