Crime
Ex-football club boss denies jury tampering
(CNS): Allen Kennedy Ebanks, from George Town, pleaded not guilty on Friday when he appeared in Grand Court for the first time, facing allegations of jury tampering. Ebanks, who was the president of FC International when the George Town team was functioning, is accused of trying to influence one of the people sitting on the […]
Ex-NHDT chair admits mistakes over waste scandal
(CNS): Geoffry William Ebanks (47), the former chair of the National Housing and Development Trust who resigned after he was charged with corruption in 2022, told a jury on Tuesday that he doesn’t think he is guilty of the offences he has been charged with. Nevertheless, he accepted that a “lot of mistakes were made” […]
Suspect denies 15 counts of sexual abuse of girls
(CNS): A 24-year-old UK national has denied a catalogue of allegations against him relating to the sexual abuse of three girls aged between 11 and 14 years from January last year until March 2024. The man is accused of 15 counts of various sexual offences, including rape and assault by penetration and possessing pornographic videos […]
Resident chases off armed burglar from Lower Valley home
(CNS): Police have opened an investigation into a home invasion at an address in Lower Valley, Bodden Town, around 8pm on Sunday evening. Police officers who responded to the call-out were told that a man had entered the home of the complainant, armed with what is believed to be a firearm, and demanded money. The […]
Police issue alert about man wanted for assault
(CNS): The RCIPS is asking the public to help them track down Patrick Campbell (18), a resident of North Side who is wanted in relation to a serious assault. Campbell has a dark brown complexion and black hair. He is about 5’6” tall and slim. Members of the public should not approach Campbell if they […]
Bank saves customer from potential scam
(CNS): The RCIPS Financial Crime Investigation Unit (FCIU) is warning residents about the latest financial scam targeting people in the Cayman Islands after a local bank intervened to prevent one of their customers from being conned. Police said the scam involves the crooks contacting the victims by phone posing as a credit card security or […]
Fugitive charged with rape, remanded in custody
(CNS): Cedric Everton Ellis (52), a resident of George Town who was arrested on 2 April after he turned himself in, has been charged with rape. Ellis had been wanted by police in connection with serious sex crimes, and the RCIPS had put out an alert asking for the public’s help in tracking him down. […]
Addiction led nurse to bring cocaine for wedding trip
(CNS): Yoojin Oh, a nurse from the United States, was fined $11,038 by the Grand Court on Friday for trying to smuggle more than 7 grams of cocaine into the Cayman Islands last month when she arrived for a destination wedding, which she missed. Justice Cheryll Richards accepted that Oh had brought the drug with […]
‘Lengthy consideration’ given to rape charges
(CNS): A 20-year-old resident of George Town who was first arrested by the police in 2023 in relation to sexual offences committed against an underage girl has been charged with sexual communications with a child, taking a child from lawful care and two counts of rape. In a press release, the RCIPS said that the […]
Shooting suspect arrested for attempted murder
(CNS): A 22-year-old man from Bodden Town has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in relation to an incident where a man was shot in the head last Tuesday in George Town. He has since been bailed without charges being brought. The RCIPS said the suspect was arrested following a report of possible criminal […]
Man receives non-life-threatening gunshot to the head
(CNS): A man was taken to hospital late Tuesday night with non-life-threatening injuries after being shot in the head, the RCIPS has said. At around 11:00pm, police officers responded to a report that a man had been shot and was currently outside a business on Eastern Avenue, near School Road. When they arrived, they found […]
