Tag: Cayman Islands Court of Appeal
Gun conviction sticks as DNA-based appeal fails
(CNS): A young West Bay man wept quietly in the dock Thursday when the appeal court rejected his attempt to have his firearms conviction overturned. Ray Kennedy Smith, who is 21 years old and serving a mandatory ten-year sentence in HMP Northward after he was convicted in November 2013 of possession of an unlicensed handgun, […]
Killer denied appeal and life term sticks
(CNS): A George Town man convicted of murder in 2013 when he killed his former partner’s lover has been denied the chance to appeal the conviction and his mandatory life term. Tareek Ricketts was found guilty of the murder of Jackson Rainford, who was gunned down in George Town in December 2012.
Kidnapper’s sentence cut by appeal court
(CNS): The Court of Appeal has cut a ten year sentence given to a kidnapper in 2011 by two years, paving the way for the man to leave jail this summer. Allan Sywell Kelly (45), a Honduran national, was convicted of being part of a gang that abducted a local man and asked for a half-million […]
Four more appeal judges to tackle high court backlog
(CNS): The chief justice has said that with a full complement of judges, the long delays in judgements from the appeal court will be addressed. Sir Richard Field, Justice (Cecil) Dennis Morrison, Sir Alan Moses and Sir John Goldring have all been appointed as new justices on Cayman Court of Appeal bench after an open recruitment […]
