Former pageant queen Tiffany Conolly, who was found guilty of seven criminal offences in February, will have to wait until August for her sentencing after another adjournment.
Magistrate Philippa McFarlane told the Summary Court on Wednesday, 26 July, that the matter will reconvene on 23 Aug. to allow for the presentation of further reports.
Conolly was convicted of two counts of common assault, two counts of damage to property, and one count each of disorderly conduct at a police station, and assaulting police.
The sentencing was originally scheduled to be held in April but was postponed until this month to allow for a social inquiry report to be completed.
The previous holder of the Miss Cayman Islands Universe crown was found guilty of all charges against her on 9 Feb. following a trial in October 2022.
At the time, as she delivered a verbal judgment, McFarlane told the defendant, “The evidence against you was overwhelming.”
The assault and property damage charges relate to an altercation that began when Conolly visited her estranged partner’s house shortly after 10pm on 15 Oct. 2021.
The main victim told the court that Conolly acted in a “belligerent and aggressive manner” towards him and his adult son during a two-minute physical and verbal assault.
Although Conolly accepted assaulting both men, she gave a different version of events, claiming she was “set up, manipulated, and acting in self-defence”.
The charges of disorderly conduct and assaulting police came from incidents while Conolly was in custody at the Cayman Islands Detention Centre that were partially captured on CCTV.
“I watched the video and what I saw was a young person who was combative, belligerent and violent at times,” McFarlane told the Summary Court.
When announcing the verdict, the magistrate warned Conolly that it put her in breach of an 18-month suspended sentence imposed by the Summary Court for charges of a similar nature.
Conolly was released on bail. She is represented by defence lawyer Oliver Grimwood.
Following the convictions in February, Conolly was stripped of her title, which then passed to first runner-up Chloe Powery-Doxey.
Later that month, the government dropped the Miss Cayman Islands Universe franchise.
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