Archive for August 24th, 2015
Suspect denies being man with the golden gun
(CNS): When he took the witness stand Monday, Randy Connor (24) denied being the man with the golden shotgun during a robbery that took place at Blackbeard’s liquor store just before Christmas last year. One of three men on trial for the armed heist at the store in Grand Harbour last December, Connor said he […]
First hurricane of season degenerates before reaching Caribbean
(CNS): Hurricane Danny, which had reached a category three hurricane at one point over the Atlantic, degenerated into a low pressure trough on Monday morning some 45 miles off the coast of Guadeloupe. The National Hurricane Center said the remnants of the hurricane, the first one of the 2015 season, were expected to bring up […]
Woman arrested at courthouse over ganja find
(CNS): A West Bay woman who turned up at the George Town courthouse with substance suspected to be ganja was arrested on Wednesday, police have said. The drugs were found on the 53-year-old woman during the security check at around 10:45am on 19 August by police as she entered the court building and she was […]
East End man charged in machete assualt
(CNS): Jamal Rankine (22) from East End was due to appear in court on Monday after he was charged with grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of an offensive weapon in connection with a fight on a George Town beach in the early hours of Friday morning. Rankine is accused of chopping another man […]
Law school defends lecture series on LGBT rights
(CNS): The president of the Truman Bodden Law School student body has defended the lecture series it organised earlier this year about the legal rights of the LGBT community in the Cayman Islands in view of decisions made in the European Court of Human Rights. Following criticisms of that series by the backbench government MLA, […]
Cayman could be stop on royal Caribbean tour
(CNS): The UK media is reporting that Prince William, Duchess Catherine (Kate Middleton) and their two children, Prince George (2) and Princess Charlotte (three months) are preparing for their first royal tour as a family of four and the Cayman Islands may be on the agenda. According to The Daily Mail, the young royals are […]
Woman denies near $1m theft from security firm
(CNS): Patti Jane Ebanks (49), the former financial controller at the Security Centre Ltd, has pleaded not guilty to 23 charges relating to the theft of US$937,592.62 from the company. The local woman is accused of stealing the money between April 2010 and June 2013. During that time she is alleged to have written fourteen […]
