GT man acquitted of gun charges by jury

| 09/02/2023 | 14 Comments
Cayman Islands Law Courts, Cayman News Service
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(CNS): Adam Marvick Llewellyn (54) walked away from court a free man on Thursday after he was found not guilty on gun charges by a jury following a week-long trial. Llewellyn was charged after police found a gun in a backpack in the bedroom of his house in the Rock Hole area of George Town last May during a search of his home. Police found a .38 revolver and five rounds of ammunition in a pouch inside the bag. Llewellyn admitted the bag was his but denied knowing anything about the gun and said someone had set him up.

During the course of the trial, the jury heard that the police had failed to investigate Llewellyn’s claims or interview potential witnesses that could have corroborated those claims. There were also shortcomings in the inquiry and in how the evidence had been handled, leading to allegations of a contaminated crime scene and a failure of the police to pursue all of the evidence.

Having found the gun in Llewellyn’s bag with some of his personal possessions, including glasses and medication, the police had charged him with possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition on that basis.


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  1. Anonymous says:

    His original countryman investigate and present his case. Unna nuh see it? Check fi see where he come from then check fi see where the investigating police come from. Jury can only go by what is presented before them to make a judgement. The police in Cayman need a purging. Too many of one nationality.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Umm Adam is as Caymanian as they come! He even holds a national sporting record for Cayman so please hush

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  2. anon says:

    literally, every tv show and film since fingerprints were invented say not to contaminate crime scene, isn’t it basic police work??

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  3. Anonymous says:

    Wish they were as professional at investigating real crime as they are at perusing illegal tint

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  4. Anonymous says:

    Sounds like the ombudsman needs to investigate this one

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    • Anonymous says:

      Oh please. How many cases do you know of that was successfully investigated and dealt with, in recent times, by the office of the Ombudsman?

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  5. Anonymous says:

    Another top quality investigation by the RCIPS.

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  6. Anonymous says:

    Lol. Joke of a country

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  7. Anonymous says:

    What ?

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  8. Anonymous says:

    Classic.

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  9. Anonymous says:

    This country going slowly crazy!

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  10. Anonymous says:

    I’m so happy for Adam!! Anyone who knows him will agree that he has always been an upright and hardworking man. The system tried to ruin his reputation, but Lady Justice has prevailed once again.

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