Tag: violent crime
Man found stabbed on West Bay street
(CNS): Police are looking for witnesses to a violent assault in West Bay that left one man in hospital with serious injuries. On Saturday night at around 11pm they were called to a report of a stabbing on Birch Tree Hill Road, near the junction of Rev. Blackman Road just yards from the police station, […]
Two men victims of homophobic attack
(CNS): One man is recovering from a broken nose and another from various non-life-threatening injuries after they were the victims of a homophobic attack in the parking lot at The Strand entertainment complex on the West Bay Road during the early morning hours on Monday. Police said the assault happened around 2:20am on 3 January.
Police make second arrest in NYE yard invasion
(CNS): A 51-year-old man from West Bay has been arrested in relation to a violent yard invasion in the district on New Year’s Eve. He is the second man to be arrested in the investigation into what happened when a group of armed men pulled up at a party in Flute Lane on Friday night […]
Cops seek witnesses to violent NYE yard invasion
(CNS): A 24-year-old man has been arrested and three people were treated in hospital following a violent incident in Flute Lane, West Bay, on New Year’s Eve. Shortly before midnight on 31 December police were called to the address off West Church Street, where a fight had occurred at a party in the area after […]
Man seriously wounded after stabbing at GT bar
(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 […]
Ex-soccer star jailed for 44 months for violent rampage
(CNS): Derrin Kennedy Ebanks (32) was sentenced on Thursday to three years and eight months in jail, having been convicted this summer of several charges relating to a violent, drunken rampage against three women last September. Ebanks had been bailed following his conviction by a jury in August and therefore began serving his prison term […]
Man arrested in Martin Drive killings
(CNS): Police have arrested a West Bay man on suspicion of two counts of murder and possession of an unlicensed firearm in relation to the killings on Martin Drive, George Town, on 1 July. Mark Andre Ebanks (36) died at the scene and Eldon Charles Walton (55) died in hospital two weeks later. Two other men […]
Connor found guilty in home invasion case
(CNS): Shane Connor (44) from George Town has been convicted in connection with a home robbery, aggravated burglary and a number of other related crimes that took place more than four years ago. It took a jury of four women and two men four hours on Wednesday to decide that Connor was the third man, […]
Man wounded in another West Bay shooting
(CNS): Police are investigating yet another incident of gun violence after two men were shot at off Bankers Road in West Bay during the early hours of Sunday morning. A report of shots being fired was made to 911 around 3am, and when officers and emergency services arrived they found one of the men had […]
Connor accuses police of fabricating evidence
(CNS): During his second day of testimony, Shane Connor (44) doubled down on his allegations that the police not only botched the investigation into the home invasion, for which he is charged with a catalogue of crimes, but have framed him by fabricating telephone evidence. Connor is charged with a violent aggravated burglary and a […]
Connor denies home invasion allegations
(CNS): Shane Connor (44), from George Town, told a jury yesterday that he was completely innocent of the charges against him relating to a violent home invasion in Prospect more than four years ago. Taking the stand in his own defence on Wednesday, Connor alleged a conspiracy by the police against him and said they […]
