A woman who disfigured her ex-boyfriend’s new girlfriend in an acid attack is appealing her seven-year sentence. Darshenique Gibson was convicted of causing grievous harm to Cyncliere Mackey in February 2022. Mackey was at a bar on East Street when Gibson threw the acid on her upper body. Gibson, 25, is appealing the sentence since she
The trial of two men accused of murder and attempted murder ended without the jury delivering a verdict Friday after the prosecution withdrew the charges against them. Prosecutors had accused Geovanni Clarke and Dekeil Bowe of the April 13, 2016 shooting that killed Akeem Brennen and injured Ken Rolle. The men were at a traffic
RBDF officer charged with rape
A 35-year-old Royal Bahamas Defence Force Officer has been charged with the rape of a woman marine.
Prosecutors say that Renaldo Wilkinson raped the 32-year-old woman at the RBDF base on Inagua on February 5.
Wilkinson was not required to enter a plea to the charge when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt Monday afternoon.
Wilkinson was denied bail. However, his lawyer Ryszard Humes said he had a pending bail application in the Supreme Court.
Wilkinson next appears before Ferguson-Pratt on April 14 to receive a voluntary bill of indictment that will fast-track the case to the Supreme Court.