Tag: Geoffry Ebanks
Ex-NHDT chair acquitted in soil scandal case
(CNS): After deliberating for more than eight hours over a two-day period, a jury of six women and one man found Geoffry William Ebanks not guilty of two corruption charges in relation to material cleared from the National Housing and Development Trust site in North Side that he directed to his own land and used as […]
Jury deliberates on charges against ex-NHDT chair
(CNS): After some four hours of deliberation, a jury of six women and one man was sent home Wednesday evening on strict instructions not to speak to each other outside of the jury room or to anyone about the case against Geoffry William Ebanks and to return Thursday morning to continue deliberating. As the day […]
Ex-NHDT chair admits mistakes over waste scandal
(CNS): Geoffry William Ebanks (47), the former chair of the National Housing and Development Trust who resigned after he was charged with corruption in 2022, told a jury on Tuesday that he doesn’t think he is guilty of the offences he has been charged with. Nevertheless, he accepted that a “lot of mistakes were made” […]
Trial delayed after jury discharged in NHDT case
(CNS): The trial of the former chair of the National Housing Development Trust has been delayed due to unexpected connections between jury members and witnesses or the defendant. After the crown prosecutor outlined the case against Geoffry William Ebanks on Thursday morning, two jurors raised concerns about their connections to the case and were both […]
Soil scandal trial to open against former NHDT chair
(CNS): A jury of six women and one man has been selected to hear the crown’s case against Geoffry William Ebanks (47), the former chairperson of the National Housing and Development Trust (NHDT), who has been charged with two counts of corruption in relation to a ‘soil scandal’ at the North Side affordable housing site. […]
Ex-NHDT chair denies corruption charges
(CNS): Geoffry William Ebanks, the former chair of the National Housing and Development Trust, will face trial next year for charges of corruption in relation to the removal of some 72 truckloads of fill and soil from the housing trust site in North Side to his father’s farm in January. Ebanks pleaded not guilty to […]
Housing Trust chair charged with corruption
(CNS): The Anti-Corruption Commission has charged Geoffry Ebanks, the former chairman of the Cayman Islands National Housing Development Trust, with conflict of interest and breach of trust, contrary to the Anti-Corruption Act. Officials said Ebanks is due to appear in court on 8 November but made no further comment about the case. However, CNS understand […]
ACC refers North Side ‘soil scandal’ to prosecutors
(CNS): The Anti-Corruption Commission has referred a file to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in relation to the National Housing Development Trust, the ACC said in a release. The ACC became involved in the ‘soil scandal’ when residents in North Side raised concerns that topsoil and fill cleared from crown land earmarked […]
Questions raised over ‘inside deal’ for NHDT fill
(CNS): A number of North Side residents have accused the National Housing Development Trust Board of making ‘inside deals’ in relation to soil and marl taken from the site of the new district project after several people witnessed the fill being delivered to land owned by the chairman of the board, Geoffry Ebanks, as well […]
