Supreme Court - Bahamas Court News https://bahamascourtnews.com Providing comprehensive coverage of court cases Tue, 31 Oct 2023 12:34:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Man, 44, accused of sex with teen, 17 https://bahamascourtnews.com/man-44-accused-of-sex-with-teen-17/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=man-44-accused-of-sex-with-teen-17 Tue, 31 Oct 2023 12:34:30 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=6651 Nassau, BAHAMAS- A 44-year-old man has been charged and is accused of having sex with a 17-year-old boy. Leo Rolle, of West Street, is charged with unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor of the same sex. Rolle, who knows the teen’s family, allegedly sexually assaulted the minor on October 19. The teen’s grandmother reported the […]

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]]> Man charged with rape ‘promised’ accuser cash https://bahamascourtnews.com/man-charged-with-rape-promised-accuser-cash/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=man-charged-with-rape-promised-accuser-cash Wed, 16 Aug 2023 06:36:13 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=6332 Nassau, BAHAMAS- A man accused of rape told a policeman that he had broken a promise to give his alleged victim money. Inspector Timothy Bain testified in the Supreme Court that Kevin Cooper denied the rape allegation when he arrested him on November 18, 2022. Bain told the judge and jury, “He said that he […]

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]]> Man accused of getting teen pregnant granted bail https://bahamascourtnews.com/man-accused-of-getting-teen-pregnant-granted-bail/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=man-accused-of-getting-teen-pregnant-granted-bail Wed, 24 Aug 2022 09:31:45 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=5542 NASSAU- A 20-year-old heavy duty equipment operator accused of getting his underage lover pregnant was on Tuesday granted $15,000 bail. Jakyle Barry allegedly began a sexual relationship with a 12-year-old girl in August 2021. The minor could not give consent because she is under 16. Barry was arrested after it was discovered that his now-13-year-old […]

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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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]]> Social media star Jeremy remanded to prison https://bahamascourtnews.com/social-media-star-jeremy-remanded-to-prison/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=social-media-star-jeremy-remanded-to-prison Mon, 16 Nov 2020 17:12:46 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/social-media-star-jeremy-remanded-to-prison/ NASSAU-Social media personality Jeremy Archer was remanded to prison after he was accused of property damage. Prosecutors allege that the 37-year-old threw a rock that broke a window at the Auditor General’s Department on October 27. Archer requested a trial before a judge and jury when he appeared before Magistrate Ambrose Armbrister on Friday. The […]

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]]> Justice Bethell heads to Appeals Court https://bahamascourtnews.com/justice-bethell-heads-to-appeals-court/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=justice-bethell-heads-to-appeals-court Tue, 04 Aug 2020 05:21:55 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/justice-bethell-heads-to-appeals-court/ NASSAU- Justice Carolita Bethell will become the country’s newest appellate judge when her tenure on the Supreme Court ends this week. The 65-year-old jurist has served on the Supreme Court since 2013. High profile matters that she presided over include the bribery trial of former PLP Cabinet Minister Shane Gibson and the retrial of convicted […]

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]]> Supreme Court resumes bail hearings next week https://bahamascourtnews.com/supreme-courts-resumes-bail-hearings-next-week/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=supreme-courts-resumes-bail-hearings-next-week Thu, 28 May 2020 23:58:28 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=1555 NASSAU-The Supreme Court will resume all bail hearings next week. On March 20, Chief Justice Brian Moree QC stopped most bail hearings because of the coronavirus pandemic. However, the Supreme Court still heard emergency bail applications. With courts operating on a limited basis, scores of un-sentenced inmates had no idea when they could seek pre-trial […]

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