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Bouchard gets 12 years for ‘eye-watering’ theft
(CNS): Justice Paul Worsley handed down a twelve-year prison term to Michelle Bouchard (55) in the Grand Court Thursday just hours after she was convicted of stealing more than $2 million from her elderly boyfriend. “From the time of your arrest in October 2012 you set about stripping out his accounts on an eye-watering scale,” […]
Jury finds Bouchard guilty on 25 charges
(CNS): Michelle Bouchard (55) was convicted on Thursday of 25 of the 26 counts against her in relation to the theft of more than $2 million from her elderly boyfriend, James Hanford, a Cayman property owner from Australia. During the second day of deliberations, the jury of four men and three women returned their verdict […]
Bouchard moved over $1M in month before arrest
(CNS): As the prosecution wrapped up its cross-examination of the defendant, Michelle Bouchard, Monday, Simon Russell Flint QC quizzed her about why she had systematically moved almost $1 million from a joint account she shared with James Handford, the man she is accused of stealing from, in less than a month. Bouchard is accused of […]
Diary reveals Bouchard’s financial insecurity
(CNS): Extracts from a diary written by Michelle Bouchard, who is accused of stealing more than $2 million from her wealthy former boyfriend, were read to the jury this week as the crown drew its case against her to a close. Entries in the diary during the period when she met James Handford, the elderly […]
Crown claims Bouchard defrauded elderly man
(CNS): The trial of 55-year-old Michelle Bouchard, a Canadian accused of defrauding an elderly man of over $2 million, began Tuesday afternoon. Opening the case for the prosecution, Simon Russell Flint QC said, “This is a case about greed — greed on a massive scale. This defendant became desperate to become rich in her late […]
Woman’s appeal fails in $2M theft case
(CNS): Michelle Bouchard, who was convicted in April 2016 of more than two dozen counts of theft and other offences related to the theft of over $2 million from her elderly companion, James Handford, failed to have her appeal heard at the first hurdle on Tuesday. The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal denied her application, […]
$2.2 million scammer ordered to pay back cash
(CNS): Michelle Bouchard (57) has been ordered to pay back the money she stole from James Bruce Handford, an octogenarian whom she scammed out of millions of dollars while she shared his home. The Canadian national, who is serving a ten-year term, reduced from 12 by the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal, will pay more than […]
Appeal court cuts sentence in $2M theft
(CNS): A Canadian woman’s 12-year jail sentence for stealing over $2 million from her elderly boyfriend has been reduced to ten years by the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal. Michelle Bouchard (55) was handed the lengthy term in April by the trial judge, Justice Paul Worsley, who described the theft as being on an “eyewatering […]
Jury still deliberating in $2M theft case
(CNS): After more than three and half hours of consideration, the four men and three women on the jury panel deciding the fate of Michelle Bouchard (55) were sent home by the judge Wednesday evening and directed to return Thursday morning. The Grand Court judge, Acting Justice Paul Worsley, released the jury with strict conditions […]
Crown accuses woman of using sex to trick millionaire
(CNS): Prosecutors accused a 55-year-old woman of using sex to trick her 87-year-old millionaire boyfriend into giving her money, claiming she did not really care for him, only his cash. On Friday, as Simon Russell Flint QC, who is prosecuting the case on behalf of the public prosecutor’s office, cross-examined Michelle Bouchard, who is accused […]
Woman claims boyfriend planned to give her $millions
(CNS): Answering the first question put to her as she took the stand in her own defence Thursday, Michelle Bouchard (55) denied stealing anything from her former elderly boyfriend, James Handford (87). Bouchard, a Canadian national, who was in a relationship with Handford, an Australian, when he was in Cayman, said the couple had planned […]
