Tag: bank robbery
Defendants stay silent in CNB robbery case
(CNS): Four men accused of robbing the Cayman National Bank almost three years ago passed up the opportunity to take the witness stand Monday after the crown closed its case against them. David Tamasa, Rennie Cole and George Mignott all chose to remain silent and offered no evidence in response to the charges. Andre Burton […]
Supergrass faces uncertain future
(CNS): Marlon Dillon walked out of the courtroom on Thursday after giving evidence for the crown for what is likely to be the last time, facing an uncertain future. Over the last three years Dillon has given evidence against a number of men he claims were his accomplices in two armed robberies and he has […]
CNB key witness dodges answers
(CNS): The crown’s key witness in the Cayman National Bank robbery failed to answer most of the questions directed to him when he returned to the stand Wednesday. As Paul Keleher QC, the fourth defense attorney in the case, representing Andre Burton, began his cross-examination, Marlon Dillon, who has been labeled ‘supergrass’, dodged his way […]
Supergrass faces deportation
(CNS): Marlon Dillon, the controversial armed robber turned crown witness, is facing deportation from Cayman and claims that promises made to him that he would be reunited with his family in the UK have been broken. During the cross-examination of Dillon, labelled ‘supergrass’ by his own attorneys as a result of his assistance to prosecutors […]
Legal wrangling stalls CNB trial
(CNS): The case against four men accused of a daring armed daylight robbery, in which over half a million dollars was stolen from Cayman National Bank, was bogged down in legal troubles this week. A catalogue of issues surrounding the crown’s key witness, among other problems, has delayed progress but the jury finally saw the dramatic […]
Supergrass returns to witness stand
(CNS): Marlon Dillon, who has been labelled ‘supergrass’ because of the evidence that he has given in several key trials, returned to the courts Monday to give evidence against four men accused of the largest bank robbery in Cayman’s history. Dillon has already pleaded guilty to his part in the Cayman National Bank daylight heist, in […]
Crown opens case against bank robbery suspects
(CNS): After a four-day battle to find a jury that could try David Tamasa, Rennie Cole, George Mignott and Andre Burton for the daylight armed bank robbery in June 2012 at the Buckingham Square Branch of Cayman National Bank, the director of public prosecutions (DPP) finally opened the crown’s case against the four men on […]
Four day struggle to find jurors for bank case
(CNS): After an almost four day long selection process, eight women and four men were finally sworn in just before noon on Thursday to try the four men accused of the daylight bank robbery at the CNB Buckingham Square branch in June 2012. A combination of strict criteria eliminating bank workers of any kind and […]
Bank robbery re-trial pushes limits of jury
(CNS): Efforts to empanel twelve men and women to try the four men accused of a daylight robbery at Cayman National Bank failed Monday when the entire jury pool was exhausted and only eleven members had been sworn in. With all retail bank workers excused and many members of the jury having relatives working at […]
