Tag: Elmer Wright
Appeal court upholds life sentence for ‘appalling offences’
(CNS): Elmer Wright (29), who is serving a life sentence with an 18-year minimum tariff in a UK prison, has failed in his effort to have the sentence overturned. He was convicted in 2020 of robbery, possession of an unlicensed gun and various other charges relating to a terrifying home invasion in 2017. Wright was […]
Poor prison security deprives inmates of rights
(CNS): A lawyer representing Justin Ramoon told the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) on Friday that his Caymanian client, who was moved to the UK to serve a life sentence with a minimum term of 35 years for the murder of Jason Powery, hadn’t seen his son for five years because of the […]
Bill paves way for immunity deals for crown witnesses
(CNS): The government is expected to pass a piece of legislation next month that will enable the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) to cut deals with important witnesses who are implicated in a crime and provide immunity from prosecution or a commitment to a reduced sentence on a guilty plea. Currently, the […]
Key witness shot dead on Seven Mile Beach
(CNS): Caine Demetree Thomas (21), a key witness in two trials relating to a home invasion in 2017, was shot dead on Seven Mile Beach early this morning. Police believe he was killed by the same criminal gang behind the escalating gun violence, including a robbery gone wrong in which a man was murdered on […]
Killers sent to UK will get a special court hearing
(CNS): Two local brothers who were convicted in 2016 of murdering Jason Powery in July 2015 at a George Town bar and then forcibly sent to the UK in 2017 to serve their life sentences on grounds of national security have brought a legal challenge asking to be returned home to the Cayman Islands. Following […]
Connor gets 12 years for terrifying home invasion
(CNS): Shane Connor (44) was sentenced to twelve years in prison on Friday for his part in a crime spree that culminated in a home invasion and robbery at a Prospect house in the early morning hours of 17 June 2017. Justice Dale Palmer took the view that Connor was not the real aggressor in […]
Lawyer: Evidence in home invasion trial ‘completely false’
(CNS): The attorney representing Shane Connor (44), who was convicted in September of numerous charges relating to a brutal and terrifying home invasion in 2017, argued that evidence given against Connor during the trial by the crown’s key witness, who was also convicted in the same crime, was “completely false”. During Connor’s sentencing hearing on […]
Connor found guilty in home invasion case
(CNS): Shane Connor (44) from George Town has been convicted in connection with a home robbery, aggravated burglary and a number of other related crimes that took place more than four years ago. It took a jury of four women and two men four hours on Wednesday to decide that Connor was the third man, […]
Connor denies home invasion allegations
(CNS): Shane Connor (44), from George Town, told a jury yesterday that he was completely innocent of the charges against him relating to a violent home invasion in Prospect more than four years ago. Taking the stand in his own defence on Wednesday, Connor alleged a conspiracy by the police against him and said they […]
Fourth suspect in 2017 home invasion on trial
(CNS): Four years after a couple suffered a harrowing armed home invasion at their house in Patrick’s Island, Shane Connor (44) from George Town is the fourth man to go on trial charged with the crime. Connor has denied having anything to do with the aggravated burglary and the other associated crimes as he maintains […]
High risk inmate moved to UK
(CNS): Elmer Wright (26), who was recently given a life sentence with a minimum tariff of 21-years in connection with a violent home invasion, was transferred to the UK at the weekend. Wright, who is considered a high risk prisoner, was taken on the British Airways air-bridge on Saturday, which had been arranged to help […]
