Crime
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 […]
One arrested over attempt to sell local parrot
(CNS): One person has been arrested, and a Grand Cayman parrot has been seized and handed over to a vet after it was listed for sale on various social media platforms. The Department of Environment said they were contacted by concerned residents who had seen posts with pictures of the bird caged up and began […]
‘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 […]
One firearm handed in halfway through gun amnesty
(CNS): A single firearm and a significant amount of ammunition have been handed in at the halfway mark of the current National Gun Amnesty, which began on 1 July and ends on 31 July, the RCIPS has said. The police continue to encourage members of the community to take advantage of the amnesty by turning in […]
Police ID victim, call for witnesses in fatal stabbing
(CNS) Police are appealing for people who saw or have information about a murder that took place on Short Lane in Windsor Park, George Town, sometime on Sunday morning. Police were called to the scene at about 9:30am and found an unresponsive man with stab wounds to the abdomen. He has since been identified as […]
ACC charges three men in mystery probe
(CNS): Marc Edward Chin (36), a former public officer from Newlands, Keron Leanard Watler (30) from East End and Shomar Peabo Bazil (28) from Lower Valley have all been charged with corruption-related offences following what officials from the Anti-Corruption Commission said were “complex and protracted investigations”. The men were charged on 15 July and are […]
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 […]
Victim stabbed on Cayman Brac Public Beach
(CNS): A man is in hospital recovering from multiple stab wounds while another is in police custody after a stabbing in the early hours of Sunday morning at the public beach on South Side West Road on Cayman Brac. Police said they were called to the scene at about 1:30am where they learned a man […]
Armed robber flees on bicycle after restaurant stick-up
(CNS): The RCIPS has begun an investigation into an armed robbery at a restaurant on Eastern Avenue, George Town, which took place early Monday. Just after 1am, the police received a report that a member of staff at the restaurant was preparing to close for the night when a masked robber appeared through the food […]
Bush not immune from prosecution, says crown
(CNS): As Eloise Marshall KC summed up the crown’s case against McKeeva Bush for rape and sexual assault, she told the jury that the former premier of the Cayman Islands is not immune from prosecution. In court on Friday, the prosecutor asked the jury to consider not just the content of the evidence given by […]
One man stabbed and killed, suspect arrested
(CNS): The RCIPS has opened a murder investigation following a fatal stabbing in the Windsor Park area of George Town on Sunday morning. At around 9:30am, officers were called to the scene where a man had been fatally wounded. One man has been arrested on suspicion of murder in relation to the incident and remains […]
