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Volume: 122 No. 119, May 14, 2025
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DPP DECISION CALLED ‘FAILURE OF JUSTICE’ No charges for police officer with no licence in fatal car accident By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net A LAWYER condemned the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) yesterday for declining to pursue criminal charges against an off-duty police officer who killed a man in a car accident in 2017, calling it a “miscarriage of
justice”. Tavarrie Smith, who represents the estate of Phillip Daniel Clare Jr, announced in the Coroner’s Court that he intends to seek judicial review after the DPP’s Office ruled there was insufficient evidence to move the case forward even though a coroner’s SEE PAGE FIVE
ARREST WARRANTS ISSUED FOR OFFICERS ABSENT FROM INQUEST By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net CORONER Kara Turnquest-Deveaux issued arrest warrants and imposed $5,000 fines on several police officers, including the lead investigator, after they failed to appear in court for the inquest into the
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fatal police shooting of 27-year-old Dino Bain. The officers were summoned to testify in the case, but their absence forced the court to delay proceedings. As a result, the fiveperson jury assembled for the inquest was excused for the day. The coroner SEE PAGE FIVE
TOURISTS walk through torrential rain in downtown Nassau yesterday. See PAGE TWO for more.
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12-year-old girl ordered back to MARINE AND The Bahamas by judge in Canada MAN ACCUSED OF SEX ASSAULT OF TEEN GIRL By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net
AN Ontario judge has ruled that a 12-year-old girl must be returned to The Bahamas under
the Hague Convention, despite her recently granted refugee status in Canada, allegations of abuse and her mother’s contention that The Bahamas lacks adequate protections for domestic
violence victims. The child, referred to as “R” in court documents, was represented by Renatta Austin from Ontario’s Office of the SEE PAGE FOUR
ANOTHER BUSY HURRICANE SEASON FORECAST By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net FORECASTERS are anticipating an above-average Atlantic hurricane season in 2025, with an early uptick in storm activity expected as early as July. Colorado State University projects 17 named storms this year, including eight hurricanes, four of which could SEE PAGE THREE
WAVES crash on shore in Nassau during the passage of Hurricane Nicole in 2022.
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By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net A 19-YEAR-OLD Royal Bahamas Defence Force marine seaman was granted bail yesterday after being accused, along with an accomplice, of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl last month. Devon Cooper was arraigned before Senior Magistrate Kara Turnquest-Deveaux on a charge of unlawful sexual intercourse. His co-accused, D’John SEE PAGE FOUR