Courts
Local women admit selling lottery tickets
(CNS): Four women who appeared in Grand Court Friday all admitted that they had sold lottery tickets. The women, who have been charged under the gambling law, were caught selling the tickets near Archie’s Bar bar on Shedden Road, George Town, during a police bust in March last year. The women, aged between 19 and […]
Local man denies killing two in drive-by shooting
(CNS): Wayne Bellafonte Jr (31) has denied killing Mark Andre Ebanks (36) and Eldon Charles Walton (55) in a drive-by shooting in July 2021 in what police have said was a gang-related murder. Bellafonte, from North Side, also denied the attempted murder of a third man who was shot at the time, as well as the possession of […]
Boat captain gets over seven years for causing fatal crash
(CNS): Sean Michael McDonald (39) was remanded in custody Wednesday to begin serving a prison sentence of seven years and one month for causing the death of Manuel “Manny” Brown (49), a former police officer from George Town, and his business partner, John Turner (70), a UK national living in Cayman, and endangering the life […]
Cocaine traffickers dodge long prison terms
(CNS): A combination of mitigating factors, admissions of guilt and help given to the police saw two local men convicted of trying to smuggle over 4.65 kilos of cocaine into the Cayman Islands dodge what could have been almost two decades behind bars for their part in the conspiracy. At the sentencing hearing on Tuesday, […]
Boat captain faces lengthy jail time for fatal crash
(CNS): Sean Michael McDonald (39) is expected to be sent to jail on Wednesday, following a court hearing on Friday in relation to the sentence he will receive after being convicted last year on two charges of manslaughter and of endangering life in connection with a deadly night-time boat crash in the North Sound in […]
Suspect denies West Bay gas station stick-up
(CNS): Alvin Shaquille Ebanks (25) from West Bay pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges of robbery and the possession of an imitation gun. After appearing in Grand Court facing allegations that he was one of the men who held up the Hell Gas station in West Bay last month, he was remanded in custody […]
Chief justice reveals plans for district courts
(CNS): Chief Justice Margaret Ramsay-Hale has revealed plans to introduce district courts to help maintain the momentum in clearing the summary court backlog of criminal cases and take justice closer to the people, starting with a pilot later this year in West Bay. The country’s top judge said that the courts will lose access to […]
Police sergeant charged in data breach case
(CNS): A police sergeant was suspended from the RCIPS after she was charged with a number of offences in connection with a data protection breach. The officer, who is accused of using her position to access another woman’s phone number for personal use, is due to appear in court in the New Year charged with […]
BT man denies rape and kidnapping charges
(CNS): Delan Campbell (24) from Bodden Town denied a catalogue of serious charges when he appeared in Grand Court Thursday. The charges relate to allegations that he raped and kidnapped a woman he knew during an assault in George Town last month. Campbell is accused of breaking into the woman’s home late at night armed with […]
Two men now charged with gambling shop murder.
(CNS): Eric Brian Williams Soto (21) from George Town and Justin Kyle Jackson (23) from West Bay are now both charged with the murder of Harry Elliott (62) at a gambling shop earlier this year and are scheduled to stand trial together next year. Jackson had been facing the murder and gun charges alone and was […]
Man denies allegations of attempted murder
(CNS): Luisto Eusebio Hernandez (27), from East End, has denied trying to kill another man during a shooting in Windsor Park in April this year. Hernandez, who is currently in custody after going on the run, pleaded not guilty to possession of an unlicensed firearm and attempted murder when he appeared in court Friday via […]
