Tag: Cayman Islands Court of Appeal
Serial escapee lifer released from jail
(CNS) UPDATED: Steve Manderson (50), who was serving a life sentence for his part in the murder of a prison guard during an incident at HMP Northward in 1993, has been released after 25 years behind bars. Manderson, who was known as a serial escapee, last jumped the prison gates in 2013. However, it emerged […]
Appeal court to hear first challenges to life tariffs
(CNS): As the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal summer session opens this week, the first criminal cases that the higher court will hear relate to the tariffs handed down to a number of prisoners serving life sentences for murder and rape.
Appeal court grants stay in gay marriage case
(CNS): Sir John Goldring said that it was “not without hesitation” that the Court of Appeal granted government a stay on the legalisation of same-sex marriage in the Cayman Islands on Wednesday, blocking the impending first gay wedding ever be held in the country. The president of the appeal court said that they could not […]
Gunmen’s appeals fail on all counts
(CNS): Malik Mothen (38) failed to have his conviction for a gang-related shooting overturned Tuesday, and both he and co-defendant Kashwayne Hewitt (22) failed to have their sentences cut in relation to the crime, which happened outside a West Bay Road nightclub in February 2017. The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal agreed to hear Mothen’s […]
CIG hangs appeal on same trial arguments
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government began ratcheting up costs to the public purse in its fight against the legalisation of same-sex marriage on Tuesday during its first appearance in the appeal court asking for a stay on the implementation of Chief Justice Anthony Smellie’s landmark ruling. It also began airing the appeal grounds, which appear […]
Appeal court mulls stay of gay marriage law
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal is expected to deliver a decision Wednesday on the government’s application for a stay of Chief Justice Anthony Smellie’s 29 March ruling, in which he legalised same-sex marriage. The ruling came after he found in favour of a case brought by Chantelle Day and Vickie Bodden. But Premier […]
Woman’s appeal fails in $2M theft case
(CNS): Michelle Bouchard, who was convicted in April 2016 of more than two dozen counts of theft and other offences related to the theft of over $2 million from her elderly companion, James Handford, failed to have her appeal heard at the first hurdle on Tuesday. The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal denied her application, […]
Brothers’ conviction for ‘clinical’ killing sticks
(CNS): Brothers Osbourne Douglas (32) and Justin Ramoon (28), who were convicted of killing Jason Powery in a gang-related shooting outside a George Town bar in 2015, have failed in their appeal after the higher court delivered its ruling Friday. The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal found that the crown had presented a “strong case” […]
Brothers challenge judge in murder appeal
(CNS): Osbourne Douglas (32) and Justin Ramoon (27), who are in prison in the UK serving life sentences of 34 and 35 years for the murder of Jason Powery in a gang-related shooting in George Town in 2015, argued that their convictions were not safe during an appeal hearing via phone and video link on Wednesday. With […]
Top court rejects criminal appeals
(CNS): Almost all of the criminal applications to overturn convictions and cut sentences that have come before the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal so far this session have been rejected, with no prisoners succeeding in their applications. On Monday the court rejected appeals on both convictions and sentences from two men serving lengthy jail terms […]
Anglin admits killing victim in failed appeal
(CNS): Nine years after he killed Carlos Webster in a West Bay Road nightclub, Devon Anglin has admitted that he was the gunman on that fatal night. In a recent application to re-open an appeal against the murder conviction, Anglin, who is serving a life sentence of 30 years for shooting Webster in the middle […]
