Archive for November, 2018
Pavement-painting scam suspects face more charges
(CNS): Patrick Sherdan (21), David Gammell (20) and John Quilligan (22), visitors to the Cayman Islands from the UK and Ireland who are charged with obtaining property by deception, impersonating a public officer and working without a permit over a pavement painting scam, could be facing more charges for similar cons, prosecutors revealed in Grand […]
West Bayers want Barkers to remain untouched
(CNS): West Bayers have made it clear that they do not want government to approve the coastal works application being made by the owner of Calico Jack’s to remove almost 180,000 sq.ft of turtle grass and build a jetty along Barkers beach. At a public meeting in the district on Tuesday evening residents were urged […]
Claimed stolen goods help cops nab burglars
(CNS): The police have laid charges in at least two old burglary cases going back to 2016 after members of the public responded to a call to identify stolen property shown on the RCIPS website this month. Several people came forward to identify their property, helping the police tie the items to specific burglaries. But police […]
New lead emerges in cold case GT murder
(CNS): New information has emerged in the 2010 cold case killing of Courtney Spence (32), the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service revealed Wednesday, as they appealed to anyone with information that could help with the nine-year-old unsolved murder to come forward. In a short press release the RCIPS said there had been new developments that reactivated […]
Judge considers case of attempted child abduction
(CNS): A local man from West Bay has denied trying to abduct a nine-year-old girl who was vacationing in Cayman with her family when she was playing with her six-year-old sister at the Plantation Village condos on the West Bay Road in May. Sean Scott (37) is charged with criminal trespass and attempted abduction but has […]
Three new acting judges added to bench
(CNS): The new Cayman Islands governor, Martyn Roper, has made his first appointments to the local bench with three new justices. Judge Aileen Downey, Simon Russell Flint QC, and Hugh Southey QC will be added to the existing panel of acting Grand Court judges who help support the growing court dockets. The Judicial and Legal Services […]
Work underway on new national plan
(CNS): Many years after the government, in accordance with its own laws, should have begun reviewing the existing development plan for Grand Cayman, the Department of Planning is now working on updating the island-wide plan, which is intended to guide the physical development and overall use of land. Officials are asking for public input for “Plan Cayman”, […]
Witnesses wanted to violent assault on woman
(CNS): The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service is looking for witnesses to an assault on a woman at Smith Cove during an early morning public altercation on Sunday. Police arrested a 31-year-old man from George Town on suspicion of assault after the incident, in which he is accused of punching a woman in the face […]
Fatal crash lands drunk driver in jail
(CNS): Warren Samuel Hogarth (56) from North Side was jailed Tuesday for two years and five months and disqualified from driving for five years following his conviction for causing the death of Denvil Mitchell (40) by dangerous driving in 2016. As he delivered his sentence ruling, visiting judge, Acting Justice Roger Chapple, said it was a […]
WORC bill gets full backing of MLAs
(CNS): The Legislative Assembly has given its backing to overhaul the current immigration system with the introduction of a new labour agency dealing with the management of work permits as well as the development of local workers. In the LA on Monday, Premier Alden McLaughlin said the bill to create the Workforce Opportunities and Residency […]
Police to oversee legal island-wide motorbike ride
(CNS): As many as 200 motorcycle riders could be hitting the road on Sunday for an organised motorbike ride across Grand Cayman, which the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service will oversee. The police said that some roads will be closed during Ride Out Cayman (ROC), which is expected to happen between noon and 3:30pm this coming […]
