Tag: bank robbery
Defendants convicted in $500k bank burglary
(CNS): David Samuel Bodden, Statan Omar Clarke and Elton David Webster have been found guilty of burglary in relation to more than half a million dollars stolen from the Royal Bank of Canada in George Town almost eight years ago. Eliza Webster was found guilty of one count of possession of criminal property in relation […]
Four accused of sophisticated $500k+ bank burglary
(CNS): Almost eight years after burglars made off with over CI$500,000 from the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) in George Town in a sophisticated inside job, prosecutors opened their case against four people on Tuesday after a long and complex police inquiry involving “cutting edge investigatory techniques”. David Samuel Bodden Jr, who worked at the […]
Cashless bank robbery suspects walk free
(CNS): Richard Andre Scott and Mark Alexander Beckett were acquitted on all charges of robbery, attempted robbery and possession of an imitation gun in connection with a stick-up at the cashless branch of Scotiabank in Grand Harbour last June. The crown had contended throughout its case that the circumstantial evidence against the men from CCTV […]
Burglars steal cash during bank break-in
(CNS): The Royal Bank of Canada on Shedden Road was broken into and cash stolen sometime Wednesday night, police have confirmed, saying that bank staff discovered the break-in when they arrived for work this morning (Thursday, 23 June). Police said the thieves did not gain access to the vault but stole cash from the dispensing […]
CNB robbers get up to 14 years jail each
(CNS): The four men recently convicted for Cayman’s biggest bank robbery faced their fate in court on Wednesday and received sentences that ranged between eight and fourteen years for their part in the daylight heist. David Tamasa, George Mignot, Rennie Cole and Andre Burton were all found guilty last week for the second time by […]
Crown seeks cash from robbers
(CNS) The director of public prosecutions is seeking to recover the missing cash which was stolen from the Buckingham Square branch of Cayman National Bank in June 2012 from the convicted robbers. The largest ever heist in Cayman and understood to be the biggest bank stick-up in the region, more than half a million dollars […]
Robbers found guilty again
(CNS): Four men charged with the broad daylight heist at the Buckingham Square branch of Cayman National Bank in June 2012 were found guilty by a jury Friday after a six-week long retrial. David Tamasa, Rennie Cole, George Mignot and Andre Burton were all convicted of robbery and possession of an unlicensed firearm for the […]
Jury still deliberating in bank robbery trial
(CNS) Updated: The jury trying four men accused of robbing Cayman National Bank did not reach a verdict by the time the courts were due to close Thursday evening and were ordered to return to continue their deliberations Friday morning.
Dillon ‘dangerous’ say defence lawyers
(CNS): Attorneys representing the men charged with the 2012 daylight robbery of Cayman National Bank all warned the jury that the crown’s witness, Marlon Dillon, was dangerous and they could not convict their clients based on his ever-changing evidence. As each lawyer tore into Dillon’s testimony, upon which the crown has based its case, they urged […]
QC: Witness a ‘ratty corrupt liar’
(CNS): The attorney representing David Tamasa (33) from West Bay said the crown witness accusing his client of being the mastermind behind the Cayman National Bank heist in June 2012 was a “discredited, totally corrupt and ratty witness”. James Curtis QC said that, on any view, Marlon Dillon, a twice convicted armed robber — in contrast to his […]
Crown: Witness ‘flawed but courageous’
(CNS): The director of public prosecutions described the crown’s key witness in the Cayman National Bank robbery as “flawed but courageous” as she delivered her closing speech in the case to the jury Wednesday. As the trial of David Tamasa, Rennie Cole, George Mignott and Andre Burton, who are all charged with robbery and firearms […]
