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The theft trial of a former cashier at the Department of Inland Revenue has ended in a plea deal. Breanna Symonette, of Dundas Town, Abaco, admitted on Friday to stealing nearly $50,000 in value-added tax (VAT) and business licensing fees from the department’s Abaco office. Prosecutors say that Symonette stole $49,025.93 between February 23, 2018

The coroner’s inquest into the 2021 death of Azario Major got underway on Monday. The 31-year-old was shot multiple times by four police officers after he allegedly pointed a gun at them while in a rental car outside of Woody’s Bar on December 26, 2021. While testifying at the inquest, Azario’s father, Frederick Major, said

A Coroner’s Court jury on Friday unanimously ruled that the fatal shooting of a blind, unarmed man in 2018 was a justifiable homicide. Courtney Thompson, 36, was shot in the neck on January 26, 2018 after his son, Elvardo Thompson, allegedly pointed a firearm at a patrol car at Plantol Street while riding a scooter. As

The police officer who shot and killed an unarmed, blind man on Thursday elected not to testify at the coroner’s inquest into the fatal shooting. Sergeant Sherwin Braynen is not on trial for the January 26, 2018 shooting death of 36-year-old Courtney Thompson as the inquest does not determine civil or criminal liability. The jury

Police have yet to locate a gunman who allegedly pulled a gun on police officers, sparking the fatal shooting of a blind and unarmed man, a Coroner’s Court heard yesterday. ASP Randolph Deleveaux made the revelation during an inquest into the January 28, 2018 death of 36-year-old Courtney Thompson. Deleveaux said that he was assigned

The Coroner’s Court on Wednesday began investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting of a blind and unarmed man at Plantol Street, off East Street. Courtney Elvardo Thompson was a pillion passenger on a motorbike on January 26, 2018, when the motorcyclist allegedly pointed a firearm at police officers. The officers opened fire and shot Thompson in

The jury investigating the circumstances surrounding the fatal police shooting of Deangelo Evans was discharged yesterday after the foreman asked to be released from his duties. Evans was shot dead on May 27, 2018 after he allegedly pointed a .40mm pistol at Corporal Donald Wright and Inspector Akeem Wilson. The foreman said he was no