Crime
Bush was ‘weird and creepy’ says assault victim
(CNS): McKeeva Bush MP (WBW) was described by one of the women he is accused of indecently assaulting as “weird and creepy” when he bit and sucked her arm during a cocktail party at the Ritz-Carlton in 2022, a court heard on Monday. As Charles Miskin KC opened the crown’s case against the former premier […]
GT man facings drug dealing charges for cocaine haul
(CNS): Darren Ian Goodall (29) from George Town, who was arrested last week in connection with a drug bust at a private residential complex off Walkers Road, has been charged with possession of cocaine and possession of cocaine with intent to supply. He appeared in Summary Court on Monday and was remanded in custody for […]
‘It’s a lie!’ suspect yells at court over murder charge
(CNS): Roland Murphy Welcome (33), who appeared in court via video link on Friday alongside co-defendant Antascio Rankin (29), emphatically denied killing Sven Brett Connor (42) in what is understood to have been a gang-related shooting in East End in December. Welcome had initially refused to appear by video link to enter pleas for the […]
Man denies stealing Mazda in Christmas carjacking
(CNS): Gerardo Connolly (32) has denied carjacking a Mazda from Kirk’s parking lot late on Christmas Day. Connolly pleaded not guilty to robbery when he appeared in Grand Court via video link from HMP Northward on Friday. He is accused of taking the victim’s car in league with a second man who has not been […]
One man arrested in Bodden Town drug-gun bust
(CNS): A 29-year-old man from George Town has been arrested for a list of offences, including possession of an illegal gun, following a drug bust at an address in Bodden Town on Thursday. On 15 February, the RCIPS and Customs and Border Control executed a search warrant at a home in Mijall Road, Bodden Town, […]
No let up in gun crime as more property shot up
(CNS): Police are investigating more cases of guns being fired after a house and a vehicle in Birch Tree Hill, West Bay, were shot up on Ash Wednesday. The coastguard also found a number of spent shell casings along the shore of North Sound Estates after another report of guns being fired on Wednesday morning. […]
Two arrested after boats and other stolen goods found
(CNS): Police recovered two stolen boats this past Saturday, one taken earlier this month and one in January, after executing a search warrant at a house on Mahogany Way in Prospect. During the search, police officers also found other items suspected to have been stolen inside two shipping containers on the property. A 68-year-old man […]
Killer to serve at least 31 years for murder at GT club
(CNS): Shaun Antonio Jackson (23) has been handed a life sentence and will serve at least 31 years before he can even be considered for release for the murder of Randy Kelsey Robinson (37), who was stabbed to death during a fight at a George Town bar in May last year. Jackson was charged alongside […]
US tourist jailed for 6½ yrs for smuggling trace of fentanyl
(CNS): In the first successful prosecution of an individual for smuggling the highly addictive and dangerous opioid fentanyl into the Cayman Islands, a US national was given a six-and-a-half-year prison sentence in court Tuesday. Adrian Frederick Scales (27) was convicted of importing 0.09 grams of fentanyl in Summary Court last summer. Scales was travelling to Cayman as […]
Robbery suspects charged and remanded in custody
(CNS): Two men suspected of holding up a convenience store in West Bay last week have been charged with robbery and possession of an imitation firearm with intent. A 21-year-old man from George Town and a 26-year-old from North Side were arrested following the robbery, which took place just a few yards from the district […]
NSC discusses proposed RCIPS anti-gang strategy
(CNS): As Cayman faces another spate of gang-related violent crime, the National Security Council held a closed-door meeting in December to discuss what law enforcement agencies are doing to tackle it. During the meeting, the Strategic Reform Implementation Unit gave a presentation on a proposed Anti-Gang Strategy and Plan, which aims to “deliver tangible impacts […]
