Tag: fight
Johnson disputes CCTV evidence in murder trial
(CNS): During three days in the witness box giving evidence on his own behalf and attempting to explain the video evidence, Jashawn Owen Anthony Johnson (21) continued to claim that he killed Michael Aaron Bush (22) on the morning of Christmas Eve in self-defence and that he had sustained a neck injury during the fight. […]
Woman gives emotional evidence in boyfriend’s trial
(CNS): A 22-year-old woman from Bodden Town gave emotional but reluctant evidence on Monday at the trial of Jashawn Owen Anthony Johnson, who is charged with the murder of Michael Aaron Bush (22) on Christmas Eve. The woman, who was dating Johnson at the time, wept as she explained that she was both “uncomfortable and […]
Two men badly injured in fight at WB booze shop
(CNS): Two West Bay men both ended up in hospital on Monday evening following a violent dispute outside Pop-A-Top liquor store on Powell Smith Road, literally yards from the local police station. One of the men was stabbed and the one hit with a glass bottle. Police said they both sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries […]
Man stabbed in head at Coe Wood Beach
(CNS): A 39-year-old man from Boden Town has been arrested on suspicion of wounding after a fight at Coe Wood Beach at around 10:30 Sunday morning. The suspect was said to have stabbed the man he was brawling with in the head, according to the RCIPS. The victim was taken to hospital in a private […]
Two men stabbed during fight in BT
(CNS): Three men were involved in a fight at a house in North Sound Estates, Bodden Town, on Saturday evening and two of them were seriously wounded, according to an RCIPS release. Officers were called to the scene at around 6pm, where they were told that both the injured men had been taken to hospital […]
Christmas Eve murder suspect in jail
(CNS): Jashawn Owen Anthony Johnson (20) from Prospect was remanded in custody by Magistrate Valdis Foldats on Tuesday, after making his first appearance in court following a charge for murder. Johnson is accused of killing Michael Aaron Bush (22) from West Bay during a fight outside a nightclub complex in the Strand Plaza in the […]
Police arrest suspect in Christmas Eve murder
(CNS) UPDATED SUNDAY: Police say that a man has been arrested on suspicion of the killing of 22-year-old Michael Aaron Bush, who was stabbed multiple times during a fight in the Strand Plaza car park on Christmas Eve. In a release early Sunday afternoon, the RCIPS said that at around 8:30 on Saturday evening, 26 […]
Women stabbed in laundromat rumble
(CNS): Two women were treated for serious stab wounds on Monday evening after a laundromat argument turned violent. Police are investigating the fight that took place at the facility on Kennedy Drive in George Town at around 7:45pm yesterday and resulted in both women, who are residents on the island, being badly injured. The women […]
Men stabbed during dump road bar brawl
(CNS): Several men were injured, some seriously, after a brawl at a bar on Seymour Drive, aka Dump Road, in the industrial area of George Town on Friday evening at around 8:30pm. Police are now seeking witnesses to the fight, which involved multiple people. At least four men were stabbed and taken to hospital for […]
Student injured in high school fight
(CNS) A student at the Cayman Islands Further Education Centre (CIFEC) was take to hospital Wednesday and treated for injuries to his face following a fight with another student. Police said the two teenage students were engaged in a physical altercation at the school. No other details have been released about the fight but offices […]
Police make appeal in car park killing
(CNS): The RCIPS has confirmed that the man stabbed to death in a car park fight early Saturday morning was Recardo Lionel Pars (27) from George Town. Since the incident, videos and still images of the fight have circulated anonymously on social media showing several people present at the altercation, which happened around 3:30am. Police […]
