Parker re-elected president of Bar Association over Farquharson-Seymour

By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net

KHALIL Parker was reelected president of the Bar Council on Friday.

Attorney Romona Farquharson Seymour had challenged him for the post.

Before the vote during the Annual General Meeting, Mrs Farquharson-Seymour sought an injunction from the Supreme Court to compel the association to provide a list of financial members.

However, Justice Neil Brathwaite refused her application and awarded costs to the Bar Association.

“In considering the existence or otherwise of a right to the list, I note that this is not a situation analogous to a general election, where procedures surrounding the promulgation and closing of a voter’s list are carefully set out,” Justice Brathwaite wrote.

“There are no such strictures in the regulations governing this election. Nor has any statutory or common law basis for the existence of such a right been provided. No suggestion has been made that the court should or could interpret the regulations in such a way as to infer the existence of such a right, and no challenge has been launched to the regulations themselves.

“I do not accept that such a list is necessary to assist with campaigning, particularly when the entire membership list is easily ascertainable, and those members are all potential voters who could conceivably become financial in time to vote.

“It is entirely possible that a certain flexibility was deemed necessary to ensure the widest possible participation by professionals who generally operate under severe time constraints. I am therefore not satisfied in all the circumstances of this case that any such ‘right’ to a list exists, as to say that the existence of such a list is desirable or preferable is not the same as saying one must be provided.” from page one produced a handgun and fired gunshots at the men, resulting in the victim being shot multiple times even though he was not involved in the argument.

Police are also investigating the sudden death of a 24-year-old woman and the suspicious death of a 41-year-old man.

Police said a 24-yearold Colombian woman was taken to the Princess Margaret Hospital in an unresponsive condition shortly before 9pm on Saturday. Five Mexican men are assisting police with their investigation into the matter.

Meanwhile, police said that around 3.05am yesterday, a man was found unresponsive with head injuries near a roundabout on Settlers Way and Coral Road. He was taken to the hospital, where he died of his injuries. Police said the man is a resident of Melbourne Crest, Hudson Estates, Grand Bahama. Authorities are also looking for a man responsible for shooting two men. Reports indicate that around 1.15pm on Saturday, the victims were outside a residence on Irish Spring Court off Plantol Street when a grey coloured Honda Stream pulled in front of the residence.

A man got out of the car and fired gunshots toward the 32-year-old outside the residence, shooting him multiple times. Another man sitting on the porch was shot in both feet.

m a N a ND wOma N sEN t ENCED tO twO y E a Rs FOR $240k OF COC aiNE

By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net

A MAN and a woman were sentenced to two and half years in prison after being found guilty of bringing nearly $240,000 worth of cocaine into Lynden Pindling International Airport from Inagua last year.

Nerico Beneby, 24, and Duedanae Cox, 41, both of Matthew Town, Inagua, stood before Magistrate Samuel McKinney. They faced charges of conspiracy and possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply.

Cox was arrested after police discovered 12 rectangular packages containing a total of 12 kilos or 32 lbs of cocaine in her Nautica luggage bag on May 6, 2022. Cox also had $1,452 in her possession. The money was confiscated by authorities as it was suspected of being the proceeds of crime. m a N a CC us ED OF R ap E a ND bu R gla R y OF

Beneby was arrested in Inagua and taken to Nassau in connection with this matter. According to police the drugs have an estimated street value of $240,000. Upon reviewing the evidence presented against them in their trial Magistrate McKinney found both defendants guilty of the crime. He then sentenced the pair to serve two and a half years at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services.