Tag: Stuart Jack
Bush calls for public inquiry into DPP and CoP
(CNS): Following his acquittal on historic rape charges on Monday, veteran politician McKeeva Bush MP called for a public commission of inquiry into the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) and the Office of the Commissioner of Police. He said the inquiry was needed, not just because of the failed cases against him […]
Former ‘Tempura’ governor dies at age 72
(CNS): Stuart Duncan Macdonald Jack (1949-2022), who served as the governor of the Cayman Islands between 2005 and 2009, has died. According to official statements released by the offices of the governors and the premier, the sad news was passed on to the London Office by Jack’s daughter.
Bridger keeps up pressure for CIG to lift Tempura lid
(CNS): Since the first complaint was made back in 2010 about the way the discredited and costly Operation Tempura investigation was conducted by the one time lead investigator, Martin Bridger, and his legal advisor on the enquiry, Martin Polaine, Bridger has not given up trying to get the full story into the public domain. He told […]
Bridger has new evidence about Tempura saga
(CNS): The former senior investigating officer of the discredited Operation Tempura has told CNS that he has “new and incriminating” evidence about that investigation. Martin Bridger also said he was never interviewed by the RCIPS regarding complaints he made about senior officials, which the governor has told him are not in the public interest to investigate. She has, however, allowed an […]
Bridger still not quizzed in latest Tempura probe
(CNS): The former lead investigator in the ill-fated Operation Tempura internal police corruption enquiry has still not been interviewed in connection with the latest fallout. Martin Bridger is alleged to be the subject of a related criminal complaint in the ongoing saga but the former Scotland Yard officer has not been approached by the RCIPS […]
Ex-top cop drops suit against Tempura boss
(CNS): The former RCIPS police commissioner, Stuart Kernohan, who recently settled his wrongful dismissal claim against the Cayman government out of court for an undisclosed but at least six figure sum, has dropped his related legal action against Martin Bridger, the former boss of the now notorious internal police probe, known as Operation Tempura.
Secret police probe blocks Tempura report release
(CNS): The Information Commissioner’s Office has been asked to once again re-assess a decision that a controversial report regarding a complaint about the internal police investigation, Operation Tempura, be released to the public. In the latest round in the ongoing legal fight by the governor’s office to keep this document secret, a judge has ruled that, […]
Syed says he was governor’s office spy
(CNS): The former president of the local university has claimed that between April 2003 and September 2008 he was undertaking “sensitive investigations” on behalf of the governor’s office into corruption among public officials in the Cayman Islands. Hassan Syed states that he also helped broker a deal with the former police commissioner, Stuart Kernohan, and the […]
OT’s security advisor may be moonlighting
(CNS): The man employed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as its security advisor for the overseas territories also has his own private security company, which he appears to run from his home in Palmetto Bay, Florida, presenting a serious, potential conflict of interest.
