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ONE FAMILY WINS By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net ONE Family reclaimed Junkanoo’s top prize on Boxing Day, ending the Shell Saxons Superstars’ two-year grip on the major

parade titles with a performance that electrified Bay Street and returned the group to the summit of Bahamian culture’s biggest stage. Performing under the JUNKANOO - SEE PAGE TWO

ONE FAMILY Junkanoo Group dancing in Rawson Square during the Boxing Day Junkanoo Parade. Photo: Shawn Hanna

Police Commissioner: We have nothing to hide over man’s death while in custody By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net

COMMISSIONER OF POLICE SHANTA KNOWLES

POLICE Commissioner Shanta Knowles has rejected suggestions of impropriety in the investigation into the death of

Lasheiko Pratt, who died in police custody, insisting offices have “nothing to hide” as the victim’s family pushes for an independent autopsy. Last week, Pratt’s mother, Cheryl Larrimore, said she does not accept the police

narrative and believes her son may have died as a result of police brutality. Pratt, 35, a mechanic with the Ministry of Works, died while in police custody during what officers described as a confrontation as they attempted to

escort him from his cell for a scheduled court appearance. Police said he resisted instructions and became aggressive, prompting officers to intervene. He later became unresponsive HIDE - SEE PAGE FOUR

Engineer falls to his death at Freeport Container Port By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net THE death of a young engineer technician who fell from a crane at the Freeport Container Port on Boxing Day has cast a harsh spotlight on workplace safety at the transshipment terminal, as police investigate the circumstances surrounding the

early-morning tragedy. Anderson Adderley, 27, was found unresponsive shortly after 5am on Friday, lying on the ground near the stack trailer area of the port with serious injuries. He was pronounced dead at the scene. His death was one of two serious incidents reported at the port on Friday. In a separate incident, police

said another man sustained severe injuries to his legs while working on a vessel docked near the container port, just off Warren J Levarity Highway, after an object reportedly fell on him. The injured man was taken to hospital, where his condition was unknown. Adderley, who worked SAFETY - SEE PAGE FIVE

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