Tag: attempted murder

Double murder trial delayed over forensic evidence

Double murder trial delayed over forensic evidence

| 11/01/2024

(CNS): Wayne Bellafonte Jr (32), from North Side, who was due to stand trial later this month for the murder of both Mark Andre Ebanks (36) and Eldon Charles Walton (55) in a drive-by shooting back in July 2021, has had the case postponed for at least the third time until later this year. Bellafonte’s lawyers […]

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Weekend crime spree peaks with gang shooting

Weekend crime spree peaks with gang shooting

| 05/11/2023 | 36 Comments

(CNS): A West Bay man is currently in critical care, having sustained multiple gunshot wounds in a gang-related attempt on his life in the early hours of Sunday morning. Police believe the man, who has not yet been identified, was gunned down by gang rivals outside a home on Gorse Lane in Birch Tree Hill, […]

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‘Mango row’ shooting lands man 21 years in jail

‘Mango row’ shooting lands man 21 years in jail

| 12/07/2023 | 31 Comments

(CNS): Luisto Eusebio Hernandez (28) has been handed a 21-year jail term for the attempted murder of his girlfriend’s father and a second concurrent term of 12 years for the possession of an unlicensed firearm. Hernandez shot his de facto father-in-law shortly after a row between the men over how to feed a mango to […]

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Man guilty of trying to kill his father-in-law

Man guilty of trying to kill his father-in-law

| 09/06/2023 | 16 Comments

(CNS): It took a jury of five women and two men almost five hours on Thursday to find Luisto Eusebio Hernandez guilty of attempted murder and the possession of an unlicensed firearm. The 28-year-old man from East End was convicted of trying to kill his de facto father-in-law when he shot him in the stomach […]

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West Bay man denies charges in barroom shooting

West Bay man denies charges in barroom shooting

| 06/02/2023

(CNS): Drewan Elvis Ebanks (24) pleaded not guilty on Friday to attempted murder and the possession of an unlicensed firearm. Ebanks is accused of trying to kill another man in a shooting outside the Power Supply Bar in the Marquee Plaza around 7:20pm on Sunday, 18 December, when the victim received a single gunshot wound to […]

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West Bay man charged with attempted murder

West Bay man charged with attempted murder

| 05/01/2023

(CNS): A 24-year-old man from West Bay has been charged with the attempted murder of another man following a shooting at the Marquee Plaza last month. The West Bay man was arrested on Monday, 2 January, and appeared in court yesterday. He was remanded in custody until Friday when he will appear in the Grand […]

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Man denies allegations of attempted murder

Man denies allegations of attempted murder

| 13/12/2022

(CNS): Luisto Eusebio Hernandez (27), from East End, has denied trying to kill another man during a shooting in Windsor Park in April this year. Hernandez, who is currently in custody after going on the run, pleaded not guilty to possession of an unlicensed firearm and attempted murder when he appeared in court Friday via […]

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Wanted gunman charged and remanded in jail

Wanted gunman charged and remanded in jail

| 18/11/2022

(CNS): Luisto Eusebio Hernandez (27), who has been on the run from police since July, has been tracked down in Bodden Town and charged with attempted murder and possession of an unlicensed firearm in connection with a shooting in Windsor Park in April. Police said that Hernandez was found on Monday, 14 November, and a […]

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Two men arrested for attempted murder

Two men arrested for attempted murder

| 03/10/2022

(CNS): A 31-year-old man from George Town and a 28-year-old man from Bodden Town have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and the possession of an unlicensed firearm following a shooting that happened in West Bay early Thursday morning in which a man was shot in the leg and a dog was shot and […]

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Man seriously wounded after stabbing at GT bar

Man seriously wounded after stabbing at GT bar

| 04/01/2022

(CNS): One man is in hospital being treated for life-threatening injuries and a second man is in police custody after a stabbing at the Everglo Bar on Seymour Drive (aka Dump Road), George Town, just after before midnight on 2 January. The victim was stabbed multiple times during a fight and was taken by a […]

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Murder charges dropped in Vic’s Bar killing

Murder charges dropped in Vic’s Bar killing

| 25/11/2021 | 23 Comments

(CNS): All of the charges against Ezekiel Nelson Carter (36) in relation to the murder of Wayne McLean at Vic’s Bar in July and the attempted murder of five other people have been dropped. On Thursday morning, prosecutor Greg Walcom appeared in Grand Court on behalf of the crown and revealed that, in light of new […]

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