Dealer facing extra jail time for pimping charges
(CNS): Wayne Carlos Myles, who is serving 13 years in jail for dealing cocaine, may find that prison time extended. On Thursday the crown urged a judge to add whatever sentence she decides is appropriate for his conviction for living off the earnings of prostitution, as prosecutors say this is a completely separate offence to the drug crimes. Myles is understood to be the first person in the Cayman Islands to ever be convicted for essentially pimping.
Myles was convicted of three counts of living off the earnings of sex workers and three of attempting to do so. The charges all relate to messages that were found on Myles’ phone, which had been seized when he became wrapped up in the drug case for which he is now serving the lengthy term.
The court heard that Myles was effectively acting as a go-between for men who wanted to pay for sexual services and a stable of largely Spanish speaking women whom he offered for the sale of sex.
While there was no evidence of serious coercion, with messages between him and the sex workers showing they often declined to take a deal he had brokered or refused to meet a particular client. There were other messages from women asking him to find them a paying client, for which Myles was taking a cut of the fee.
His defence attorney argued that while he was clearly motivated by financial gain, Myles’ cut was a smaller percentage and he was not, as the crown had suggested, making what could be described as a “significant financial gain”.
He said the case was not the most serious of its kind and the judge should run the sentence concurrently, given that the charges arose out of the same investigation and they were part of Myles’ criminal entrepreneurial efforts at the time; and the length of his existing sentence should also be taken into account.
The lawyer said Myles was an intelligent man who had chose the wrong path to direct his skills but he was not a lost cause. He would, he said, be able to become a productive member of society once released if he used his abilities to live a legitimate crime free life.
The judge said she would take time to consider the case and is expected to deliver her decision on 5 March.
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This is not going to be a popular opinion, but so it goes:
I think prostitution should be regulated. Currently, it is illegal. The oldest profession is always going to be around, so do we want those prostituting themselves (see? gender neutral) to be regularly tested, or do we want things the way they are now with no regulation and no testing, other that MAYbe when they enter the country.
There will always be pimps and always be prostitutes. Do we want them safe and clean, or just continue to pretend it doesn’t happen?
How about we just enforce our laws, including deporting expatriates involved?
He is Not what I would call a Man . Scum like him gives all of us a bad name . He destroys girls lives and puts them at great risk , for his own greed .
Yea baby!
What would Eden do?
Wait till unna hear who the “clients” were! Can’t sell nuttin’, if nobody nah buying……
why would we hear who the clients were? It is not illegal to pay for sex and or sell sex on the island.
Not true.
It is true….
Trade and business license?
The time should be concurrent. The case was flimsy and I wouldn’t be surprised if it was successful on appeal.
You hope. I wouldn’t be surprised if you were part of it.
I notice there is none of the usual stuff about deport him…………
OK, why not? And what about the hookers? What do you have to do to get deported around here?
Prostitution is not illegal in cayman. so why would you deport them? and why do you assume they are no caymanian?
Ummm, prostitution is illegal, is expressly describes in the Immigration Law as being grounds for refusal of and revocation of permissions, and the women are described as Spanish speaking.
Please quote the statue, as you are wrong. It may be against immigration perhaps, but it is certainly not illegal under the law for a caymanian.
Trade and Business licensing Law.
2.40pm Are you talking about the Statue of Liberty, if so he certainly lost his.
Add 10 more years for each conviction of pimping. That would be a decent start.
I’m quite sure some will remember this guy a long doing this inside a now defunct bar called the Lower Deck in GT, if memory serves me well this was in 2010-2011. There are others who have openly bragged to me about bringing in girls from Cuba, DR and other islands for their pimping businesses. He is just the tip of the iceberg, but it’s a good start. RCIPS need to stake out these scumbags, the women they pimp and start arresting their johns, but of course this might be problematic if person of privilege or political power gets caught with his pants down.
prostitution is not illegal cayman, just keeping a brothel or being a pimp.
The way today is going I need a prostitute
It is illegal if you do not have a Trade or Business License to do it.
“An intelligent man who could become a productive member of society”!!!! – he is the scum of the earth and should never be allowed back into society. He can enjoy himself where he is, amongst his peers.