Archive for May, 2018
Police charge more burglary suspects
(CNS): Efforts by the RCIPS to deal with the pressing issue of burglaries appear to be bearing fruit after another two suspects were charged Monday in connection with two different burglaries in Prospect and along Seven Mile Beach. A 35-year-old man from George Town who was arrested last week has been charged in connection with […]
Port boss faces list of mismanagement accusations
(CNS): A damning report released by the auditor general has revealed a significant list of allegations against the director of the Port Authority of the Cayman Islands (PACI), ranging from mismanagement to potential fraud and corruption. Clement Reid is accused of breaching recruitment practices, spending over $130,000 decorating the port offices without approval, allowing staff […]
Customs officer acquitted in gun case
(CNS): It took a jury around half an hour to find Claude Terry (36) not guilty of having an illegal gun, Friday, following a week-long trial. A customs officer based on Cayman Brac, Terry was charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm after a Smith & Wesson revolver and bullets were found in August 2016 […]
Local man enters 11th hour plea in gun case
(CNS): Javier Howell (26) pleaded guilty Friday to possession of an unlicensed gun, ammunition and more than 120 grammes of cocaine just days before he was due to stand trial, having previously denied the allegations. Emily Patrick, who was also charged with possession of ammunition in the same case, was discharged by the court when the […]
Police track down missing teenage girl
(CNS): UPDATED – Police have now confirmed that the 16-year-old girl who was reported missing after she failed to attend school Friday has been found and was reportedly in good health. Police thanked the public for their help in finding her after they had issued a missing person report. Anna Scott had last seen on […]
Police seek witnesses from red car in fatal smash case
(CNS): Police are calling on anyone who may have seen the fatal collision in North Side last Sunday (29 April) to get in touch with the traffic officers who are investigation the crash. In particular, they are interested in speaking with the occupants of a red vehicle that may have been overtaken by the Honda Fit Aria just […]
Tennis club’s former boss charged with list of crimes
(CNS): Police have confirmed that Rob Seward (46), the former general manager and head pro-trainer at the Cayman Islands Tennis Club, has been charged with multiple counts of theft, forgery, obtaining property by deception, uttering a forged document, and converting, disguising or concealing proceeds of criminal conduct in connection with cash taken from the club’s bank […]
Man attacked by gang at West Bay Public Beach
(CNS): A Royal Cayman Islands Police Service investigation has been opened into a violent assault Wednesday evening by four men at the West Bay Public Beach. Police said that they received a report that a man had been at the beach at about 6:30pm on 2 May when he was approached by four men, who threatened […]
Foiled robber flees empty handed from bakery
(CNS): A would-be robber wearing an orange top fled empty-handed from the Caribbean Bakery in West Bay Thursday evening after staff refused his demands for cash. Police said they received the report of an attempted robbery at the local shop on Mount Pleasant Road at about 8:20pm. Two staff members reported that they had just […]
Premier: UK treachery goes beyond enforced register
(CNS): News that the UK is going to force the Cayman Islands and other overseas territories to establish public registers of beneficial ownership relating to the financial entities domiciled there is a “treachery” that goes beyond the registers itself, Premier Alden McLaughlin has said. The move is “way beyond” the policy question and has to […]
Operation Tempura spin-offs ran up AG’s lawyer bill
(CNS): Acting Solicitor General Reshma Sharma from the Portfolio of Legal Affairs told the Public Accounts Committee Thursday that spin-off litigation from the fall-out of Operation Tempura, a corruption probe into the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service, accounted for a significant amount of spending by the Attorney General’s Chambers on outside lawyers’ fees. Appearing before […]
