Tag: Sandra Hill
CICA quashes Hill’s online bullying conviction
(CNS): Sandra Hill, the owner of Cayman Marl Road, scored another point in her ongoing legal battles with prosecutors this week when the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal overturned a 2020 conviction for online bullying and harassment. The ruling is not only significant for Hill, who should get back the $3,000 fine she was forced […]
Panton takes a back seat to ensure female minister
(CNS): Allegations made by Opposition Leader Joey Hew that Wayne Panton is not in Cabinet because he is under investigation are not true. Panton has confirmed to CNS that he is sitting on the backbench to ensure that there is at least one woman in the National Coalition for Caymanians (NCFC) Cabinet.
Appeal court hears arguments in CMR ‘podcast’ case
(CNS): Sandy Hill, the owner of Cayman Marl Road, will have to wait a few more days to find out if the 2020 conviction against her for cyberbullying will be quashed by the Court of Appeal. The case revolved around a podcast she broadcast online in which she accused businessman and failed political candidate Matthew […]
CMR owner will argue human rights abuse in appeal
(CNS): Sandra Hill, the owner of Cayman Marl Road and online talk-show host, has been given leave to appeal a 2020 conviction and to instruct a senior lawyer on legal aid to argue the case. The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal president, Sir John Goldring, Thursday, said the case raised human rights issues. Hill is […]
Sex offender’s appeal to cut jail time fails
(CNS): An application by Kayson Ricardo Holness (34) to reduce a 33-month sentence, which was imposed in May last year after he pleaded guilty to child pornography charges, has failed. Holness was convicted of possessing, posting and sharing videos of child sexual abuse. One of the videos he transmitted included images of a baby, possibly […]
Hill appeals 2020 conviction over podcast
(CNS): Sandra Hill, the host of Cayman Marl Road, is defending herself in the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal against a conviction in 2020 for abusing and harassing on an ICT network in connection with a podcast in which she accused local businessman Matthew Leslie of being a sexual predator. This was the first time […]
Talk show host in dock over blackmail charges
(CNS): Local talk show host Sandra Hill appeared in Summary Court Tuesday, facing a charge of blackmail and another of attempting to obstruct justice. The owner of Cayman Marl Road is accused of bribing businessman John Felder during a defamation lawsuit the two were fighting in 2021. The case can only be heard in Grand […]
Hill alleges victimisation in face of latest criminal charges
(CNS): Sandra Hill, the owner of Cayman Marl Road, has accused police and prosecutors of victimisation after learning she is facing more criminal charges in the wake of her civil court battle with John Felder, a former long-time Cayman resident and business owner. Hill is set to be charged with blackmail and obstructing the course […]
CMR owner fined $3k in ICT bullying case
(CNS): A Grand Court judge told Sandra Hill he was not going to shut down her Cayman Marl Road website as he handed her a $3,000 fine for her conviction in an ICT bullying case, where she had accused Matthew Leslie of being a sex-offender. Justice Roger Chapple said he believed her site “served a […]
Hill criminal case worries MPs
(CNS): The use of ICT legislation to prosecute Sandra Hill, the owner of the Cayman Marl Road website, over a controversial podcast last year about local businessman, Matthew Leslie, worried two MPs who appeared in court last week on her behalf. Chris Saunders (BTW) queried why Hill was in the dock and Leslie wasn’t, given […]
Crown seeks ban and jail for Hill
(CNS): Crown prosecutor Darlene Oko pressed a judge to ban Sandra Hill, the owner of Cayman Marl Road, from the internet and to lock her up for bullying local businessman, Matthew Leslie, on a social media podcast. In a sentence hearing Thursday, following Hill’s conviction in August for misusing an ICT network, Oko argued that […]
