Crime
Plain clothes officer pulls gun to stop machete attack
(CNS): A plainclothes police officer on patrol with a colleague in downtown George Town just after midnight on Sunday morning pulled a service weapon on a man who was about to attack another man with a machete, the RCIPS has said. At around 12:15am on 5 May, the police officers in plain clothes were on […]
Police looking for suspect after Saturday night stabbing
(CNS): Police are on the lookout for a man who stabbed another man during an altercation on Birch Tree Hill Road in West Bay on Saturday night at about 10:10pm. The victim was taken to hospital, where he was treated for a serious but non-life-threatening injury to his stomach and was later released. The suspect […]
Robber makes off with cash register on a bicycle
(CNS): Police are on the lookout for a tall, slim man with a dark complexion who made off on a bicycle with the cash register from a fast-food restaurant on the West Bay Road in broad daylight on Thursday. The Captain’s Bakery was robbed at gunpoint at around 4:30 in the afternoon by a man […]
CBC denies arrest of detained Cuban protester
(CNS): A Cuban asylum seeker who was carried away by a group of Customs and Border Control officers during a small protest outside the government building on Tuesday was not arrested, and his temporary admission to Cayman has been reinstated. Around two dozen Cuban migrants staged an impromptu protest outside the government building because in […]
Appeal court upholds life sentence for ‘appalling offences’
(CNS): Elmer Wright (29), who is serving a life sentence with an 18-year minimum tariff in a UK prison, has failed in his effort to have the sentence overturned. He was convicted in 2020 of robbery, possession of an unlicensed gun and various other charges relating to a terrifying home invasion in 2017. Wright was […]
RCIPS seeking police recruits in new campaign
(CNS): The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service has begun the search for new recruits and is calling for applications from young Caymanians who are interested in joining the RCIPS as constables. Recruitment is open to all Caymanians and permanent residents with the right to work between 18 and 40. The search comes at a time […]
Man sustains serious stab wound in George Town bar
(CNS): An unidentified man sustained a serious but non-life-threatening stab wound in the early hours of Friday morning, police have said. The RCIPS is now investigating what happened before the wounded man turned up at an undisclosed business establishment on Eastern Avenue, injured and looking for help, at around 3am. The man was said to […]
Man charged over gun while on early release
(CNS): A 32-year-old man from Bodden Town was remanded in custody after being charged with a catalogue of offences, including possession of an illegal gun, following a police chase last Tuesday, 23 April, in South Sound. The man, who was on licensed early release, had attempted to avoid a police vehicle checkpoint along South Sound […]
RCIPS to present crime clean-up rates by 2024
(CNS): The 2023 crime report could be the last time that the RCIPS presents its annual statistics without offering some form of detection or crime clean-up rate. Despite the public interest in and the importance of solving crime and bringing perpetrators to justice, the RCIPS has so far been unable to answer questions about how […]
Ex-customs officer’s appeal on drug conviction fails
(CNS): Former customs officer David Lobo (39) must continue to serve a 16-year prison sentence after his appeal against a 2019 conviction for importing almost two kilos of cocaine was rejected on Thursday. In January 2019, Lobo was found guilty of smuggling the drug into the Cayman Islands in liquid form, in condoms and swallowed […]
Appeal court orders DPP to investigate lawyer
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal has directed the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions to take forward an investigation into a criminal defence attorney accused of sexually harassing a client in what the judges said was a “troubling case”. The higher court found that messages between Keith Myers and his client, Aisha […]
