Tag: violent crime
Teenager charged in North Side killing
(CNS): A 19-year-old man from North Side was expected to appear in court Wednesday, having been charged with the murder of Timothy Rivers (66). Police said the young man, who is believed to be the victim’s son, was arrested in the wake of the tragic and brutal killing, in which Rivers was stabbed multiple times last […]
Police confirm arrest in North Side murder
(CNS): A North Side man who was found dead yesterday morning at a farm off Hutland Road in what appears to be a tragic family killing has been named as Timothy Rivers (66), who was reportedly stabbed multiple times. Police have also now confirmed that a 19-year old man has been arrested on suspicion of […]
Men not worth fighting over, judge advises
(CNS): Justice Carlisle Greaves told a defendant that men are like buses, “one goes, another one comes”, and advised her that they are not worth women fighting over as he handed down a 12-month sentence for the conviction for wounding. Amil Regina Cotes-Incinosa (40) from West Bay was charged with stabbing Darla Ebanks twice in one […]
GT man dodges jail after machete fight
(CNS): Randon Odell Davis (20), who originally faced attempted murder charges following a fight with his estranged wife’s ex-lover, walked away from court Friday after a judge handed down a nine-month suspended sentence. On hearing the full facts of the case and the admissions that had been made by Davis, when he pleaded guilty to wounding […]
GT man charged in Prospect robbery
(CNS): The police have now charged a 19-year-old man from George Town with robbery following the arrest of four people at the weekend in connection with a man who was beaten and robbed outside a residence in Prospect on Monday, 21 May. The defendant was expected in court Tuesday. According to an earlier release from […]
Dive shop attacker admits stabbing
(CNS): Jaron Solomon, a 29-year-old man from East End, pleaded guilty to a list of offences, including GBH and damaging property, when he appeared in court Monday for trial after he was originally charged with attempted murder. Solomon had previously denied trying to kill his former girlfriend during a frenzied attack a dive-shop in East […]
Teenage boy arrested after stabbing
(CNS): A West Bay teenager was arrested Thursday evening following a fight involving four boys at a house off Mount Pleasant Road around 6pm. The 16-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of assault GBH after another boy was stabbed with an undisclosed weapon during a disturbance between the teenagers. Officers who responded to the call […]
Man attacked by gang at West Bay Public Beach
(CNS): A Royal Cayman Islands Police Service investigation has been opened into a violent assault Wednesday evening by four men at the West Bay Public Beach. Police said that they received a report that a man had been at the beach at about 6:30pm on 2 May when he was approached by four men, who threatened […]
Appeal court jails free man in cop assault case
(CNS): Seth O’Neil Watler broke down in court Wednesday and had to be assisted down the stairs to the cells after he was jailed by the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal when the panel overturned a ten-month suspended sentence and replaced it with a year in prison. Watler pleaded guilty last October to assaulting a senior […]
Woman admits stabbing victim in WB assault
(CNS): Amil Regina Cotes-Incinosa (40) admitted wounding a local woman during an altercation in West Bay on Birch Tree Hill Road in February. Cotes-Incinosa, who is currently on remand, pleaded guilty to wounding and carrying an offensive weapon when she appeared in Grand Court Friday. The crown had also charged her with the more serious offence […]
Jury makes quick decision in workplace ‘hammer’ case
(CNS): It took the jury less than one hour Tuesday to find Dain Damean McPherson (33) guilty of GBH following an attack on his supervisor at the supermarket where the men worked. The two men had engaged in an angry verbal altercation at the start of their shift at Foster’s Countryside last September, when McPherson picked up […]
