Courts
Man dodges jail over bullets ‘found’ on beach
(CNS): A local man who said he had found a black bag containing 15 rounds of ammunition on Seven Mile Beach, close to the Kimpton Hotel, earlier this year was given a suspended sentence last month after the court decided “custody was avoidable” given all of the circumstances. Corey Alexia Diaz (26), who pleaded guilty […]
Drs Express wins another battle in fight for justice
(CNS): The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has been ordered to hand over documents that supposedly support its decision not to prosecute any of the public officials involved in an unlawful raid at Doctors Express almost five years ago. In a long-running legal battle, the health facility continues to seek justice over the […]
Mother serving ten years over boyfriend’s gun
(CNS): Thalia Ashanti Barnes (25), the mother of a seven-year-old child, was sentenced to ten years in jail last summer for the possession of her boyfriend’s gun. The court found there were no exceptional circumstances relating to her or the crime when she was convicted in December 2022. The details of the case were revealed […]
Local silk appointed as acting Grand Court judge
(CNS): Ben Tonner KC has been appointed as an acting judge of the Grand Court and will serve from 5 August to 30 August during the newly introduced Long Vacation between the summer sitting and the winter sitting. Governor Jane Owen made the appointment on the advice of the Judicial and Legal Services Commission.
US men jailed for 1½ years for credit-card fraud
CNS: Three American men, Dave Obaseki, Michael Capers and Sean Luke, who recently pleaded guilty to using stolen credit card details to fraudulently purchase 73 items on Grand Cayman have each been sentenced to 18 months in jail. The affected businesses have either had seized items returned or compensation orders granted, the RCIPS said.
ODPP has filed appeal in Bush assault case
(CNS): Director of Public Prosecutions Simon Davis has confirmed that his office filed an appeal in April after the court stopped the trial against McKeeva Bush, who was facing allegations of indecent and common assault. However, the trial judge, Justice Stanley John, ordered a stay of the proceedings on 29 February.
Man not guilty of jury tampering in CIFA case
(CNS): A jury took just over ten minutes on Wednesday to find a local man not guilty of attempting to defeat the course of justice after he was accused of trying to influence a member of a jury that tried two former Cayman Islands Football Association executives for fraud in 2022. Allen Kennedy Ebanks from […]
Bush expects ‘incompetent’ ODPP to try him again
(CNS): McKeeva Bush MP expects the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions to continue the case against him over allegations he indecently assaulted two women at a cocktail party almost two years ago. He has told CNS that he also believes the office, which he described as “incompetent”, may also appeal against the court […]
Judge reverses stay in earlier Bush assault case
(CNS): The legal woes of McKeeva Bush MP may not be over. An acting Grand Court judge who presided over and stopped a trial in which he was facing indecent assault charges earlier this year has reversed part of his decision. In a ruling delivered to the court on Wednesday, Justice Stanley John said he […]
‘Dangerous’ man jailed for back-to-back violent attacks
(CNS): A man described as a danger to the public and a high risk of repeat violent offences was convicted in 2022 of brutally attacking two different men during the course of a week in November 2021. Howard Lee Ebanks (38) was jailed in December 2023 for 27 months, according to a ruling recently posted […]
Bush calls for public inquiry into DPP and CoP
(CNS): Following his acquittal on historic rape charges on Monday, veteran politician McKeeva Bush MP called for a public commission of inquiry into the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) and the Office of the Commissioner of Police. He said the inquiry was needed, not just because of the failed cases against him […]
