Tag: violent crime
Men robbed by gang in WB Road parking lot
(CNS): A man was treated in hospital this morning for a head wound sustained during a robbery in a car park on the West Bay Road. Police said that four men were in a parking lot north of the Galleria Roundabout shortly before 3:30am when two vehicles, which appeared to have been a sedan and a […]
Local musician critical after shooting
(CNS): Dexter Bodden, a well-known local musician, is in hospital in critical condition after he was shot by a lone gunman outside his home in George Town yesterday evening. The police said that Bodden, who is also known as the Calypso Cowboy, had arrived at his house at the junction of Avon Way and Eastern […]
Police on the scene of George Town shooting
(CNS): Police are at the scene of a shooting that happened at around 6:30 this evening on Eastern Avenue near to the junction of Avon Way. One man has been taken to hospital with a gunshot wound, a spokesperson from the RCIPS confirmed in a brief alert about the shooting. Eastern Avenue was partially closed briefly […]
East End woman charged with GBH
(CNS): A 29-year-old woman from East End who was arrested on Monday in connection with a violent incident in the district involving a man believed to be her partner has been charged with assault GBH. The man who was assaulted by the woman sustained serious facial wounds, police reported in a brief release. She was […]
Violent argument leaves man fighting for life
(CNS): Four people have been arrested, one of whom, a 25-year-old man, is fighting a life-threatening chest injury in the Cayman Islands Hospital, following a violent argument outside a nightclub sometime before 1:00 Saturday morning. The three men and one woman, all from West Bay, were reportedly involved in an altercation at The Strand Entertainment Complex off […]
Support cop arrested after violent domestic assault
(CNS): A 50-year-old auxiliary constable with the RCIPS was arrested in the early hours of Friday morning following a domestic disturbance at a residence in the Prospect area of George Town, where he also assaulted his colleagues. Police said he has been suspended from duty but has been bailed due to medical reasons. The man […]
Violent men face long jail terms in feud case
(CNS): Malik Mothen from West Bay has been sentenced to 13 years in jail and his co-defendant, Kashwayne Hewitt, a Jamaican national, received a 12-year term for a violent attack and shooting outside the Fete nightclub in February. The men were both found guilty Thursday of attacking and shooting Daniel Bennett and Carlney Campbell in […]
BT man avoids jail after punching senior cop
(CNS): A local man from Bodden Town avoided jail time Wednesday, after a judge suspended the ten-month sentence he was given for assaulting a senior police officer at the scene of a traffic collision in October. Seth Watler (25) wept openly as Justice Marlene Carter said she was giving him a chance because of his […]
Jury acquits women in Fete shooting case
(CNS): A jury acquitted two West Bay women of all the counts against them in what the crown had presented as a feud-fuelled gang-related case of violence against two men last February. But the five men and two women of the jury panel convicted both the male defendants of GBH with intent, although they were […]
Teenagers arrested over violent attack in George Town
(CNS): Three teenagers and a boy were arrested and bailed following a violent attack in a parking lot on Eastern Avenue near the Godfrey Nixon junction at around 3:30 Saturday morning. Police and other emergency personnel were dispatched to the scene, responding to a report of a wounding after a man and a woman got […]
Crown sums up case of nightclub shooting
(CNS): Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Patrick Moran summed up the crown’s case against four defendants Friday regarding a shooting outside Fete nightclub in February. Now the jury has to consider the part they played, if any, in a catalog of accusations, from attempted murder to the possession of an illegal gun. The prosecutor says […]
