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July 16, 2010
Harl Taylor's mother testifies at murder retrial

The mother of handbag designer Harl Taylor struggled to maintain her composure yesterday as she took to the stand for the retrial of the man accused of murdering her son.

Jurors heard testimony from several witnesses yesterday, including Mrs Beverly Taylor, the mother of the deceased.

Troyniko McNeil, the son of Mr Taylor's former business partner, is accused of murdering the 37-year-old han...

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July 22, 2010
US DNA expert testifies in Harl Taylor murder retrial

An American DNA expert yesterday testified in the retrial of Troyniko McNeil, who is accused of the 2007 murder of famed handbag designer Harl Taylor.

Kevin Noppinger - lab director at DNA Labs International in Deerfield, Florida - testified that DNA samples from Troyniko's clothing and hair sent to his lab by the Royal Bahamas Police Force in 2008 matched DNA taken from Taylor's home.

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July 23, 2010
Verdict likely in Harl Taylor murder case Monday

By ARTESIA DAVIS

Guardian Senior Reporter

artesia@nasguard.com

The jury did not deliver a verdict in the retrial of Troyniko McNeil yesterday as expected. Senior Justice Jon Isaacs was supposed to turn the case over to the jury but could not because he was ill.

The jury is now expected to deliberate on Monday.

Prosecutors allege that McNeil, 24, the son of Taylor's former business partner Tro...

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July 28, 2010
Harl Taylor trial: not guilty verdict

Troyniko McNeil was acquitted Monday of the November 2007 murder of well-known handbag designer Harl Taylor.

The 37-year-old handbag designer was found dead in his bedroom at Mountbatten House, on West Hill Street, with multiple stab wounds on November 18, 2007. After some three hours of deliberation, the jury returned shortly before 8 o?clock last night with a not guilty verdict, 9-3, on the c...

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July 28, 2010
Harl Taylor's mother is left distraught

THE mother of slain handbag designer Harl Taylor last night told how she has been left distraught and without closure.
 Beverly Taylor described herself as "mentally" drained but surrounded with friends and family as she coped with the ordeal.
Her comments were made  a day after a jury returned a 9-3 not guilty verdict in the retrial of Troyniko McNeil who stood accused of Mr Taylor's murder.
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September 19, 2010
Armed robberies and stabbings over weekend

By AVA TURNQUEST

Tribune Staff Reporter

aturnquest@tribunemedia.net

POLICE arrested four persons over the weekend following widespread incidents of daytime armed robbery and stabbing in the capital.

The majority of the criminal activity occurred on Saturday, with four armed robberies and one stabbing incident. Police reported another stabbing occurred on Sunday.

A female Twin Brothers employe...

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September 20, 2010
Straw Market profits 'at

By ALISON LOWE
Tribune Staff Reporter

alowe@tribunemedia.net

STRAW vendors were rattled by news that nine of their own were arrested in the US after allegedly trying to bring "knock-off" handbags back to The Bahamas, saying the situation could lead to a serious loss of profits for the market and the country.

Their reactions came as reports reaching this newspaper are that seven of the nine vend...

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News Article
September 22, 2010
Copyright protection's 'straw' base

It "goes without saying" that the Bahamas has been lax in protecting copyrighted works, private sector officials told Tribune Business yesterday, the charges levied against the nine Bahamian straw vendors arrested in New York the latest episode to suggest this nation is "not serious in enforcing its intellectual property rights (IPR) obligations".

Both Khaalis Rolle, the Bahamas Chamber of Comm...

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September 24, 2010
Five held in alleged theft of magistrate's money

By ARTESIAâ DAVIS
Guardian Senior Reporter
artesia@nasguard.com

Police have detained and questioned five people in connection with the alleged theft of$500 from a magistrate's purse,The Nassau Guardianhas confirmed.
Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans, who sits in the Domestic Court in the Royal Victoria Gardens, reported the theft to police around 2 p.m. on September 15. The magistrate's handba...

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October 03, 2010
Letter: The highly adaptable Bahamas

EDITOR, The Tribune.

Re: Straw Market profits 'at risk'. - The Tribune, September 21, 2010

FEAR not. Historically, the Bahamas has usually been highly adaptable when it came to nefarious activities. Even now, just as one door appears to be slightly closing on selling counterfeit foreign luxury goods (handbags, watches, etc), it appears another door is already miraculously opening for us to sell ...

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