Manderson on the run following gun conviction
(CNS): Marcus Steve Manderson (33), who jumped court bail while on remand facing firearm charges and then, police believe, left the islands by boat, is likely back on Grand Cayman and in hiding. Manderson, from West Bay, was convicted in absentia for possession of an unlicensed gun on 2 December. Police said that investigators strongly believe he recently returned to the Cayman Islands and is being housed by various people in the community.
Manderson is due to be sentenced in January 2023, and if he is apprehended, he will spend at least ten years behind bars, the minimum for that offence. As the police search for the local fugitive, they are warning members of the public that he is believed to be armed and dangerous and they should not approach him. Instead, they should call 911 if they see him.
Investigators are encouraging anyone with information about his whereabouts to call the George Town Police Station at 949-4222 or dial 911 if the circumstances are time-sensitive.
Manderson, having been convicted of a serious criminal offence, is considered to be a fugitive evading the criminal justice process. The RCIPS is warning anyone who chooses to aid, assist or harbour him that this is a criminal offence which may lead to a lengthy period of imprisonment. They will investigate anyone who assists him to avoid the police.
Anonymous tips can be provided directly to the RCIPS Confidential Tip Line at 949-7777 or the website.
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I remember Marcus when he was around 9 or 10 years old; he was giving trouble in primary school from then, but with the right intervention he could have probably been saved – and the community could have been spared the financial burden and stresses of another criminal. He really had no guidance in the family he was born to either. In this picture in the article he is barely recognizable; shows what a life of drugs and crime can make a man look like… it is very sad.
33 years old. Absolute waste of skin. Grow up, you feckless idiot.
I’ll get right back to you if approximately half my family get murdered. Then, I’ll concede you have a great point that is well-made.
You’re using the most extreme kind of example. It’s ridiculous.
Death sentences are also proven to be vastly more expensive due to the lengthy, and costly, appeals process.
That is definitely untrue. The death penalty ends ALL expenses for the killer’s upkeep.
CNS: Google “cost of death sentence”. Then read “More Than 4% of Death Row Inmates May Be Innocent“. Then read “Murder Rate of Death Penalty States Compared to Non-Death Penalty States“. It’s a barbaric practice with no justification.
Why oh why are people like this ever given bail? So they can intimidate witnesses perhaps?
This is very surprising. He had such a stable upbringing in a loving home.
21 @ 8:00 pm – LOL! For what it’s worth, I believe his father Steve Manderson remains wrongly convicted and incarcerated for murder.
Released on licence caymannewsservice.com/2019/08/serial-escapee-lifer-released/
family of criminals, what could go wrong
8.00 TROLL!!!
As long as we’re a British OT we will not apply the death penalty. Human rights stuff!
Except when it comes to the gays. Then those don’t apply
Is there a Steve Manderson, Marcus Manderson, and a Steve Marcus Manderson?
https://caymannewsservice.com/2016/08/jailed-man-admits-four-year-old-burglary/
Steve is the Father of Marcus. Marcus’ middle name is Steve.
I know Steve is the father and escape artist, but the Marcus Manderson in the picture for this article and the Marcus Manderson in the link above does not appear to be the same person.
Do we have two separate and distinct criminal Marcus Mandersons is the question. It’s bad enough for that to happen with Bodden and Ebanks.
I went to school with this guy. It is the same person. Don’t do drugs and stay in school!
I went to church with him, definitely the same guy.
Thanks for the picture, he doesn’t look like any Manderson I have ever known.
21 @ 2:26pn – My thoughts exactly!! Status? Can it be revoked???
Agreed. Mandersons have been good hard-working family people for hundreds of years in Cayman. Steve was young and stupid when he killed Miss Chi Chi, and then made another mistake while serving life in Prison. The other Marcus, now in prison I believe, didn’t seem to have any guidance growing up, but the one in this picture I would ask for a DNA test on.
21 @ 5:55pm – Steve Manderson DID NOT kill Miss Che Che, nor was he alleged to have done so. Phillip Yates was convicted and served time for Ms. Che Che’s murder.
Steve Manderson was convicted for the “murder” of a prison guard who was struck in the neck by a piece of porcelain from a toilet that Steve and his cell-mate Oral Roper were alleged to have thrown against the cell bars and it shattered. That is still debatable and Steve, who was originally incarcerated for having a spliff, was sentenced for life.
Steve Manderson was NOT associated with Ms. Che Che’s murder!!
@10:57 Philip Glennon Ebanks was convicted for the murder of Ms. Chi Chi .
young and stupid when he killed someone? what a ridiculous statement. I was young and stupid and all I did was sneak into bars before I could legally drink. smh
Ah, the death sentence, as carried out by those bastions of progressive policies, like North Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia etc.
If one innocent person is killed, it’s not worth it.
Long, long sentences in a high security setting are much better. Removes the cancer from the population, and gives the guilty some time to reflect.
I understand the desire for revenge and retribution, but it’s a very hollow victory.
If you disagree, imagine being that one person sent to their death who is innocent.
When someone slays half your family and smiles in the face of his victims family’s then you may have a different view. Spend thousands, if not millions to incarcerate scum of the earth is not something I am voting for. Ever.
Singapore has criminal justice right: corporal punishment (i.e. torture) for minor offences, and capital punishment (i.e. execution) for serious offences. Western nations however demand that it is apparently more enlightened for so-called ‘criminal justice’ to refrain from such effective methods in favour of platitudes and resigned acceptance of the fact that we have chosen to incentivise ever-rising crime. Prison is both pointless and a waste of money. Criminals are worthless, and should be elimināted. Criminals’ lives don’t matter. Victims’ lives do. Criminal justice policy should be – to paraphrase a famous lefty – “For the many, not the few”. Dead criminals don’t reoffend.
The world that you want to live in is a very scary place.
I am for “Emulate Singapore” one hundred percent! Think how nice it would to NOT have murders AND be rid of murderers!
CNS: If you want to emulate Singapore, you should look at all the reasons why the crime rate is low, such as zero tolerance for all crime, even petty crime like littering, whoever you are, from the top to the bottom of society. That is purely theoretical here. They also have CCTV cameras that are monitored (as they are everywhere except here) and actually work. And there’s almost no corruption, children are taught self-dicipline and to work hard in school, and the population is one of the healthiest in the world.
You might also consider if this is really a place to emulate.
To quote: But anti-death penalty activists argue that the data they present is not evidence for the death penalty’s effectiveness. As Han argues, “correlation does not mean causation” and there are many other reasons why Singapore experiences lower rates of serious crime. Additionally, there are studies that argue there is no evidence that the threat of the death penalty deters crime at a significantly greater rate than that of life imprisonment.
I believe zero tolerance is good for even littering!