Cheryl Grant-Thompson

Cheryl Grant-Thompson

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Cheryl Grant-Thompson is a judge in the Bahamas who has overseen the legal proceedings involving Lindsay Shiver's murder conspiracy case. She was responsible for revoking Shiver's bail after a controversial interview and later reinstated it under strict conditions.

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Senior Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson presided over the trial and ruled on the admissibility of evidence presented by Ms Mackey.

Prosecution rests in Adrian Gibson trial
The Tribune – major Bahamian daily, est. 1903·BahamasBahamas· 2026-06-19
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Senior Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson presided over the trial.

Crown seeks 3 to 6 years in first judge-alone trial
The Tribune – major Bahamian daily, est. 1903·BahamasBahamas· 2026-06-01
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Cheryl Grant-Thompson is the presiding judge in the trial.

Officer concedes errors during cross-examination in Gibson trial
The Tribune – major Bahamian daily, est. 1903·BahamasBahamas· 2026-05-27
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Justice Grant-Thompson later fixed a trial date for March 2026 with full knowledge that, at the time, no Supreme Court in The Bahamas had facilities capable of accommodating anonymous witness testimony.

DPP rejects ‘complacency’ claim in Woodside case
The Tribune – major Bahamian daily, est. 1903·BahamasBahamas· 2025-12-18
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Senior Justice Cheryl Grant Thompson granted bail to Elias Fritz.

'Jaido World’ granted bail on attempted murder charges
The Tribune – major Bahamian daily, est. 1903·BahamasBahamas· 2025-12-12
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Senior Justice Cheryl Grant Thompson presides over the case.

Court hears officer’s testimony on vehicles suspected to be proceeds of crime in Gibson trial
The Tribune – major Bahamian daily, est. 1903·BahamasBahamas· 2025-11-27
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Justice Cheryl Grant Thompson denied bail to Ricardo Green.

Man waiting trial for murder has bail application denied
The Tribune – major Bahamian daily, est. 1903·BahamasBahamas· 2025-11-14
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Senior Justice Cheryl Grant Thompson informed Fritz about the decision on his bail application.

TikTok star Fritz awaits date for bail
The Tribune – major Bahamian daily, est. 1903·BahamasBahamas· 2025-10-30
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Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson was criticized for failing to take control of the proceedings in a case involving Sonia Timothy-Serrette.

‘Colossal waste of judicial resources’
The Tribune – major Bahamian daily, est. 1903·BahamasBahamas· 2025-09-10
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Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson was criticized for her handling of the case by the Court of Appeal.

Attorney overturns $70,000 ‘jail avoidance’ repayment
The Tribune – major Bahamian daily, est. 1903·BahamasBahamas· 2025-09-10
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Senior Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson summarized the ruling on Raquel Johnson's appeal.

Woman wins murder appeal - but guilty of lesser charge
The Tribune – major Bahamian daily, est. 1903·BahamasBahamas· 2025-06-23
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Senior Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson sentenced Jean Saintil to five years in prison.

Man in Bahamas jailed for assisting and recording sexual assault of 12-y-o girl | News
The Gleaner – major Jamaican newspaper, est. 1834·JamaicaJamaica· 2025-06-21
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Senior Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson presided over the case involving the stepfather.

Court jails stepfather for rape of, and getting, daughter pregnant | World News
The Gleaner – major Jamaican newspaper, est. 1834·JamaicaJamaica· 2025-05-22
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Senior Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson presided over the case involving the man who raped his stepdaughter.

Court in Bahamas jails man for raping and getting stepdaughter pregnant | News
The Gleaner – major Jamaican newspaper, est. 1834·JamaicaJamaica· 2025-05-21
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Justice Grant-Thompson reprimanded the man for his actions and acknowledged his early guilty plea.

Ten years plea deal for rapist stepdad
The Tribune – major Bahamian daily, est. 1903·BahamasBahamas· 2025-05-21
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After signing their VBIs, they were told they would appear before Senior Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson on June 27 to enter pleas.

Jet ski operator one of two on charges of raping tourists
The Tribune – major Bahamian daily, est. 1903·BahamasBahamas· 2025-04-11
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Both defendants were informed they will next appear before Senior Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson.

Woman and man have bail modified on charges of vehicular manslaughter
The Tribune – major Bahamian daily, est. 1903·BahamasBahamas· 2025-03-18
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Justice Cheryl Grant Thompson ruled that a key witness in the retrial of Bruce Colebrooke will testify anonymously.

Judge rules to allow key witness in murder trial to testify anonymously
The Tribune – major Bahamian daily, est. 1903·BahamasBahamas· 2025-03-14
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Cheryl Grant-Thompson is the justice who warned Geoffrey Farquharson against threatening the witness, Robert Deal.

WSC TRIAL: ‘I’ll come up and slap you’, defence lawyer tells witness
The Tribune – major Bahamian daily, est. 1903·BahamasBahamas· 2025-03-05
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Cheryl Grant-Thompson is the judge overseeing Lindsay Shiver's case.

Beauty queen charged in ex-NFL husband's Bahamas murder plot granted release: report
Fox News·United StatesUnited States· 2025-02-14
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