Tag: sex crimes
Victim escapes attempted rape in West Bay
(CNS) UPDATED: Police are investigating another sexual offence report, this time regarding an alleged attempted rape early Saturday morning, 2 December. Police had said a woman was given a ride home by an acquaintance but have since clarified to say that she had not met the man until the night before the assault. Instead of […]
Woman raped on Seven Mile Beach
(CNS) Police are investigating a report of a rape which happened early Saturday morning, 2 December, on Grand Cayman’s famous Seven Mile Beach. Initially reported as a sexual assault, the RCIPS said Monday that the woman was the victim of a stranger rape. The police have not said whether the woman is a resident or […]
2nd man charged over boat rape claim
(CNS): Two men have now been charged in connection with an alleged rape of a 53-year-old woman aboard a boat earlier this month. The second man, a 26-year-old from West Bay who was charged and bailed today, and his 44-year-old co-defendant will appear on 8 December in Grand Court. The men are accused of raping […]
Sex offender’s lawyer quits before sentencing
(CNS): Steve McField, defence counsel for Errington Webster, who was convicted in June on charges related to the sexual assault of a teenage girl, was Wednesday granted leave to withdraw as his legal representation. Appearing before Justice Charles Quin at what was scheduled to be Webster’s sentencing, McField instead laid out the reasons for what […]
Appeals denied for track coach
(CNS): Ato Stephens, the Trinidadian-born track star and coach who was jailed in August for abusing an ICT network by “sexting” with a teenage girl, had his appeals against conviction and sentence denied Monday. The Court of Appeal rejected arguments from the defence on behalf of Stephens, who was sentenced to 18 months in prison for […]
GT man remanded on rape and other charges
(CNS): Brandon Beckett (24) appeared in court Friday afternoon after being formally charged earlier in the day with rape, making threats to kill, assault ABH, wrongful confinement and intentional harassment, alarm or distress. In a brief hearing before Magistrate Angelyn Hernandez, he was remanded in custody and the case automatically transferred to Grand Court. Beckett […]
GT man charged with rape and related offences
(CNS): A 24-year-old man from George Town is expected in court this morning facing a catalog of charges, including rape. The man was arrested at around 1:30 Wednesday morning following a 911 call from a person in distress at a George Town address. Police went to the residence but when they received no response entered […]
Cops on hunt for suspected rapist
(CNS): Police said they are investigating a report of rape after a woman was attacked by a man in the car park outside a George Town bar in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The suspect is described as dark-skinned, about 5’8” tall, of medium build and was wearing a green shirt and blue pants when […]
Jury finds accused man guilty of rape
(CNS): Marlon Ricardo Porter (37) was convicted Tuesday of rape, assault and causing harassment and distress, following a jury trial in which the court heard that his victim suffered a four-hour ordeal. The Jamaican national will be sentenced on 23 November in relation to the attack, which took place in the early hours of the […]
7MB condo intruder guilty of sex crime
(CNS): Ronnie Rodney Ebanks (49) from West Bay was found guilty Friday of indecently assaulting a tourist in February. Following a judge-alone trial in August, Ebanks was convicted of entering a condo at Christopher Columbus on West Bay Road, where he sexually assaulted a woman who was visiting Cayman with her family and left his DNA at […]
Man charged in home invasion rape case
(CNS): Okene Solomon (24) appeared in court Monday, charged with the rape of a woman at her Prospect home earlier this month. Solomon faces charges of rape, burglary, aggravated burglary and theft and was remanded in custody until he appears in Grand Court on 6 October. Solomon is accused of breaking into his victim’s home […]
