By Alric Lindsay Several persons appeared in Court recently for failure to comply with planning enforcement notices or stop notices. In these cases, they may face fines of $5,000 if convicted and $1,000 per day while the non-compliance issues...
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Man Pleads Guilty To Overstaying In Cayman For Two Years. Pleads Not Guilty To Other Offences
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By Alric Lindsay Delainio Donavan Madden appeared in Summary Court today, October 15, 2024, facing charges of overstaying, wounding, careless driving and leaving the scene of an accident. He pleaded guilty to overstaying and not guilty to the remaining...
By Alric Lindsay Phillip Edward McLaughlin appeared in Summary Court today, October 15, 2024, to face charges of obtaining property by deception and theft. He pleaded guilty to obtaining property by deception. For members of the public who may...
By Alric Lindsay Rose Anne Tacata, a Filipino national, appeared in Summary Court today, October 15, 2024, to face charges of Bigamy and making a false statement. Magistrate Hernandez noted that since the matter was a Category A charge,...
By Alric Lindsay A man appeared before Magistrate Hernandez in Summary Court today, October 15, 2024, to face allegations of indecent assault, sexual communication with a child, child pornography and indecent photographs of children. In this case, a 13-year-old...
By Alric Lindsay Adrian Frederick Scales, a US citizen who was found guilty of importation of 0.09 grams of Fentanyl to the Cayman Islands on October 4, 2022, appealed his case and had the conviction overturned today, October 15,...
By Alric Lindsay Rahul Manhukumar appeared before Magistrate McFarlane in Summary Court today, October 14, 2024, to be sentenced for indecent assault in connection with his touching of a woman’s genitalia. Due to questions surrounding the Summary Court’s sentencing...
By Alric Lindsay Ericka J. Lynch, a woman who was sentenced to 4 ½ years imprisonment for indecent assault against her friend and facilitated her boyfriend’s act of unwanted oral sex on her friend, appealed to the Court of...
By Alric Lindsay Today, October 9, 2024, the Honourable Justice Asif KC dismissed all grounds of an appeal by Julius Armstrong against immigration authorities. It was argued on behalf of Armstrong that his pension contribution should have been considered...
By Alric Lindsay The Honourable Justice Richards issued a special verdict in the Grand Court today, October 8, 2024, that Akeme Dominick Burke, a Jamaican man, is not guilty of aggravated burglary and indecent assault because of insanity. Unless...