By Alric Lindsay Today, May 27, 2026, a woman was found guilty of assaulting a police officer following an incident last year, while being acquitted of a common assault charge. The ruling came after a Summary Court hearing detailing...
Crime
Man Pleads Not Guilty To Intent-To-Supply 10 Ounces Of Ganja & Disputes Scale Possession
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Giovanie Ramone Edwards appeared in the Summary Court today, May 26, 2026, to face allegations of possession of Ganja with intent to supply, possession of a utensil used in the preparation and consumption of Ganja and consumption of Ganja....
Chief Magistrate Threatens Costs Against DPP For Ignoring Court Orders To Disclose Evidence In MDMA Case
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The case of Antoinette Kelly Williams, Malik Darel Williams and Christy Brown was discussed at length in the Summary Court today, May 26, 2026. The matter involves allegations of conspiracy to import Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), conspiracy to import Ganja, and...
Man Pleads Not Guilty To Stealing Construction Tools & Threatening To Shoot Another Man
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Joshua Jaquan Mellard appeared in the Summary Court today, May 26, 2026, to face charges of burglary, making a threat to cause serious harm, resisting a police officer, common assault, causing fear or provocation of violence, possession of an...
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...
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...
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...
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...