78 Year old fisherman sentenced to do 150 hours community service
Justice Carol Beswick in the Grand Court on 24th Aug handed down a sentence of 150 hours community service to a 78 year old man, a retired Seafarer, who had pleaded guilty to stealing CI$180 from his employer, Jacques Scott….
Teenagers arrested following Grand Cayman burglaries
Two teenagers – one aged 13 and the other 19 – have been arrested and are currently in police custody following two separate burglaries. The first burglary was reported to police shortly before 2.00pm yesterday, when a man returned to…
Friday’s Cayman criminal court cases
The following is a roundup of last Friday’s (7) action (or non action) in the Grand Cayman courts Aaron McLaughlin. McLaughlin (20) is accused of threatening staff at the Bodden Town Cashwiz pawn shop with an imitation weapon and stealing…
Cease cell phone calling in cars and other traffic law changes
The Cayman Islands has reached another milestone in its development with the passing of the new Traffic Laws and Regulations. Mobile (Cell) Telephones The new law and regulations are in step with advances in technology, and Clause 78 introduces a…
Update: Man stabbed on Cayman Brac – 3 arrested
About 01:50hrs (08-Sep-12) police received a report of a man stabbed in the car park at the rear of Edd’s Place in West End Cayman Brac. Investigations revealed that as a result of an altercation two (2) persons were transported…
France shootings: Three victims shot in head
Three of the four victims of a shooting in the French Alps were shot in the head, a French prosecutor has said. A man, named by UK neighbours as Saad al-Hilli, 50, from Surrey, and an elderly woman were found…
Ontario private eyes nabbed in Turks
Kevin Donovan Two Canadian private eyes accused of defrauding divorce and business clients have been nabbed by police in the Caribbean where they have been island hopping for three years. Cullen Johnson is a former aide to a Toronto police…
Sexual Harassment Bill Input Deadline
The Law Reform Commission (LRC) reminds stakeholders and the public that the deadline for comments on the draft Sexual Harassment Bill, 2012, formulated by the LRC, is Thursday, 27 September 2012. In keeping with its law reform agenda, the LRC…
Colombian police search for ‘cocaine
Police in the Colombian city of Medellin are searching for two men who shot dead the convicted drug trafficker Griselda Blanco on Monday. Eyewitnesses said two gunmen opened fire on Griselda Blanco, also known as “queen of cocaine” or “godmother”,…
Chillicothe Woman Sentenced for fraud involving Cayman Islands “proof of funds” letter
A Chillicothe woman has been sentenced in federal court for real estate fraud in the Kansas City area. Angela Beetsma Allen, 33, of Mooresville,was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to 10 months in federal prison without parole. On…
