Tag: Cheryll Richards

Serial scammer faces 80 months in jail for latest con

Serial scammer faces 80 months in jail for latest con

| 28/02/2024 | 16 Comments

(CNS): Judith Douglas (58) has been jailed for six years and eight months for obtaining property by deception. Douglas sobbed quietly from the dock as Justice Cheryll Richards delivered her ruling on Wednesday in the George Town woman’s third scamming conviction. Since 2015, Douglas has conned over 40 people out of around $2 million in […]

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Serial scammer spent stolen cash on gambling

Serial scammer spent stolen cash on gambling

| 22/02/2024 | 22 Comments

(CNS): Judith Douglas (58), who was convicted last summer of a criminal scam in which she stole tens of thousands of dollars from more than 32 people, has a serious gambling problem, the court heard Wednesday. In her third conviction for conning people out of cash, Douglas stole well over CI$50,000 just months after her […]

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Soil scandal trial to open against former NHDT chair

Soil scandal trial to open against former NHDT chair

| 01/02/2024

(CNS): A jury of six women and one man has been selected to hear the crown’s case against Geoffry William Ebanks (47), the former chairperson of the National Housing and Development Trust (NHDT), who has been charged with two counts of corruption in relation to a ‘soil scandal’ at the North Side affordable housing site. […]

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Jackson and Soto found guilty of manslaughter

Jackson and Soto found guilty of manslaughter

| 02/11/2023 | 29 Comments

(CNS): Justin Kyle Jackson (24) and Eric William Soto (23) have been convicted of manslaughter and the possession of an unlicensed firearm in relation to a robbery gone wrong last summer in which Harry Elliott (63) was shot and killed. The six women and six men of the jury in this trial began deliberations after […]

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No evidence Jackson meant to kill, argues lawyer

No evidence Jackson meant to kill, argues lawyer

| 01/11/2023

(CNS): Justin Kyle Jackson (24) did not intend to kill Harry Elliott (63) when he shot him last summer, his attorney argued when she addressed the jury on his behalf on Tuesday. Sallie Bennett-Jenkins KC said the prosecution had failed to prove that her client was guilty of murder and failed to consider the evidence […]

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Man sits in jail 1,600 days in extradition case

Man sits in jail 1,600 days in extradition case

| 01/11/2023 | 42 Comments

(CNS): Juan Carlos Gonzales Infante (61), a Venezuelan national wanted by the US authorities for drug smuggling and money laundering, has served more than four years at HMP Northward even though he has never been convicted of a crime here. Gonzales came to Cayman in 2019 as a co-pilot of a private plane carrying gold. […]

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Bush secures trial delay over alleged hidden agenda

Bush secures trial delay over alleged hidden agenda

| 05/09/2023

(CNS): A request by McKeeva Bush MP for a delay in his forthcoming indecent assault trial has been granted by the Grand Court as a result of questions surrounding the full disclosure of evidence by the crown. Bush appeared in court on Monday, when his attorney, Dennis Brady, applied to move the case from next […]

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Stepson ‘inherited’ unlawful gun from ‘Screechy’

Stepson ‘inherited’ unlawful gun from ‘Screechy’

| 04/09/2023 | 25 Comments

(CNS): Jerry Daniel Archer (41), the stepson of notorious local gangster Carlos Renton Russell, aka “Screechy”, pleaded guilty to the possession of a gun last week but asked the court not to send him to prison for the mandatory minimum seven years. Archer told police after his arrest in April 2022 that he had indirectly […]

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Court shows mercy to first time violent offender

Court shows mercy to first time violent offender

| 14/08/2023 | 18 Comments

(CNS): Jose Yamany Carter-Ramirez (25), who stabbed another man in the chest outside a George Town bar in December last year, was sentenced to just 15 months in jail after the court partially suspended a 23-month sentence. Carter-Ramirez, from West Bay, stabbed the victim after his girlfriend accused the man of an assault while they […]

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Driver jailed for 55 months for fatal text while driving

Driver jailed for 55 months for fatal text while driving

| 17/07/2023 | 44 Comments

(CNS): Jordan Telford (40) was handed a prison term of four years and five months on Friday after killing Shemiah Grant on North West Point Road in May 2021. Telford admitted to causing Grant’s death due to dangerous driving, as he was texting while navigating a bend. Telford swerved across the centre line and smashed […]

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Driver jailed as he awaits sentence in fatal crash

Driver jailed as he awaits sentence in fatal crash

| 20/06/2023 | 34 Comments

(CNS): Jordan Telford (40) was remanded in custody Friday, as he awaits a judge’s sentencing ruling for causing the death of Shemiah Grant more than two years ago. Justice Cheryll Richards said she would deliver her decision on how long he will serve in jail at the end of the month. Telford has admitted texting […]

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