Tag: assault
One charged with robbery, two suspects still at large
(CNS): Police have charged a 33-year-old man from Bodden Town with robbery following an assault and mugging that happened in or around a business premises on Sound Way in George Town on Friday evening at around 7:15pm. The victim was assaulted at the location by three men who were armed with machetes. They made off […]
Teen’s arrest in road rage incident was lawful, says CoP
(CNS): Commissioner of Police Kurt Walton has defended officers who arrested a teenage driver last week after a road rage incident during rush hour traffic, even though eyewitnesses and video footage indicate the young man wasn’t the aggressor. Walton said that, based on evidence, the arrest was lawful and the matter is under active investigation. […]
Road rage results in teen’s arrest but video shows he wasn’t aggressor
(CNS): A road rage incident on Rex Creighton Blvd during Wednesday evening’s rush hour traffic may have resulted in the police arresting the wrong man. A 17-year-old boy was arrested, and a 72-year-old man from North Side was warned for intended prosecution for the offence of common assault. However, the incident was caught on camera […]
Airport staffer stabbed by man outside terminal
(CNS): Police have charged a 30-year-old man from George Town with various offences after he attacked and stabbed an airport worker outside the Owen Roberts International Airport terminal in the early hours of Friday morning. The RCIPS said the man was seen at the location behaving suspiciously at around 2:30am, when the airport was closed.
Second food delivery driver attacked by robbers
(CNS): Police are urging delivery drivers to exercise caution after another food delivery man was assaulted and robbed on Saturday night in Windsor Park, George Town, around 9pm. As the driver was dropping off food at a residence, he was approached by two men with dogs. He was assaulted and attacked by the dogs but […]
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 […]
Men wounded in violent altercation, one arrested
(CNS): Two men involved in a fight at a residential address off Northward Road in Bodden Town both ended up in hospital with head injuries on Sunday evening. One of the men, a 34-year-old resident of George Town, was armed with a machete and a hammer when he started the altercation.
‘Dangerous’ man jailed for back-to-back violent attacks
(CNS): A man described as a danger to the public and a high risk of repeat violent offences was convicted in 2022 of brutally attacking two different men during the course of a week in November 2021. Howard Lee Ebanks (38) was jailed in December 2023 for 27 months, according to a ruling recently posted […]
Man hospitalised after being chopped in head
(CNS): Police are investigating a serious assault which took place in George Town during the early hours of Monday morning. Officers responded to the report that a man had been on the roadside outside an address on Shedden Road, near Main Street, at around 4:00am when he was approached by a man whom he knew. […]
Man jailed after streaming attack on Snapchat
(CNS): Sidney Henry (21) will serve at least ten months of a 20-month sentence in jail after he pleaded guilty to what a judge called a “vicious assault” last year on a former friend. As well as the violence inflicted, Henry also cut off his victim’s hair locks and streamed the entire assault on the […]
Probationary cop suspended over assault
(CNS): A 31-year-old probationary RCIPS officer from West Bay has been arrested on suspicion of assault ABH and DUI in relation to an undisclosed incident that occurred at a licensed premises at Queen’s Court on the West Bay Road in George Town on Monday, 20 May. The officer is on police bail pending further investigation […]
