Archive for March 3rd, 2023
UK court rules against closed-door legal hearing
(CNS): Two Caymanian prisoners serving life sentences for murder have won an important legal victory in a fight to serve their sentences at HMP Northward after being transferred without notice to high-security prisons in the UK. The Judicial Committee of the UK’s Privy Council (JCPC), after a historic sitting in the Cayman Islands, has ruled that […]
Consultation begins on Sexual Harassment Bill
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government has unveiled the Sexual Harassment Bill, 2023, more than fifteen years after local activists began the campaign for such legislation and government formed a task force to examine the issue. The draft law has been published as a white paper and is open for public consultation until 15 April. This […]
Stalker offers cash to women for sexual favours
(CNS): The police are on the lookout for a man who has been sexually harassing women walking home from work in George Town, offering them money in exchange for sex. The man was said to have approached three different women on three separate occasions in the evenings at around 7pm last month. The three incidents […]
