By Alric Lindsay Today, November 12, 2024, Ariella Downs White pleaded guilty to possession and consumption of ganja. In a subsequent matter, George Ingle Ebanks pleaded guilty to the importation of a cannabinoid derivative. Downs White In the case...
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Andrew Devoirix Benjamin, A Former Police Constable, Escapes Cayman By Boat To Avoid Sentencing
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By Alric Lindsay Justice Richards learned in the matters for sentencing hearing on Friday, November 8, 2024, that Andrew Devoirix Benjamin, a former police constable with the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service, fled the Cayman Islands to Jamaica by...
By Alric Lindsay A lady named Ms Bautista appeared before Justice Richards this afternoon, November 8, 2024, to hear proposals for sentencing for her theft of KYD18,727.75 from the deposit bags of Eat Fresh Limited (trading as “Subway”). The...
By Alric Lindsay Today, November 8, 2024, the Hon. Actg. Justice Chapple sentenced David Samuel Bodden Jr to 4 years in prison, and each of Statan Omar Clarke and Elton David Webster to 3 ½ years in prison for...
By Alric Lindsay This afternoon, November 7, 2024, a jury found Theodore O’Neil Morgan guilty of stalking a man he was friends with and had intimate relations with. He was also found guilty of a reckless and negligent act...
By Alric Lindsay The Crown summed up its case against Theodore O’Neil Morgan on October 4, 2024, explaining to the jury allegations that Morgan stalked and relentlessly harassed another man who is Morgan’s ex-lover. In addition to stalking, the...
By Alric Lindsay A man pled guilty today, November 6, 2024, to importation of cannabis gummies into Owen Roberts International Airport. Magistrate Gunn fined him $500, and ordered a payment of $315 in costs to the Crown. In addition,...
Cayman Judiciary Practice Direction According to Grand Court Practice Direction No. 3 of 2024 issued by the Honourable Chief Justice on November 1, 2024, with effect from January 1, 2025, the Grand Court and Court of Appeal will adopt...
By Alric Lindsay Rudolph Anthony Brown appeared in Grand Court today, November 4, 2024, where he was sentenced to 9 months in prison, suspended for two years for carrying a restricted weapon at Kelly’s bar. Justice Richards noted that...
Press Release From Judiciary Following the confirmation from the Cayman Islands Government (CIG) regarding the official closing of Government offices the Judiciary wishes to inform the public that the Courts will also be closed on Tuesday, 5 November. All...