Man in hospital, one in custody following stabbing
A man is in hospital and another is in police custody following a stabbing on Friday morning (19 October 2012). About 10.15 am on Friday, police received a report that a man had been stabbed in Kingbird Drive, George Town….
Suspended sentence for wounding offence
A man was given a sentence of two years imprisonment, but suspended for two years, because of his guilty plea and other factors in wounding Jeff Naldy Welcome. In the Cayman Islands Grand Court, on 18th October 2012, Justice Charles…
Ex- cop Welcome gets unwelcome jail sentence
Justice Alexander Henderson, in the Grand Court on Friday (19), gave Rabe Welcome a prison sentence of six months for wounding. Welome, a 38year old former Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) officer, was found guilty by a jury last…
Jamaican cops finding life better in the Cayman Islands
By Kimone Thompson, Features editor, Jamaica Observer THE Cayman Islands is apparently lapping up former members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), who ostensibly go there in search of better wages and conditions of work. Human resource officer at the…
UPDATE: Two men now charged in Sprint robbery
A 50-year-old man from West Bay has been charged with robbery and possession of an unlicensed firearm in connection with the “Sprint Robbery”, which occurred on 4th October 2012. A second male, aged 32 and also from West Bay has…
RCIPS says GSR evidence is used to support other evidence
Royal Cayman Islands Police Service’s (RCIPS) Detective Superintendent Marlon Bodden said on Tuesday (16), the August memo written by former RCIPS Scientific Support Manager Martin Gaule concerning Gun Shot Residue (GSR), was simply a reminder for officers to comply with…
ARMED ROBBERY-WEST BAY
As of 9:47pm Monday (15) police officers are currently at the scene of a robbery on Watercourse Road, West Bay. At approximately 8:05pm this evening – Monday 15th October 2012- two (2) males entered Leta’s Plaza located on Watercourse Road West…
Cayman insurance manager pleads guilty to stealing $856,000
In Cayman’s Grand Court on Friday (15) David Keith Self, 53, Insurance Manager with Monkton Insurance Services, pleaded guilty to two counts of theft and one count of possession of criminal property before Justice Alexander Henderson. Self stole Canadian $717,388.70…
RCIPS forensic report, made public late, could have major ramifications
Our Editor-in-Chief in his Editorial today (15) makes the point that damage is done to the reputation of the agency that holds back information, especially important information. In this day and age where it so easy to “leak” information and…
Female Attacked by Male with Knife
At approximately 5.45pm Wed (10) a 24 year old female was walking from Courts Road to the rear of Lakeside Apartments on Esterley Tibbets Highway, George Town. The victim was then approached by the suspect who was in possession of…
