Tag: court
Man due in court over bullet-proof vest
(CNS): A 51-year-old West Bay man, who was arrested in July for possessing a bullet-proof vest, has now been charged and is due to appear in court, Monday. Police seized the illegal vest during a search carried out on 1 July at an address on Pleasant Drive, West Bay. It was one of two searches […]
CIG spends $1M to learn it can’t afford court
(CNS): The government has spent more than a $1 million over the last decade exploring the possibility of building a new courthouse, only to discover it can’t afford it. Court Administrator Suzanne Bothwell told Finance Committee last week that the much needed facility is still several years away, despite a long history of attempts to […]
Property broker duped client out of $51K
(CNS): A local real estate broker who took CI$51,600 from a woman who wanted to buy a piece of land on Grand Cayman used the cash to try to prop up his own business and duped the woman into converting the payment into a loan which was never paid back. Prosecutor Toyin Salako told a […]
Messages point to coach’s guilt
(CNS): The direct evidence against Trinidad track star, Ato Stephens, accused of indecently assaulting one of his charges while coaching athletics comes only from the teenage girl but the director of public prosecutions said the stream of indecent messages he sent to her also point to his guilt. As the trial drew to a close […]
20% of Cayman has a conviction
(CNS): There are more than ten thousand people living in the Cayman Islands with a criminal or serious traffic conviction, according to the results of a freedom of information request made by a local defence attorney. With 20% of the population with some kind of rap sheet, the country is one of the most criminalized places […]
