Daniel Pelka murder: mother and partner given life
From BBC The mother of Daniel Pelka and her partner have been jailed for life for the four-year-old’s murder. Magdelena Luczak, 27, and Mariusz Krezolek, 34, must serve a minimum of 30 years each for what the judge called their…
Man robbed at gunpoint – Savannah
From RCIPS Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 12:02 PM Detectives have launched an investigation after a man was robbed at gunpoint as he arrived at his home in Savannah earlier this morning. About 3.10am today, the man arrived at his home…
Known gang member walks free after winning appeal against gun conviction
Justice Charles Quin handed down a 10-year sentence, the minimum mandatory sentence for possession of an unlicensed firearm to 20year old on Tuesday 22nd January 2013 in the Cayman Islands Grand Court. On the 31st October 2012 the Defendant was…
Why no one can stop the Pink Panther jewel thieves
By Harry Mount From The Daily Mail, UK As brutal as they’re cunning, they’re the gang of 200 ex-soldiers who’ve struck across the world Lone raider stole £88m of jewels from Carlton Cannes Hotel on Sunday French hotel was setting…
$87M Fraud indictment for US construction company
FBI Charlotte Division U.S. Attorney’s Office July 24, 2013 Western District of North Carolina Monroe Construction Company and six co-conspirators indicted for government contract fraud Government alleges the defendants lied to obtain more than $87 million in federally funded construction…
Porsche wins ruling in bid to block Pendragon U.K. Lawsuit (1)
By Karin Matussek, Bloomberg, From Business Week Porsche SE won a ruling in its bid to block a U.K. court from hearing a $195 million suit filed over the 2008 use of options in the failed bid to take over…
Navy ship on 7-month drug-fighting mission
By Tristan Nichols UT SanDiego SAN DIEGO — The frigate Rentz left San Diego Naval Base on Thursday for a seven-month deployment to the Eastern Pacific and Caribbean. The crew’s mission is to target drug traffickers as part of the…
iNews Briefs
Retrial for bread roll fraud The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal has quashed the conviction of Dave Bryan (48) who was sentenced in April 2012 to spend five years in jail by Justice Charles Quin. Bryan was found guilty of…
Prison footballers caught smuggling
Drugs, alcohol and other contraband were confiscated from a group of inmates as they returned from playing in an indoor football league in the community last Monday night (29). This occurred as the inmates (who were escorted and transported by…
CUC linesman fails to get sentence reduced
Michael Hugh Powell (42) was sentenced by Justice Charles Quin in Cayman’s Grand Court on Thursday May 30th to the minimum sentence of 7 years’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to the charge of possessing an unlicensed firearm. Powell had admitted…
