Lifer gets third chance on licensed release
(CNS): Philip Glennon Ebanks (59), who was serving a life sentence for a murder he committed when he was just 17 years old and convicted of almost eight years later, was released on licence Thursday for the third time. Ebanks was first paroled in 2013 after serving 24 years in jail, but after committing two burglaries he was returned to prison in 2016. He was released again in 2019, but before the year was out, he had offended again and was sent back to HMP Northward.
Ebanks has now served more than four years for the home invasion he was convicted of in 2019. Last year, he made an application for parole once again, which was granted today by Justice Richard Williams, largely as a result of what the court said was a much stronger support network for him on his release.
Justice Williams said he was satisfied that Ebanks did not pose a threat to society, and urged him to make the most of this opportunity, warning him that it was his last chance and he could be returned to custody if he committed any further offences.
The release is based on a long list of conditions, including electronic monitoring and mandatory drug testing. He will also be released into an appropriate and structured environment under the care of the probation services to assist with his continue rehabilitation and to support him through the transition.
The court heard how Ebanks has been institutionalised, having effectively spent less than five years on the outside since he was jailed in the late 1980s, when he was still in his early twenties. Because he was convicted of a murder committed when he was a juvenile, he has been under the control of the court and not the governor’s office, as was the case in the past for lifers.
He was first released on licence after serving more than double the eleven years that had been recommended by the courts at the time, given his age. Ebanks was convicted of murdering Una Yates, known as “Miss Che-Che”, during a robbery at a West Bay grocery in 1982.
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Another DCR poster child out here committing crimes with his monitor on no doubt ? This Shit would be funny if it were not affecting our safety .
Ever heard of
Racidavism? Repeat offender! Better arm yourselves against this predator!!!!!!
Know all the circumstances now out here on the streets a very unwise decision indeed but when has our government ever made a wise decision when it come to the safety and security of our islands???
All you can here from these probation & Rehabilitation buffs is give them a chance a chance to do What ? Sometimes you have to wonder if they are deliberately setting up these convicted criminals to fail to prove a point or carryout some Sic or demented agenda .
Not a threat. He slit her throat and put her head in the toilet..it was a hideous crime he should rot in jail
8:16 pm check your facts. Maybe you’re remembering a different crime.
Why now with all this crime on our streets? why add yet another threat to women’s safety the courts and probation logic makes no sense whatsoever knowing his history.Come see this supposed support system they claim that is in place pure lies to justify their actions same old same old Cayman then big cover up when he commit another crime or attack another woman. We need to hold them accountable and jail them not him !
Again: PRIVATISE THE PRISON SYSTEM! Make them work for the people… from behind bars, forever!
How many times do I need to say it?
well, it’s not worked in the US so let’s not follow their lead into rotting capitalism.
Then it becomes a means for the private prison owners to want prisoners, constantly!
Not every crime conviction requires prison sentences, but you can sure bet that if the prison was privately owned, the demand by its investors would be to send any and all convicted straight to jail, because they have to “make them work for the people” – as you put it.
I ask you, why would any prisoner be Made to work, is it back to slavery? Is that to your liking?? Sure seems that way to me.
Prisoners get paid if they work.
Their time spent can be used to at least teach them some kind of discipline and work routine , which is what everyone who is not in prison has to live with.
If prison does not cause some hardship and inconvenience where’s the punishment ?
Prison owners don’t sit in court and sentence …….prison is punishment and should be a place that dissuades criminals.
Wokery will not help to fight crime , fear of prison and incarceration , WILL.
Cayman must love criminals, what is hell going on, what a mess these islands are in.
Privatized prison systems are nothing but cauldrons of corruption, They are simply vessels to incarcerate people for profit. Think our prison is full now??
Electric monitory on him. ho will be monitoring him? himself the last time he had it on out late at night and nobody even knew he was trying to get in to homes.
Women need to becareful with predators like him out here on the loose ! This is becoming more unsafe especially for women everyday now !
Probation services don’t make laugh! place needs to be close down total waste of time and money . Enablers who don’t give damn about us only looking out for their own kind.
Explain
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This guy is a serial offender and with how life s on the outside, it is very likely he will reoffend and maybe this time it will not be some petty crime cause he won’t have a thing to lose.
Are there any recourses available for the victims family to take against the judge or government? We have to hold the judicial system accountable for the wrong decisions.
One more chance to murder another person. He was unsuccessful in his last home invasion, but just maybe he’ll be successful this time. Can’t make this $hit up!
We need a 2 strikes and you are out for the persons who decide that criminals are no longer a danger – if they get it wrong twice they and the people who recommended release should be prohibited from ever making such decisions again
it seems Cayman loves crime with caes like this repeating over and over.
You release someone from prison after they were incarcerated for 24 years at the age of 18, never having had the opportunity to get a job or develop skills, and with no job placement or supervision and you are surprised they turn to robbery. Maybe this time there is a faint chance he can make it work. And for all of you that think that punishment is far more important b than rehabilitation, what exactly do you expect will happen when people are released, which they inevitably will be? Or are you going to give people life sentences for everything?
Given the number of criminals in our Government it’s not like they are ever going to legislate for harsher sentences is it?
Now if only we had our woke $100Million Northward resort and spa, NOBODY would want to leave.
In fact, it would be fully occupied by criminals who would find that being caught , would REWARD them with board and lodgings far superior to their own accommodations.
LOL
LOL now 10.25 and pay later.
The consultant rushing through the resort prison will have the last laugh, at our expense.
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NOOOOO….This man committed murder through burglary. He was released and reoffended 3 times for burglary and home invasion….Why is the justice system giving him so many chances or should I say “What do they want to happen before they say no more”.
These Expats are destroying our Islands, how can we give an Expat so many chances….oh wait, nevermind, he’s one of us so let’s give him a few more chances.
Caymanians are destroying your own home the Cayman Islands…you have had control and shirking your responsibilities, you are you are your own worst enemies and shut the $@$%^ about degrading Jams – without them you would have clean your own shit n you treat them like shit. The bad ones coming in with drugs n guns you Caymanians , politicians know and di it because you are all on it…
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If the boy who didn’t want to grow up was a person.
Come in my yard and see what happens.
I remember the murder of Ms Ena. I was 11 years old. It was vicious and brutal. And totally senseless. There was no reason for it. They could have robbed her without killing her in such a horrible way. An elderly and defenseless woman. This man is obviously a psychopath with no remorse or consideration for other people. Only his own violent wants. To kill at such a young age shows there was never any hope for this individual. Some people are beyond rehabilitation and redemption. He is obviously one of them. He should still be in prison for the original crime – the worst known to man – the taking of another life.
Unfortunately, another member of the community will have to suffer before he is locked up again. Hopefully he won’t kill anyone this time. I am disgusted. These British judges need to go back to the UK they have already destroyed with their woefully inadequate sentencing.
sad story. but plenty more like him on the way from the ever expanding caymanian under-class…
Send him back to Jamaica….oh wait.
When our criminals served prison time in Jamaica, EVERYBODY feared being caught, and crime was controlled by fear of punishment. For punishment it was.
Our prison now “No big ting” and the new comfortable woke Liberal resort will have a line outside the gates, with Criminals begging to get in .
And… it’s only going to cost us $100million to speed the downward spiral of a crime infested Cayman.
Stop the waste Juju.
Exaggerate much?
You weren’t here then were you..?
You’ll be here to pay the price tho.
he is zero benefit to the society at this point.
The murder this man committed was by his repeated offences, burglary and home invasion.
Good. 59 years old been and released after extensive time in prison for a murder when he was 17 years old. I envision this similar to Shawshank Redemption with Morgan Freeman’s character Red being released as an old man… an aggravating difference being the home invasion that he served 4 years.
Electric monitory and public support system is vital.
Reading the other comments it’s shocking how quick and overwhelmingly Caymanians want to “lock‘em up and throw away the key” mentality but when discussing matters of USA policy express the polar opposite especially on illegal immigration. Oh yes USA should do this but not in my backyard Bobo 🙈
Nooooo please noooo, this man certainly pose a threat to the society, especially west bay where he is from and the repeated offences occurred. The murder he committed was through the same repeated offences home invasion and burglary.
just what we need… more crime.
More liberal British crap.
This guy should be locked up til he dies. He murdered a human.
This is unbelievable! How many times must he show them that he is not , will not, cannot be rehabilitated. Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is madness.
8.32 in order to be REhabilitated you have to be HABilitated in the first place.
The baby daddy culture breeds these unwanted feral “citizens” that we have to feed and house and NAU at our expense.
err I don’t think to be liberal demands you to be British. Cayman can legislate how it wants, but you know the world over that many murderers serve their time and are released.
Well my friend 4.50…
Unless we put a stop to it now, more “British Crap” woke liberal dooodooo is currently being planned .
The appointed Consultant is enjoying fees in the Millions of dollars, and the planned new Northward $100Million resort and spa will be forced on us using OUR money.
Any element of punishment will be completely removed and criminals will have NO fear of being caught.
This waste should be stopped NOW.
So what you gonna do…?
He’ll keep typing BS on his keyboard, like the armchair expert that he is.
Well said 4.50…Hope our new Premier is reading this.
LMAO she cares?
More Cayman crap! Take responsibilty!
Your home invasion as you put it was a very serious aggravate burglary and I shudder to think what would have happened to my family member and her young child had she not fought him off . But you people can always try to justify the unjustifiable can you not.This individual is a clear menace to society and will no doubt re offend. It’s truly sickening when some of those in our legal system and government entities who job it is to protect and safeguard our communities try to portray these dangerous criminals as victims not predators until they victimize them or their friends or families. Cayman’s society is now being controlled by those that have little or no empathy for Caymanians.
You are responsible for your 3 Islands and you can’t do that – stand up n run your own F#%^%$ Islands, stop griping like babies…sick of hearing the oohh, look at us Jamaicans , British, Asians…oooh Caymanians have no rights….LMAO
Why don’t you ask Justice Williams about that 638pm but you need to becareful because questioning or criticism of the judiciary is not tolerated and can land you in legal trouble Star ! Your ignorance about who is responsible for these islands/overseas territory tell us exactly who you are .Your first nationality is wrong but to many who reside here it surely doesnt appear that way because they have now overrun these little islands so much so that Caymanians have now become a minority.The trouble with ignorance as goes along it picks confidence you appear to be both terribly over confident thus highly ignorant .
Presumably someone was convinced that this criminal was not a risk to the rest of us the previous two times he was released and resumed his criminal activities. Based on the recidivism statistics in Cayman, this decision is likely to be wrong as well. But then criminals are more important then the rest of us.
Our criminal justice system is all about the ‘rights’ of criminals. No one considers the rights of either previous or future victims.
If the assumption that this person is not a risk to the rest of us is wrong, who will compensate the next victims?
The reality is that no one in our criminal justice system would even say ‘Oops’.
You are correct. Zero accountability.
Say it loud 💯
This was one of the most heinous crimes this island ever witnessed against a elderly person and Mr Ebanks is rightly still paying for it but instead he came out of prison and re offended which indicate Mr Ebanks has learnt absolutely nothing from his prison sentence the victim fortunately for her fought back and probably avoided being serious injured or killed. Why put the public at risk .
Can we change murder charges to LIFE as life like 100-300, 1,000 years?
Wtf up with this crap..
When I was robbed, took 4+ hours for Police to turn up, stood outside in work clothes all this time until it was dark as front door was left open and never went in. Had to phone the Police a week later to come take finger prints. The guy had been let out. Identified my belongings at Police Station and asked for a pic of the guy, all I was told was Police told or asked Judiciary not to let him out, ‘he is big’. Never received my belongings back and never heard from Police or anyone again. You and Police know who are….victims need to know and should come first!!
Vote down…are you a cop that was there? Tell me your story then…? No guts?
Robbing grocery stores in 1982 Cayman?!?! No hope for this menace, sorry.
Okay, I believe in a second chance but this is A FOURTH. hard no.
Life is cheap in the Cayman system of “justice” and victims and the public have no rights. What more does this miscreant have to do to convince the judiciary and other authorities that he should serve out a proper term?
Big mistake.
He hasn’t rehabilitated, don’t want to rehabilitate,will not rehabilitate. doing the same tthing over and over and expecting a different result is madness. Some innocent person might end up in trouble defending himself against him. If this is the British way then ask them to take him. Give him a little country cortage in Wiltshire.
What the hell has this got to do with Britain? We have our own courts, own judiciary and own laws. Whilst the Brits may well be ridiculously lenient we are not forced to copy them. This BS is home grown. Speak to your MP!
Duh! The Courts are not controlled by the elected Parliament. The judges are largely British. Most of our laws are based on British common law. Hence why we had to abolish the death penalty and were forced to recognise same sex unions. Sentencing is based on UK guidelines, as we are a UK Overseas Territory.