Tag: child abuse
Ex-college worker guilty in child porn case
(CNS): Freddy Manuel Diaz-Christian (33), from West Bay, a former member of staff at the University College of the Cayman Islands and father of two, has been found guilty of possessing images and accessing child pornography online and has been remanded in custody pending sentencing in the New Year.
Girl sexually assaulted at care home
(CNS): Police are currently investigating allegations that a male intruder has been entering the Frances Bodden Children’s Home in Bodden Town and sexually assaulting an underage girl. Officers were called to the secure care home on Wednesday after a report of the man climbing into one of the bedroom windows at the house the previous […]
WB man charged over child porn was not a teacher
(CNS): Freddy Diaz (33) appeared in court last week charged with possession of child pornography. However, although he worked at the University College of the Cayman Islands in both 2018 and again earlier this year, he did not teach any of the students. UCCI has said that Diaz was employed as a staff member in […]
Child molester convicted of breach of trust
(CNS): A 44-year-old man from George Town has been found guilty of touching a 12-year-old child’s genitalia while he was taking care of her and her younger sisters after school in November last year, as he was “almost caught red-handed”. The child’s uncle, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had collected the children from […]
Alleged long-term sex offender charged
(CNS): A 39-year old man was charged Monday with seven counts of indecent assault on a girl over a five-year period. He was due to appear in court today, though no details of the allegations have been revealed by police. They issued a short release stating that the unidentified man had been formally charged in […]
Man charged with sexual assault on child
(CNS): A 43-year-old man from Bodden Town who was arrested after he handed himself into to police following a report of a sexual assault on a child has now been charged, according to an RCIPS press release. The accused man was due to appear in court Monday in connection with the incident reported last Wednesday, […]
Child sexual assault suspect turns himself in
(CNS): A 43-year-old Bodden Town man has been arrested on suspicion of indecent assault on a child after he turned himself in to the police on Thursday morning. The victim is understood to be a 12-year-old girl who has some family connections to the suspect. Police were called to the scene of the alleged sexual […]
Shocking sexual assault conviction sticks
(CNS): A man who was convicted of a particularly egregious sexual assault, in which his seven-year-old victim was infected with a sexually transmitted disease, will remain in jail after his appeal against both his conviction and sentence was rejected on Friday. Devon Stewart (59), who was convicted in 2017 for gross indecency on a child […]
Youth law change allows evidence from kids
(CNS): After changes to the Evidence Law to allow uncorroborated testimony from children to be admitted in criminal trials and considered by a jury without a warning, the Youth Justice law was amended this week to bring that legislation in line. The Youth Justice Law had required a jury to be directed to acquit when […]
Governor and DG support child sexual abuse prevention
(CNS): Last week Governor Martyn Roper, Deputy Governor Franz Manderson and members of their staff took the Cayman Islands Red Cross training session on recognising the signs of and preventing child sexual abuse. CIRC said that since 2014, around 3,000 people in the Cayman Islands have taken the Darkness to Light’s (D2L) session to tackle […]
Hospital alerted police to raped child
(CNS): The RCIPS has confirmed that more than two weeks ago they received a report from medical personnel at the Cayman Islands Hospital that they had admitted and were treating an 11-year-old boy following an alleged serious sexual assault. Police confirmed that the case has been referred to the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) Unit, and […]
