Tag: Cayman Islands Court of Appeal
Crown challenges jail times in high-profile cases
(CNS): As the Court of Appeal opens this week, the prosecution is on the list for this winter sitting challenging the sentences handed down by judges in two high profile cases. While it is not uncommon for those convicted of crimes to appeal their sentences or convictions, the crown is taking advantage of its rights […]
Two men deny possessing guns for second time
(CNS): Keith Rohan Montaque and Walter Jordan McLaughlin both denied possessing a 9mm pistol and a. 38 revolver and ammunition when they appeared in Grand Court Tuesday. They will now go to trial for the second time in August next year on those charges after the Court of Appeal ordered a new trial this summer […]
Judge cuts drug trafficker’s jail term on appeal
(CNS): A Honduran national who was caught at Owen Roberts Airport some six years ago attempting to take two kilos of cocaine from Cayman to Cuba, stashed in women’s underwear, had his sentence reduced from 13 to just 10 years on Thursday following a successful appeal. Justice Micheal Mettyear found that the magistrate who sentenced Geovany Mayorquin […]
Free men jailed as CICA orders retrial in gun case
(CNS): Two local men who walked free from court last year when a judge threw out serious firearms charges against them were remanded in custody Friday, after the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal ordered a retrial following a successful appeal by the crown that the case should have gone to the jury. Walter McLaughlin and Keith […]
Witness dropped from police protection
(CNS): A crown witness whose evidence was fundamental to three convictions against a local man for murder and manslaughter has been dropped from the witness protection programme and has accused the police of supplying her with drugs in order to secure her testimony, the Court of Appeal heard Thursday. In three separate trials the prosecution witness […]
Serial rapist’s life sentence upheld
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal has upheld the life sentence given to Jeffrey Barnes in the wake of his conviction for a third rape. The serial sexual offender, who has convictions for indecent assault and many other offences, had appealed his sentence after his appeal against his last rape conviction was also refused. […]
Rapist awaits appeal decision on life term
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal is considering whether a life sentence given to a serial rapist should be reduced to twenty years. Defence lawyer Nick Dixey argued Tuesday on behalf of his client, Jeffrey Barnes (36), that twenty years should have been the right sentence for his client because a life sentence should […]
Watson appeals, lawyers silent on grounds
(CNS): The former chair of the HSA board, Canover Watson, has appealed against his convictions earlier this month of five corruption related charges in connection with a government hospital contract. His local defence attorney, Ben Tonner, told CNS that an appeal had been filed on behalf of his client but no grounds have been specified. Watson […]
Sir John Goldring to lead local appeal court
(CNS): Following a recruitment process last year by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission for the position of president of the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal, Sir John Goldring, a new member of the panel, has been appointed by the governor based on the commission’s recommendation. Sir John Chadwick retired from the position this month and the new […]
Local man back in jail over gun, more cases loom
(CNS): Following a decision by the Privy Council earlier this year to restore his conviction for possession of an unlicensed firearm, Aaron Crawford was formally committed back to serving the remainder of his sentence Thursday. He is also scheduled to face two more criminal trials for alleged gun related crimes next year, which officials claim he […]
Appeal court upholds robbery sentences
(CNS): Appeals by three men serving time in HMP Northward for two different armed daylight robberies were all dismissed Tuesday, as the Court of Appeal pressed on with the long list of Grand Court criminal cases awaiting review. Upholding the vast majority convictions and jail terms during this session, the judges were not persuaded to […]
