Tag: arson
Convicted killer denies jailhouse arson
(CNS): Justin Kyle Jackson pleaded not guilty to two counts of arson when he appeared in court via video link from HMP Northward on Friday. Jackson denied setting light to mattresses in a cell at the men’s prison last November. He is serving a 14-year sentence at Northward for the manslaughter of Harry Elliott during […]
Prison fire began in high risk unit cell
(CNS): As the joint investigation by the Cayman Islands Fire Service and the police into a fire at HMP Northward on Tuesday continues, officials have revealed that the blaze started in the high-risk unit where category A prisoners are held. Initial information is that prison officers detected smoke within a prisoner’s cell on the unit […]
Arson suspected after fire at migrant centre
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Fire Service successfully tackled a small fire at the Fairbanks Customs and Border Control Service Detention Center in George Town on Friday lunchtime. The Cuban migrants who are being held at the centre were all evacuated from the building while the fire crews extinguished the blaze. No one was injured.
Neighbour jailed after setting jeep ablaze
(CNS): A Bodden Town man who has a volatile relationship with his neighbour was sentenced on Friday to eleven months in jail for arson after he set the man’s jeep on fire earlier this year. Fernando Lopez Thompson (45) was also handed a second concurrent 11-month sentence for harassment against the same neighbour following threats […]
North Side station fire deliberate, say police
(CNS): The RCIPS has confirmed that investigations already indicate that the fire at the North Side Police Station early Monday morning, 31 July, was set deliberately and police are following a specific positive line of inquiry. The blaze caused major damage to the premises and the station is not operational.
Arsonist’s appeal over police office fire fails
(CNS): The man who set fire to the police records office and business centre at the Windjammer Plaza on Walkers Road and torched an abandoned car has failed in his attempt to overturn his 2022 conviction. An appeal by Rupert Junior Spence (36), who is serving a six-and-a-half-year prison sentence, was refused, according to newly […]
Arson suspect arrested after crashing into fire truck
(CNS): A 43-year-old man from Bodden Town crashed into a fire truck last week as he drove away from a car fire that had been set deliberately. He was charged with arson and appeared in court on Friday. The RCIPS said that at around 2pm last Wednesday, the Cayman Islands Fire Service, along with other […]
Teen acquitted of burglary-arson
(CNS): A teenage boy was found not guilty on Friday of burglary and arson at a West Bay residence more than three years ago. Justice Roger Chapple, who heard the trial in Grand Court without a jury, said he could not be sure the youngster had actually stolen anything or set a bed on fire […]
Arson suspected in dual car fires
(CNS): The RCIPS and the Cayman Islands Fire Service have opened an investigation into a fire in a South Sound Road parking lot early this morning. The 911 centre was called at around 5:00am and was told that two vehicles were on fire and the flames were spreading to other areas of the property. Fire […]
Local man admits burning down house
(CNS): A local man from West Bay has admitted that he set fire to a property on North West Point Road last year when he pleaded guilty to arson in court Friday, though he denied recklessly endangering life in regard to the blaze. Tommy Ebanks (33) was remanded in custody to allow time for prosecutors […]
GT man charged with a dozen offences
(CNS): A 21-year-old man from George Town, who allegedly began his crime spree in October, was charged on Monday with a total of twelve offences, including arson and assaulting a police officer. Police said in a press release that he had been charged with two counts of causing fear or provocation of violence in relation to […]
