Tag: Coroners Court
Death of woman crushed under car ruled misadventure
(CNS): A coroner’s inquest found that Jasmine Janise James (31) died in “tragic and unfortunate” circumstances when her friend accidentally ran over her after she stumbled and fell in front of her car. James was killed on the evening of 4 October 2020 in the carpark at the Ocean Pointe condo complex where she lived […]
Pedestrian was hit by two vehicles in fatal collision
(CNS): Henry Schucair Robinson (61), from Bodden Town, was killed around 7pm on 24 November 2019 after he was hit by two vehicles on Anton Bodden Drive. One of the drivers left the scene before police officers took his details and was never tracked down. Following an inquest into the tragic collision, the case was […]
Chef’s death found ‘misadventure’ after fall from boat
(CNS): An inquest jury has found that Kasun Tharuka Madushanka Fernando (32) from Sri Lanka died as a result of misadventure when he fell off a party boat and drowned in the North Sound last year. On Monday, 11 October 2021, Fernando, who was a chef at the Westin hotel, took a trip on the […]
Cold case cop ‘knows’ killer but doesn’t have proof
(CNS): The man who gunned down Jason Christian in George Town over eleven years ago has never been charged. Although the police working the cold case believe they know who shot the teenager, they don’t have the evidence needed to prove it. As a result, while the RCIPS will keep this case open, the Coroners […]
Death five years after stabbing found unlawful
(CNS): A coroner’s inquest has found that the death of Wesley Clarke at the Cayman Islands hospital in 2017, five years after he was violently attacked, was unlawful. Clarke was stabbed in the neck at a party in June 2012 and shortly afterwards slipped into a coma, from which he never awoke. The jury found […]
Speed and booze caused deadly East End crash
(CNS): Chris Ollen McLaughlin (30) died as a result of misadventure, a jury found in Coroners Court Wednesday, having heard evidence that he was more than two times over the legal alcohol limit and travelling at 97mph when he crashed his car on Sea View Road in March 2016.
Silent witnesses allowed suspect killer to walk free
(CNS): The man that police believe killed Darrington Ebanks (29) on Christmas Day 2018 walked free because of the silence of those present on the night he was shot, according to detectives who investigated the murder. Following the coroner’s inquest last week, when Ebanks’ death was confirmed an unlawful killing, the police said the case […]
Only suspect in Yates killing was also murdered
(CNS): Victor Yates was just 22 years old when he was gunned down near Super C’s restaurant in West Bay in the early morning hours of 3 January 2015. Yates sustained a single gunshot wound to the head, and the case is the coldest of cases for the RCIPS because they believe they have already […]
Detective says ‘Deebo’ murder still a live inquiry
(CNS): The investigation into who killed Damean Dwayne Seymour (34), better known as “Deebo”, is still an active inquiry in which police are pursuing a number of leads that have led them to look for his killer overseas. At a Coroners Court hearing on Friday, Detective Inspector Adeniyi Collins Oremule told a jury that Seymour’s […]
Experts stick by findings in deadly crash
(CNS): Two crash re-constructionists who concluded that Philip Price (34) was the driver in a fatal crash in East End in 2018, in which his wife was killed but he was never prosecuted, stood by their findings when they appeared before the Coroners Court on Wednesday. The inquest jury returned a verdict of misadventure but […]
No COVID-19 positive tests for two weeks
(CNS): It is now two weeks since anyone in the Cayman Islands tested positive for COVID-19. On Monday Chief Medical Officer Dr John Lee reported 269 test results that were carried out over the weekend and all of them were negative. Cayman also retains the status of having no current active cases of the virus. […]
