Tag: McKeeva Bush
Bush’s KC arrives in time to challenge rape allegation
(CNS): Jerome Lynch KC was sworn in at the Cayman bar Monday in time for him to cross-examine the woman who has accused his client, McKeeva Bush MP, of raping her, an accusation that he has denied. Bush is being prosecuted by Eloise Marshall KC but he was facing a legal inequity without his own […]
Bush raped woman in mangrove clearing, crown tells jury
(CNS): Former Cayman Islands premier and the longest serving member of parliament, McKeeva Bush, has been accused by a woman of raping her on the ground in a mangrove clearing off the West Bay Road more than 24 years ago. As Eloise Marshall KC opened the historic rape case against Bush on Friday, she briefly […]
Bush trial adjourned and parliament postponed
(CNS): With the Cayman Islands preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Beryl within the next 36 hours, the trial of McKeeva Bush MP was postponed Tuesday and the jury was sent home by the judge until Friday morning. House Speaker Alden McLaughlin has also confirmed that the planned meeting of lawmakers, including Bush, set for […]
Jury selected and Bush trial set to start Tuesday
(CNS): After several days of delays and closed-door legal arguments, the government’s backbench MP, McKeeva Bush, will now stand trial on Tuesday. Ten jurors were selected on Thursday morning, including three alternates in case any difficulties arise with the first seven after the crown opens its case next week. Eloise Marshall KC from the UK […]
Bush wants 100% local ownership in range of businesses
(CNS): McKeeva Bush MP is filing a private member’s motion ahead of the anticipated parliamentary meeting on 5 July calling for a moratorium on Local Companies (Control) Licences (LCCLs), which are companies operating in the Cayman Islands that are not majority-owned by a local person. The motion seeks to limit the growing number of LCCLs […]
Mac spreads misinformation about conservation law
(CNS): Last week, McKeeva Bush MP (WBW) became the first person in the UPM government to admit that it is trying to amend the National Conservation Act to make development easier, but the veteran MP was peddling misinformation and a false narrative as he did so. Appearing on Radio Cayman’s lunchtime talk show, Talk-Today, Bush […]
Bush trial over rape allegation delayed on first day
(CNS): The jury selection process to find at least seven men and women to serve in the trial of McKeeva Bush MP (69), who faces historic rape and sexual assault allegations, failed to get going on Monday, the first day of the scheduled trial, even after his own request for a postponement to give him […]
Traffic cops begin another targetted road crackdown
(CNS): The RCIPS Traffic and Roads Policing Unit launched a new road safety campaign on Monday, which will last until Sunday, 7 July. Traffic police will conduct high-visibility initiatives and traffic enforcement across the islands, focusing on persistent road safety offences and poor driving behaviour, including speeding, DUI, inconsiderate and distracted driving. As Cayman continues […]
3 ministers and MP hand-deliver $80k of aid to Roatan
(CNS): Three Cabinet ministers, an MP, a number of public servants and private sector delegates were all sent to deliver around CI$80,000 worth of medical supplies this week on a Cayman Airways flight to Honduras. A devastating fire burned down the only public hospital in Roatan on 19 April and four days later, the Bay […]
PPM: Officials ‘cannot turn blind eye’ to abuse in trial
(CNS): Opposition Leader Roy McTaggart has called for action to address the “deliberate and disquieting abuse of process” by the crown last month in the case against McKeeva Bush, who had been charged with the indecent assault of two female civil servants. The PPM leader pointed out that the abuse was “of such gravity” that […]
DPP called witness in Bush trial against her wishes
(CNS): Justice Stanley John has lifted reporting restrictions on the recent trial of McKeeva Bush (69), which collapsed last week as a result of a serious abuse of the process by the crown in relation to how they brought the case against Bush for indecent assault and the information that was withheld from him and […]
