Tag: violent crime
BT man charged with beating woman
(CNS): A 28-year-old Bodden Town man was expected in court Tuesday, having been charged with GBH following a weekend in custody. The man was arrested last Thursday by police after a woman who had been badly beaten arrived at the hospital early that morning. Staff in emergency services called the police when the woman turned up […]
Brothers challenge judge in murder appeal
(CNS): Osbourne Douglas (32) and Justin Ramoon (27), who are in prison in the UK serving life sentences of 34 and 35 years for the murder of Jason Powery in a gang-related shooting in George Town in 2015, argued that their convictions were not safe during an appeal hearing via phone and video link on Wednesday. With […]
Two men charged following bar brawl and collision
(CNS): A 46-year-old-man from George Town who had handed himself into police last week following a violent brawl outside a bar on Shedden Road last Tuesday night has been charged with assault GBH. A second 39-year-old man from George Town has also been charged with causing fear of provocation of violence in connection with the same […]
Man critical after being run over in George Town
(CNS) UPDATED: A pedestrian is in a critical condition after being knocked down on Shedden Road Tuesday night, following a fight at a bar in central George Town. The police say the man was injured during the altercation between several men one of which had a machete before he fled into the street, near Martin […]
Man seriously wounded outside liquor store
(CNS): A West Bay man sustained multiple stab wounds on Monday evening during a fight outside a West Bay liquor store. Police are now looking for witnesses who may have seen the altercation, which happened at around 5:40pm outside Pop-a-Top liquor store on Powell Smith Road. The incident was reported to officers on patrol in the […]
Teen faces lengthy sentence over barroom brawl
(CNS): Lyle Alexander Samson Peart (18), from George Town, is facing a lengthy custodial sentence after pleading guilty on Friday to GBH, despite having a previous clean record. When he appeared in Grand Court, Peart admitted wounding Tyrell Smith with intent outside Margaritaville in George Town this summer. He was remanded in custody until sentencing […]
Ex-fugitive charged with attempted murder
(CNS): A 26-year-old West Bay man has been charged with attempted murder, threats to kill, and wounding following a violent assault last week on a woman he knows. Alejandro Cardenas-Powery went on the run last Sunday afternoon (21 October) after police and other emergency services were called to a home in West Bay, where a woman […]
Woman attacked in home by known assailant
(CNS): A West Bay woman was hospitalised this weekend with non-life-threatening injuries after she was assaulted in her own home Sunday afternoon. The woman was said to have been stabbed by a man who was known to the victim some time before 1:45pm Sunday. Police and emergency services were called to the home in West […]
Man faces serious charges over barroom brawl
(CNS): Gregorio Camacho Hernandez (49) is facing serious charges following a fight outside a George Town bar last month. In court on Friday, Hernandez, who is a resident of Bodden Town, pleaded not guilty to wounding with intent in connection with a violent encounter outside a bar on Shedden Road, east of Eastern Avenue. Hernandez and […]
Cops on hunt for gunmen after GT shooting
(CNS): The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service has opened an investigation into a shooting on Sound Way in George Town Friday night in which one man was seriously wounded. Just before 8pm, armed police were called to the location and assessed the area as being safe before medics were able to attend to the injured […]
WB woman detained after fight with police
(CNS): The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service says they arrested a 30 year old West Bay woman early Sunday morning outside a George Town bar after she assaulted officers who had been called out to investigate a report of an altercation in the parking lot of Cotton Club on Shedden Road. The police arrived at around 2:30am […]
