By Alric Lindsay A charge of publicly doing an indecent act against a homeless Caymanian man was dismissed in Summary Court today, April 15, 2026, after Crown Counsel from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions determined that...
Court News
Man Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison for Robbery & String Of Burglaries, Including Pobo Jeb’s, Reflections & Humane Society
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By Alric Lindsay Today, April 10, 2026, Rickie Joiner Alvarado was sentenced by Justice Richards to a total of 63 months (five years and three months) imprisonment a street robbery of a tourist and a series of robberies and...
By Alric Lindsay Today, April 10, 2026, Justice Richards sentenced Diego Alexander Bodden to 48 months’ imprisonment in the Grand Court for robbing a West Bay convenience store cashier at gunpoint with a toy gun, an offense the court...
By Alric Lindsay A Jamaican national identified in the Summary Court as Mr. Foster was sentenced by the Chief Magistrate to two days’ imprisonment on multiple Ganja-related charges before being handed over to the Cayman Islands Customs and Border...
By Alric Lindsay Sandra Hill, the publisher of Cayman Marl Road, was found not guilty today, April 7, 2026, of blackmail charge brought against her by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in connection with a...
DPP Can Proceed With Domestic Violence Prosecutions Despite Victim Withdrawal: Key Policy Explained
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By Alric Lindsay In an appearance before the Summary Court today, March 17, 2026, Magistrate McFarlane reminded a party charged with common assault of an important prosecution policy: the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) retains the authority to continue...
Cayman’s Planning Enforcement Notices: Registered Mail Alone Is Outdated and Unfair – Time for Urgent Reform
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By Alric Lindsay Proceedings in the Summary Court on March 17, 2026, have exposed serious flaws in how the Cayman’s planning authorities serve enforcement notices under the Development and Planning Act. Owners and occupiers are being dragged into court...
By Alric Lindsay A Cayman Islands murder trial took a procedural turn today, March 16, 2026, when defence counsel zeroed in on “blank” pages in a senior police officer’s notebook, before defendant Demesio Frederick took the stand to face...
ExxonMobil Rejects Cayman Summons In “Failure To Report” Case, Citing Defunct Entity and Lack of Jurisdiction
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By Alric Lindsay Ongoing hearings in the Summary Court today, March 12, 2026, have highlighted significant procedural and jurisdictional issues in prosecutions brought by Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions against “Esso Standard Oil Company” (ESSO) and SOL...
By Alric Lindsay A Jamaican mother of five and a Jamaican mother of two, who stuffed stolen perfumes into a baby stroller while shopping with a three-to-four-month-old infant, were spared immediate prison time on March 11, 2026, but ordered...