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Volume: 123 No. 165, Wednesday, July 22, 2026
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‘SOMEBODY DROPPED THE BALL’ IN MURDER OF KEY WITNESS Carlos Reid calls for accountability after murder accused allegedly breached his bail 81 times before killing !"#$%&'()&#)*$$% +,-./01#23-14#)156,71, !"#!!$%&"'()*$+$,'-.*$& CRIME consultant Carlos Reid has called for accountability after a man accused of murdering a key witness in his armed robbery case allegedly breached his bail conditions 81 times before the killing, saying “somebody dropped the ball”. Mr Reid said the repeated violations should never have gone unchecked and urged authorities to investigate how the accused allegedly failed to report to police for months without being brought back before the court. “I think somebody should be accountable. Somebody should be made to bear,” he told The Tribune yesterday. “No, we can't wait until like somebody die before we sound that alarm.” His comments came after a 39-year-old man was charged on Monday with murdering James McPhee on Carmichael Road on July 12, weeks before
McPhee was expected to testify in the accused man’s armed robbery trial. Prosecutors allege the accused failed to report to his local police station on 81 occasions between January 3 and July 8. He attempted to plead guilty to violating his bail conditions, but the court entered a not guilty plea after he disputed the prosecution’s account of the offence. Mr Reid said the electronic monitoring provider informed him that the accused remained under electronic surveillance and had not gone off the grid. He argued that authorities could have easily located the man by checking the monitoring system or contacting the provider after he allegedly stopped reporting to the police station. “That should’ve never happened and in the future, we hope that don't happen again,” he said. “If the court sanctions that you sign it, WITNESS - SEE PAGE FOUR
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Pilot awaiting murder Two men killed in trial admits to having separate shooting ounce of marijuana incidents less than in his prison cell 10 hours apart !"#8&9%$#!&:$%; +,-./01#<7=>#)156,71, /(-'!$0%&"'()*$+$,'-.*$& A PILOT awaiting trial for murder and charges stemming from a $15.3m drug seizure in 2024 was sentenced to six months in prison yesterday after admitting to possessing an
ounce of marijuana in his prison cell. Donald Ferguson II, 28, was found with one ounce of marijuana in his cell at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services on June 9. Ferguson was on remand awaiting trial for PRISON - SEE PAGE SEVEN
!"#$%&'()&#)*$$% +,-./01#23-14#)156,71, !"#!!$%&"'()*$+$,'-.*$& A WAVE of gun violence left two men dead less than 10 hours apart yesterday, with surveillance footage capturing the final moments of one victim before he was fatally shot in a hail of
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bullets. The deadly shooting captured on surveillance camera happened shortly after 2:30am yesterday on Alexandria Boulevard, Nassau Village, where police responded to reports of gunfire. Police said the 28-year-old victim was MURDERS - SEE PAGE FOUR