Tag: assault
Bus driver fights off would-be robbers
(CNS): A bus driver was treated by EMS personnel on Wednesday night for a cut to his face that he received fighting off two men who tried to rob him on Mount Pleasant Road in the vicinity of Mount Close. The driver was dropping off his last passengers in West Bay around 8pm, but as […]
Brac suspects charged with burglary
(CNS): Two men and one woman have now been charged with burglary in relation to a recent crime spree on Cayman Brac. Another man has also been charged on the Brac in relation to a number of violent offences. Police said that the three burglary suspects, two 31-year-old men and a 46-year-old woman, were transported […]
Sentencing delayed for ex-pageant queen
(CNS): Tiffany Conolly (25), who won the Miss Cayman Islands Universe pageant crown in August 2022 but lost it earlier this year when she was convicted of assault and other charges, will have to wait another seven weeks to learn her fate. Conolly appeared in court for sentencing on Thursday, but the case was adjourned […]
Man hospitalised with multiple stab wounds
(CNS): Police are investigating a serious assault that took place in the early hours of Sunday morning at an abandoned house in Windsor Park, George Town. One man received multiple stab wounds and was taken by private car to the hospital, where he is currently being treated for serious injuries. The RCIPS said he was […]
7MB vendor accused of pepper spraying tourist
(CNS): A 20-year-old man from West Bay appeared in court Monday charged with the possession of illegal ammunition, which was discovered at his home after he was arrested in connection with allegations he assaulted a visitor on Seven Mile Beach last week. Police were called to the Public Beach Wednesday following a report that a […]
Bush chooses Grand Court for assault trial
(CNS): Veteran MP McKeeva Bush (WBW) has elected to have the case against him for indecent assault tried in Grand Court where he can opt for a jury trial. Bush appeared in Summary Court Tuesday for the third time, and although he has still not formally answered the charges, the decision to transfer the case […]
Case adjourned as Bush mulls jury trial
(CNS): McKeeva Bush MP (WBW) did not answer charges against him when he appeared in court on Tuesday as his attorney, Dennis Brady, asked for one more adjournment to allow the former speaker time to consider where he wanted to stand trial. While Brady implied that his client was likely to plead not guilty to […]
Man apologises after admitting GBH charge
(CNS): Antonio Alejandro Stewart (22) from Bodden town apologised for his actions when he appeared in Grand Court on Friday via video link from HMP Northward and admitted causing GBH with intent during a fight that involved several other men outside a George Town bar last month. Stewart pleaded guilty to inflicting a serious head injury on […]
BT man charged with GBH after barroom brawl
(CNS): A 22-year-old man from Bodden Town has been charged with assault causing GBH in relation to a fight outside a George Town bar last month. The man was arrested last Thursday and was charged before he appeared in court yesterday, when he was remanded in custody pending a further appearance. He is accused of […]
Bush due in court facing indecent assault charges
(CNS) UPDATED: The former speaker of the Cayman Islands parliament and West Bay MP, McKeeva Bush (WBW), has been charged with two counts of indecent assault and alternatively common assault in relation to an incident occurring at a Caribbean Tourism Organization cocktail event at the Ritz-Carlton resort last September. Police said he was due to […]
Man charged after breaching protection order
(CNS): A 29-year-old man from Bodden Town, has been charged with assault ABH, threats to kill, wrongful confinement, damage to property, two counts of assaulting police, attempting to escape lawful custody and two counts of breaching a protection order. The charges relate to a series of domestic assaults that took place over a four-day period […]
