Crime
Over a dozen people in court over DVDL $100 ‘bungs’
(CNS): Around a dozen people appeared in Grand Court last month facing corruption charges in relation to $100 bungs allegedly given to government officials at the Department of Vehicle and Driver’s Licensing to get their cars through the inspection process. The case is already presenting problems for the crown as it appears that many of […]
Third man arrested in local bank text scam
(CNS) UPDATED: Police said, Tuesday, that they have now arrested a third man in relation to a local text message banking scam. The 19-year-old from George Town was arrested on suspicion of money laundering offenses. He has been bailed as the police continue investigations into the scam in which several local people have lost undisclosed […]
Hotel construction site under investigation by WORC
(CNS): Following what is understood to be the robbery of cash to pay workers at a hotel construction site on the West Bay Road on Monday and the subsequent protest by workers on the site on Tuesday, officials have confirmed that the site is now part of a WORC and labour department investigation. CNS understands […]
Lawyer says 30 years is punishment enough for double killer
(CNS): Wayne Alphanso Bellafonte Jr appeared in court via video link on Wednesday before Justice Cheryll Richards for consideration of the life sentence tariff the court should pass following his conviction of a double murder in September. Sallie Bennett-Jenkins KC, who represented him, said 30 years was already a “very severe penalty” as she argued […]
Hotel construction site $300k payroll robbed at gunpoint
(CNS): Dozens of workers employed at the Grand Hyatt construction site in George Town protested on Tuesday because the contractor was unable to pay them after robbers allegedly stole $300,000 in an armed heist of the payroll on Monday. However, the construction workers, many of whom are permit holders, were complaining about problems getting paid […]
Bodden Town man arrested in bank text scam
(CNS): Police have arrested a 24-year-old man from Bodden Town following an investigation into a text message scam that targeted local banking customers, some of whom lost a significant amount of money. While online and phone scams are usually associated with international criminals, this appears to be the first homegrown con of this type. The […]
Suspect charged after breaking into GT business
(CNS): A 21-year-old man from Bodden Town is due to appear in court today charged with burglary, even though he fled the location before taking anything from the undisclosed business premises. The suspect was disturbed on the morning of 14 November as he tried to gain access to the premises with a crowbar. Police said […]
ACC arrests West Bay woman in undisclosed probe
(CNS): Investigators from the Anti-Corruption Commission arrested a 34-year-old woman from West Ba on Thursday for two money laundering offences under the Proceeds of Crime Act. However, in keeping with the ACC’s tight-lipped approach to the work it does and the arrests it makes, officials have given no details of the investigation, the alleged offence […]
Two men jailed over illegal automatic guns and drugs
(CNS): Two local men in unrelated cases were jailed this week after admitting to possession of illegal guns modified into automatic weapons and significant quantities of drugs. Jay Calvert Ebanks (31), a local boat captain from Savannah, was given eight years and nine months for possession of a gun converted from a semi-automatic to a […]
Crown: Jealousy drove police officer to misconduct
(CNS): Prosecutor Earl Pinnock told a jury on Tuesday that Police Sergeant Keren Watson was driven by jealousy when she used her position as a member of the RCIPS to access information about a love rival, which she used to bully and intimidate. As Pinnock, a UK-based attorney, opened the crown’s case against Watson for […]
Appeal court to hear crown on Bush’s stalled assault case
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal has agreed to hear the prosecution argue why an indecent assault case against former premier McKeeva Bush should not have been stopped and why the crown should still be able to try Bush on the allegations. However, the appeal will not be heard until May next year, which […]
