Tag: domestic violence
Man charged after breaching protection order
(CNS): A 29-year-old man from Bodden Town, has been charged with assault ABH, threats to kill, wrongful confinement, damage to property, two counts of assaulting police, attempting to escape lawful custody and two counts of breaching a protection order. The charges relate to a series of domestic assaults that took place over a four-day period […]
Panton: We must face truths about violence
(CNS): Last Friday was the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which launched the global 16 Days of Activism. In his statement to mark the event, Premier Wayne Panton said the community is being challenged to confront some uncomfortable truths about what is taking place within Cayman’s homes, institutions and the country, […]
Domestic abuser breaches protection order
(CNS): A George Town man who was under a protection order as a result of an abusive past is facing five new charges after he breached that order and assaulted his victim at least three times between 6 May and 16 June. The 29-year-old man has been charged with three counts of assault ABH and […]
Fewer DV reports in 2021 but concerns remain
(CNS): Gender-based violence continues to be a major issue in the Cayman Islands. The RCIPS has said that this year police responded to 1,517 incidents of domestic violence, a significant drop from 2020, when they investigated 2,288 incidents, 71% of which involved female victims. Offering its support to the recent campaign, 16 Days of Activism […]
Ex-soccer star jailed for 44 months for violent rampage
(CNS): Derrin Kennedy Ebanks (32) was sentenced on Thursday to three years and eight months in jail, having been convicted this summer of several charges relating to a violent, drunken rampage against three women last September. Ebanks had been bailed following his conviction by a jury in August and therefore began serving his prison term […]
DV cops use orders to protect reluctant victims
(CNS): Detectives at the RCIPS Domestic Violence Unit have begun making use of court orders that allow them to keep violent partners away from their victims, even when those on the receiving end of the violence won’t give evidence against them. Coupled with a dedicated court for dealing quickly with domestic abuse cases, the recent […]
Ex-cop serves full sentence on remand in abuse case
(CNS): A former police officer who has been on remand at HMP Northward for over a year in connection with a case of domestic abuse and perverting the course of justice will be released from jail immediately after he received a twelve month sentence on Wednesday. Rayal Benson Forbes, who worked for the RCIPS until […]
Man stabbed in neck, woman arrested
(CNS): A 34-year-old woman from George Town was arrested on suspicion of wounding last night and remains in police custody, while a man is in hospital in serious but stable condition. Police responded to a report of the serious assault at around 10:30pm Wednesday at a home on Patrick’s Avenue, Prospect. According to the RCIPS, […]
Woman gets 95 months for killing lover
(CNS): Olga Elizabeth Smith (37) was sentenced to seven years and eleven months in jail by Justice Cheryll Richards on Wednesday for killing Marvin Xavier Conolly-Armendarez (27) in March last year. Smith had pleaded guilty in October to manslaughter due to provocation after she stabbed her lover, the father of her new baby, during yet […]
Police claim to be helping abuse victim
(CNS): Police now claim that they are investigating a case of alleged abuse after a woman posted a video on social media on Friday, in which she warned her family and friends that if she was found dead, it would be at the hands of her ex-partner and the father of her child, whom she […]
Woman’s arm slashed in altercation at WB home
(CNS): A 36-year-old man from West Bay has been arrested on suspicion of wounding following what appears to be a case of domestic violence at a home on North West Point Road. At around 7:00 on Tuesday evening, during what police called an altercation, a woman’s arm was slashed with a large knife by a […]
