Tag: Justice Marva McDonald-Bishop
Tortuga robber fails to get prison term cut
(CNS): Richard Edward Nash (28), who was convicted of armed robbery at the Tortuga liquor store in 2020 and sentenced to twelve years and ten months, has failed to get that time reduced. In a ruling published Friday, the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal said it didn’t consider the sentence excessive, “let alone manifestly excessive”, […]
Woman sent to prison for witness tampering
(CNS): A judge handed down what she described as “a short, sharp shock” to a woman found guilty of trying to prevent a friend from giving evidence against her in relation to an assault. Janelle Lavern Greenwood (48) ultimately pleaded guilty to stabbing her husband in the neck while drinking at home with friends one […]
Beauty shop brawl lands mother in jail
(CNS): Aisha Jamilah English (32), who stabbed her co-worker during a fight at a George Town beauty salon, was sent to prison on Friday for 21 months, having been found guilty on 1 September of unlawful wounding. According to the victim, the two women had argued over a small amount of money, but as she […]
Porn image of infant increases jail time
(CNS): The possession of a Category A image involving an infant girl and an adult man in what was clearly a live abuse situation increased the jail time that Freddy Manuel Diaz-Christian will serve for accessing and possession of child pornography. Justice Marva McDonald-Bishop jailed the former UCCI employee for five years following his conviction […]
Duo face lengthy jail time over booze shop heist
(CNS): Two of the three culprits in a violent robbery at the Tortuga liquor store in Governor’s Square in February 2020 have been handed lengthy jail terms. Richard Edward Nash (27) was one of two masked men who, armed with a long knife, went into the store, threatened staff and engaged in “gratuitous violence”, according […]
GT man gets three years for ‘fleeting’ assault on child
(CNS): DeAnthony Russell (24) from George Town was jailed for three years on Thursday for his conviction by a jury in November last year on one count of indecent assault, which had taken place one year earlier. The local man was found guilty of exposing his penis and rubbing it against the bottom of an […]
Couple guilty of armed Tortuga robbery
(CNS): Richard Edward Nash (27) and Kasnique Cupid (37) were found guilty on Friday of a violent robbery at the Tortuga liquor store in Governor’s Square on the evening of 7 February 2020. They were convicted of a joint enterprise following a judge-alone trial before Justice Marva McDonald-Bishop in November last year, after a mistrial […]
Judge waives minimum gun term in ‘unique’ case
(CNS): Following his conviction for the second time for possession of an unlicensed gun after his first was quashed on appeal, Andy Barnes (41) will not serve the minimum sentence of ten years in jail for that offence and can expect to be released in the coming months, having served the best part of a […]
