Courts
Cop denies cruelty charge over death of K9 Baron
(CNS): Police Officer Timothy Alexander Munroe appeared in Summary Court on Tuesday, facing a single charge of cruelty to an animal in relation to the death of the police dog, Baron, last year. Munroe, who pleaded not guilty, graduated from police training in March 2022, one of two recruits to be awarded ‘Most Outstanding Student’. […]
Dixon’s story ‘a complete concoction’, says crown
(CNS): Javon James Dixon (29), who is on trial for the murder of his friend, Jovin Omar Fuentes (32), last summer lied to the police about many things, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Candia James-Malcolm said Tuesday. As she summed up the crown’s case against him, she said that his story was “a complete concoction” […]
Clinic gets OK for JR of DPP’s failure to prosecute ex-CMO
(CNS): Doctors Express and its related companies have been given the green light by the Grand Court to bring a judicial review of a decision by the director of public prosecutions (DPP) not to institute criminal proceedings against the former chief medical officer, Dr John Lee, and customs officer Holly Schneider for perjury, attempting to […]
Dixon declines chance to tell his side in murder trial
(CNS): As the crown closed its case against Javon James Dixon (29) for the murder of Jovin Omar Fuentes (32) last summer, the Bodden Town man passed up the chance to tell his side of the story to the jury. Dixon, who has pleaded not guilty to murder and possession of an unlicensed firearm, declined […]
Teenager denies robbery and trying to use stolen cards
(CNS): A teenager from George Town has pleaded not guilty to robbery, possession of an imitation gun and two charges of attempted theft, denying that he had tried to use stolen bank cards at an ATM in the Countryside Shopping Village in Savannah last December. The 17-year-old boy appeared in court via Zoom from HMP […]
Elvis walks free after judge stays case over jury process
(CNS): Elvis McKeever (64) from Cayman Brac walked away from Grand Court a free man on Thursday after a judge stayed two charges against him that had been brought under the ICT Act. McKeever was accused of threatening public officials in a social media rant, but the case was stopped by Justice Philip St John-Stevens […]
Webb’s FIFA case sentence re-set for 13th time
(CNS): The sentencing hearing for disgraced local football hero Jefferey Webb has been rescheduled for what appears to be at least the thirteenth time. Webb was convicted of various offences in relation to the infamous FIFA scandal in 2015. According to documents filed with the courts in the Eastern District of New York, an order […]
DJ jailed for over 16 years for raping woman twice
(CNS): DJ Renato Renaldo Harris (40) has been jailed for sixteen and a half years following his conviction last year for two counts of rape of the same woman in July 2018. Harris’ victim, who was from Canada, became pregnant after the sexual attack and returned to that country to get an abortion. Harris has […]
Burglar jailed for over 5 years for stealing safe
(CNS): Romario Desmond Brown (22) has been sentenced to five years and four months in prison for making off with a safe during an aggravated burglary in South Sound last year as well as a number of other burglaries. Brown was one of three men who, armed with a crowbar, broke into a home in […]
GT man acquitted of gun charges by jury
(CNS): Adam Marvick Llewellyn (54) walked away from court a free man on Thursday after he was found not guilty on gun charges by a jury following a week-long trial. Llewellyn was charged after police found a gun in a backpack in the bedroom of his house in the Rock Hole area of George Town […]
Pageant queen guilty of assault and all other charges
(CNS): The reigning Miss Universe Cayman Islands, Tiffany LeAnn Conolly (24), from West Bay, has been convicted of six criminal counts of assault, damage to property and disorderly conduct. The guilty verdicts were delivered Thursday by Magistrate Philippa McFarlane, who said the case against Conolly was “overwhelming”. The pageant queen had denied assaulting her former […]
