18 months jail sentence for teen arsonist
Shaneeke Julianie Wellington (19) was sentenced by Justice Charles Quin to 18 months in jail at HMP Northward after receiving a three year prison sentence for arson with half of it suspended. Wellington pleaded guilty that on the 17th day…
Gunrunning Caymanian gets nearly 4 years jail in USA
Michael Brandon Leslie, from the Cayman Islands, has been sentenced to 46months imprisonment in the USA after pleading guilty to gunrunning, plus a three-year term of supervised release. Leslie was one of six defendants charged with gunrunning between the Cayman…
iNews Cayman owners celebrate 30 years
Although it was supposedly only a St George’s Day Patronal Festival service at St George’s Anglican Episcopal Church Hall on Tuesday 23rd April 2013, there was a surprise for both Joan and Colin Wilson at the end of the service….
UDP presents their 2013 manifesto
The United Democratic Party (UDP) has now unveiled their manifesto that can be downloaded from their website at http://www.udp.ky/images/udpmanifesto2013april26.pdf It was supposed to have been unveiled at their National Campaign Launch last Thursday (25) but it wasn’t ready in time….
New Children’s Law comes into effect
Last Monday (29) new rules for the protection of children came into effect as a result of the passage of the Children Law last July. Officials from the courts said the newly issued Children Law Rules and Allocation Order form…
Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Esther Vernicia Watler
It was a packed East End United Church on Saturday 27th April, 2013, to hear a Service of Thanksgiving for the life of the late much loved Esther Vernicia Watler who died peacefully at her East End home on 19th…
Joey Ebanks now charged with drug offences
To add to Joey Ebanks long list of charges of: 8 counts of obtaining property by deception 7 counts of theft 1 count of obtaining a money transfer by deception 1 count of transferring criminal property 9 counts of making…
Convicted killer wins appeal and will be deported back to Jamaica
Collin (Sheldon) Ovid Scott (41), a Jamaican national who was convicted of killing his girlfriend when she told him she was leaving him had his sentence reduced by Cayman’s court of appeal last week. Scott had pleaded guilty to manslaughter…
CONCACAF report says fraud believed committed and money moved to Cayman
The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football’s (CONCACAF) “INTEGRITY COMMITTEE REPORT OF INVESTIGATION” dated April 18, 2013 has been published and was presented to the Executive Committee of CONCACAF. The Executive Summary from the Report is attached….
Joey Ebanks to face legal action for Facebook postings
Joey Ebanks, suspended head of the Cayman Islands Electricity Regulatory Authority and facing a criminal investigation, will now face legal action over comments he has made on his Facebook page. Ebanks is also standing for election in North Side,…
