Archive for September, 2016
Cops round up one suspect in recent GT robberies
(CNS): Police have arrested a 28-year-old man from Bodden Town in connection with two George Town street muggings last Friday night in which guns were involved. The man, who is currently in police custody, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of robbery. The first mugging took place at around 7:30pm in Tropical Gardens, where a man […]
Cubans stranded at sea for four days
(CNS): A group of Cuban migrants were rescued Wednesday from a four-day ordeal at sea by a passing vessel and transported to Grand Cayman. The eight men on board the make-shift vessel said they had been stranded after their boat experienced engine problems. The men have now been taken into custody by immigration officials. The […]
Firefighters back at West Bay station
(CNS): Following $35,000 worth of repairs and renovations, the West Bay fire crew is back at base two months after work on mould problems in the air-conditioning system at the fire house drove them into temporary accommodation at the Ed Bush Sports Complex. The district fire station reopened Wednesday, when dignitaries from across government showed up […]
RCIPS auditing child sex-crime cases
(CNS): The RCIPS has begun an audit of all open child abuse cases and is conducting an internal disciplinary review of officers and supervisors involved in the case concluded this week by the courts, in which the police failed to investigate a serious child abuse complaint. But police officials confirmed there would be no public […]
Police failure blamed for child sex abuse acquittals
(CNS): Two local men accused of consistently sexually abusing a child in the family home have been acquitted after the judge pointed to the “gross incompetence” of the police investigation that undermined the evidence and prejudiced the defendants so much that he had no choice but to find the men not guilty on all counts. […]
New law removes old convictions
(CNS): The arrival of the Criminal Records (Spent Convictions) Bill, 2016 will be a welcome move for many people in Cayman who have found it difficult to find work, get loans or travel overseas because of old or minor convictions that are blighting their record and preventing them from getting a clean police clearance. The new […]
Utilities office will oversee IT, power, water and fuel
(CNS): Government’s plan to create an umbrella utilities commission to oversee and regulate all of the utility related sectors in Cayman are now well underway and four pieces of legislation required to change the current regime and provide for the new office will be debated in parliament next month, with several more amendments to other […]
Jury delivers split verdict in robbery-sex crime case
(CNS): A jury returned two guilty and two not guilty verdicts Wednesday, following several hours deliberating the crown’s case against Walter Jordan McLaughlin (left) for abduction, indecent assault, robbery and common assault. The jury acquitted the local man of abduction and indecent assault but convicted him of robbery and common assault. The victim in the […]
CAL flight aborted over safety error
(CNS): A Cayman Airways flight to Miami on Tuesday evening was aborted shortly after take-off when the pilots were unable to retract the landing gear because maintenance crews had failed to remove two ground lock safety pins. Officials from Cayman Airways said that while the aircraft was never in an “unsafe condition”, the breach of […]
Throat slasher faced significant provocation
(CNS): A George Town man will have to wait two more weeks to find out if he will serve time in jail for cutting the throat of another man who had threatened on more than one occasion to kill him. David Andrew Bodden was found guilty in March of unlawful wounding, the lesser of three […]
Police call on witnesses to GT bar shooting
(CNS): As police continue investigations into a shooting outside a bar in the industrial area of George Town on Sunday night, officers are appealing for witnesses. There have been very few details released about the incident, in which a man was shot but did not receive any life-threatening injuries. Police have not said how many […]
