Archive for March, 2023
PPM leader baits premier on Bush’s link to PACT
(CNS: After McKeeva Bush was charged Wednesday in relation to allegations of indecent assault at a Caribbean Tourism Organization cocktail reception at the Ritz-Carlton hotel last September, Opposition Leader Roy McTaggart accused Premier Wayne Panton of attempting to disown the veteran MP. The PPM leader baited Panton after the premier referred to Bush as an […]
Animal charity gets CPA green light for new shelter
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Humane Society has been given approval by the Central Planning Authority for a purpose-built animal rescue shelter in the Mount Pleasant area of West Bay. The new location is on Captain Reginald Parsons Drive and will provide space for up to 160 animals. Despite being in a residential community, the CPA […]
Three arrested after customs seize fentanyl pills
(CNS): Two Jamaican men aged 47 and 38 and a 32-year-old Caymanian woman, all living in East End, were arrested last week on suspicion of importing 200 fentanyl tablets after customs officers seized an incoming parcel at the Airport Post Office containing the potent synthetic opioid some ten days ago. CBC Director Charles Clifford sounded […]
Hung jury in murder trial, Dixon to be retried
(CNS): After more than two days of deliberation, the seven women and five men of the jury in the trial of Javon James Dixon (29) for the murder of Jovin Omar Fuentes (32) confirmed Tuesday that they were unable to reach a verdict. Justice Cheryll Richards dismissed the jurors after they sent a final note […]
Bush due in court facing indecent assault charges
(CNS) UPDATED: The former speaker of the Cayman Islands parliament and West Bay MP, McKeeva Bush (WBW), has been charged with two counts of indecent assault and alternatively common assault in relation to an incident occurring at a Caribbean Tourism Organization cocktail event at the Ritz-Carlton resort last September. Police said he was due to […]
ODPP pays $64k bill after failed seizure of legit cash
(CNS): The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions was ordered to pay US$64,000 in compensation to a Brazilian businessman after the office tried unsuccessfully to freeze and seize his assets in the Cayman Islands even though he was able to show that the money was legitimately earned. The order followed a decision by the […]
Men admit their part in $500k turtle farm fraud
(CNS): Two men have pleaded guilty to fraud and two others have been released by the court in a long-running corruption case relating to the Cayman Turtle Centre (CTC). Prosecutors said Monday that they had accepted pleas entered by Mark Manderson (41) and Jeremy Williams (39) in relation to a conspiracy in which Manderson is […]
Driver admits killing motorcyclist in West Bay crash
(CNS): Jordon Telford (39) from West Bay pleaded guilty on Friday to causing the death of Shemiah Grant in a collision in the district almost two years ago. The case has dragged through the courts as a result of the time it takes for accident reconstruction reports to be finalised. However, Telford finally answered the […]
Suspected Russian gun smuggler working in Cayman
(CNS): Anton Parygin, a Russian national with both Israeli and Canadian citizenship who is accused of gun smuggling, is working in the Cayman Islands, according to information revealed in court on Friday. Parygin appeared in the dock in Grand Court in relation to three firearms and ammunition found in his luggage at Owen Roberts Airport […]
Man sustains head injury during fight in North Side
(CNS): A North Side man was taken to hospital on Thursday night with a head wound after another man struck him in the head with what police said was “an object” during a fight with another man at an undisclosed address. Police and emergency services were called to the scene, where the injured man was […]
Man exposes himself to women and police
(CNS): A 30-year-old man from West Bay has been charged with criminal trespass, three counts of intentional harassment, alarm or distress and damaging an electronic monitoring device after exposing himself at a condo complex on West Bay Road and inside a police patrol car last weekend. Two women had called the police after a man […]
