Courts
Suspect acquitted in prison gun case
(CNS): It took a jury less than two hours on Tuesday to find Matthew Anthony Whittaker (28) not guilty of charges relating to the possession of a loaded unlicensed firearm in the parking lot at HMP Northward on 6 May 2017. The crown had accused him of pulling the weapon and a knife on another […]
GT man admits having illegal gun and ammo
(CNS): Kemar Anthony Boothe pleaded guilty to possessing an illegal gun and 15 rounds of ammunition when he appeared in Grand Court Friday. The court heard that a 9mm Smith & Wesson pistol was found at his home in Outpost Street during a search, which it is understood was part of a wider investigation. Prosecutors […]
West Bay woman denies stabbing charges
(CNS): Arthurlyn Diane Ebanks (49) from West Bay has denied stabbing another woman during a violent encounter in the district earlier this month. When she appeared in Grand Court Friday, Ebanks pleaded not guilty to wounding with intent in connection with an altercation at around 2:00am on Saturday, 4 May, close to Kelly’s Bar on […]
Police charge three burglary suspects
(CNS): Three men were expected to appear in court today facing charges in relation to three separate burglaries in George Town and West Bay. The youngest of the three, a 16-year-old boy from West Bay, has been charged with aggravated burglary and possession of cocaine with intent to supply following his arrest Tuesday in connection […]
GT man remanded after sex-crime charges
(CNS): A 38-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of attempted rape on Monday was charged with a list of crimes yesterday in relation to an assault on a woman, whom he knew, at her George Town home. The man, who lives in the district, was remanded in custody after appearing in Summary Court facing […]
Stabbing suspect charged with list of crimes
(CNS): One of two people arrested after a violent incident near the George Town Library on Saturday night, in which two men were stabbed, has been charged with a long list of offences in relation to the incident. The 22-year-old man from George Town is facing charges of wounding with intent, robbery, common assault and […]
How is the decision made to deport someone?
When someone on a work permit is convicted of a crime here, why don’t they get automatically deported after they complete their sentence? I have read articles on expats committing crimes where they are ordered to be deported once they get out of prison and others where that doesn’t seem to be the case. What […]
West Bay man denies violent home invasion
(CNS): Ryan Ebanks (40) from West Bay has denied a list of serious charges in connection with a violent home invasion in the district earlier this year. In Grand Court Friday, he pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated burglary, robbery and wounding with intent at a house on Mona Lisa Way at around 10pm […]
Third man missing in stabbing case
(CNS): In Grand Court on Friday, Corey Shamar Pusey and Ivon Samoza Bush both pleaded not guilty to stabbing a couple outside a George Town Bar earlier this year. But a third man, Kurt Stevenson Carter, who is also charged in this case, was absent as the court heard he had not yet been arrested. […]
Four men face trial after denying drug conspiracy
(CNS): Four men from Cayman and Jamaica have denied charges of conspiring to import over 200lbs of ganja after they were intercepted by police in East End last June. Deno Kalifa Ennis, Barton Elsworth Rivers, Jonathan Ashley Moore and Nickarthur Romane Sanderson will now face trial in November in connection with the drug bust. Around […]
Woman charged with GBH after weekend stabbing
(CNS): A 49-year-old woman from West Bay was due to appear in court Monday after stabbing another woman in the hand following an altercation near Kelly’s on Birch Tree Hill Road around 2am on Saturday morning. According to the RCIPS, two men and two women were involved in a brawl; when one of women left […]
