Archive for November 12th, 2024
Appeal court to hear crown on Bush’s stalled assault case
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal has agreed to hear the prosecution argue why an indecent assault case against former premier McKeeva Bush should not have been stopped and why the crown should still be able to try Bush on the allegations. However, the appeal will not be heard until May next year, which […]
Delays in case cut bank burglary gang’s jail time in half
(CNS) The sentences of three men convicted of an “audacious burglary” at the Royal Bank of Canada in 2016 and a woman accused of handling $4,000 of the more than CI$500,000 that was stolen were all cut by 50% on Friday because it took over eight years for the case to conclude. David Samuel Bodden, […]
Cayman Islands endured hot, dry October
(CNS): Temperatures climbed on all three Cayman Islands during October, making it the tenth month in a row in which temperature records exceeded the average. Cayman Brac had the hottest temperature, which rose to 93°F on the fifth of the month, exceeding the average 30-year temperature for October by 2.5°F. It was also unusually dry, […]
Another late storm brews in central Caribbean
(CNS): The Cayman Islands could face another storm in the next week or so, according to the National Hurricane Center. A tropical wave over the central Caribbean Sea has an 80% chance of developing into a storm in the next seven days as an area of disorganised showers and thunderstorms moves slowly westward into our […]
RCIPS warns about text and social media scams
(CNS) Police said two specific scams are currently targeting people in the Cayman Islands. One is a social media romance scam involving a fake persona called ‘Andrei Wolfman’, and the other is a text message bank scam that cons customers into thinking their accounts have been put on hold. Police are reminding people of the […]
Elderly US visitor dies after snorkelling off 7MB
(CNS) UPDATED: A 79-year-old man who was visiting the Cayman Islands from the United States died following a snorkelling trip on Sunday morning. The police said he had experienced difficulties while in the water off Seven Mile Beach just south of Canal Point Drive off the West Bay Road. He was assisted to shore, and […]
Watson’s jail time cut by year, conviction stands
(CNS): Canover Watson will be serving twelve months less in jail than expected after the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal cut his eight-year term to seven last week in relation to his conviction in a $1.5 million CONCACAF fraud. However, his appeal against conviction was rejected. CICA President Sir John Golding said Watson’s convictions for […]
