Courts
Driver jailed as he awaits sentence in fatal crash
(CNS): Jordan Telford (40) was remanded in custody Friday, as he awaits a judge’s sentencing ruling for causing the death of Shemiah Grant more than two years ago. Justice Cheryll Richards said she would deliver her decision on how long he will serve in jail at the end of the month. Telford has admitted texting […]
Police Sgt denies misconduct over data breach
(CNS): RCIPS Sergeant Keren Watson pleaded not guilty on Friday to misconduct in public office and will face trial next month. Watson has denied allegations that she used her position to take information from a government database to find the phone details of a love rival. She is alleged to have contacted the woman after […]
Man charged with abduction and indecent assault
(CNS): A 37-year-old man from Bodden Town is due to appear in court Friday facing a list of crimes in relation to the abduction of a woman last month. He has been charged with abduction, indecent assault and three counts of common assault. He has also been charged with careless driving in relation to a […]
Serial con woman faces list of fraud charges
(CNS): Judith Douglas, who has a history of conning people out of their cash, is facing a new set of charges. The 57-year-old George Town woman, who was recently released from prison, having served a sentence for a massive Caymanian status fraud, is now facing 36 counts of obtaining property by deception in a rental […]
Crown: Ex-auxiliary cop threatened murder witness
(CNS): Prosecutor Scott Wainright told the court Thursday that Courtney Alphanso Levy (46), a former auxiliary officer with the RCIPS, threatened a key witness in a murder trial into silence, acting on behalf of a man who was later convicted of killing his own son. As he opened the crown’s case against him, Wainright said […]
Man guilty of trying to kill his father-in-law
(CNS): It took a jury of five women and two men almost five hours on Thursday to find Luisto Eusebio Hernandez guilty of attempted murder and the possession of an unlicensed firearm. The 28-year-old man from East End was convicted of trying to kill his de facto father-in-law when he shot him in the stomach […]
Woman convicted in beauty salon brawl bailed
(CNS): Aisha Jamilah English (32), who was sentenced to 21 months in jail last year for stabbing her co-worker during a fight at a George Town beauty salon, has been released on bail. English has filed an appeal against her conviction based largely on an accusation of incompetent counsel. But the hearing has been delayed, […]
Fatal crash suspect fails in bid to leave Cayman
(CNS): A Canadian national and resident of the Cayman Islands who was arrested in March on suspicion of causing the death of Abele Hiwet (38) on the West Bay Road in a hit-and-run has failed in a legal bid to leave the country. The 36- year-old man who is on police bail, sought a judicial […]
Woman denies unlawful possession of pistol
(CNS): A George Town woman denied the unlawful possession of a handgun when she appeared in Grand Court Friday. Ava Natena Daniels (47) was arrested last summer following a raid at a house in Tropical Gardens. Daniels pleaded not guilty to having a 9mm Girsan pistol and is expected to face trial later this year. […]
Case against trio accused of GT murder stalled
(CNS): The three men accused of the murder of Randy Kelsey Robinson (37) on Shedden Road in George Town earlier this month did not answer the charges against them on Friday when they appeared in Grand Court for the first time. One of the lawyers in the case asked for and secured a month-long adjournment […]
Wanted gun suspect caught and released again
(CNS): Kadeem Andre Johnnaton Hurlston (29) has been arrested and charged with firearm-related offences after the police put out an alert last week asking the public for help to track him down. Hurlston was located on Wednesday, 23 May, and has since been charged with possession of an unlicensed, loaded firearm and inflicting GBH in […]
