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Watson accuses prosecutor of hidden conflict

Watson accuses prosecutor of hidden conflict

| 03/12/2024 | 36 Comments

(CNS): Canover Watson has filed a formal complaint against the crown lawyer who was part of the team that prosecuted him and Bruce Blake in the CONCACAF football fraud case. Watson, a former businessman, was convicted in 2022 and jailed last year for a long list of offences. But he claims the case was politically motivated and […]

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Crown: Couple imported fentanyl in FedEx package

Crown: Couple imported fentanyl in FedEx package

| 29/05/2024

(CNS): A George Town couple charged with drug importation and money laundering used FedEx to bring in a quantity of ganja and 51 fentanyl pills, totalling over five grams, in a package marked as containing boots, t-shirts and a small rug, the crown told a jury on Tuesday. Renae Hamilton and her now estranged partner, […]

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Man sits in jail 1,600 days in extradition case

Man sits in jail 1,600 days in extradition case

| 01/11/2023 | 42 Comments

(CNS): Juan Carlos Gonzales Infante (61), a Venezuelan national wanted by the US authorities for drug smuggling and money laundering, has served more than four years at HMP Northward even though he has never been convicted of a crime here. Gonzales came to Cayman in 2019 as a co-pilot of a private plane carrying gold. […]

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Co-pilot, in jail more than 1,550 days, fights extradition

Co-pilot, in jail more than 1,550 days, fights extradition

| 24/07/2023 | 12 Comments

(CNS): A man who arrived in the Cayman Islands as the co-pilot of a private jet more than four years ago has been in jail since then, despite being found not guilty of gold smuggling here in 2020, as he fights extradition to the United States. Juan Carlos Gonzales Infante (60), a Venezuelan national who […]

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Woman claims she got just $20K in $1.9M con

Woman claims she got just $20K in $1.9M con

| 26/02/2021 | 54 Comments

(CNS): Judith Douglas (55) has claimed that she kept less than $20,000 despite conning nearly $2 million from a victim in a major status scam as she said she gave the rest to a mystery man. Having tried to down play her role in the crime, Douglas will reappear in Grand Court on Wednesday for […]

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