Following last week’s front-page story, Jean Doucet was again among the top news in the 4 Sept. 1975 edition of The Caymanian Compass. Doucet had been further remanded in custody without bail until 10 Sept. The founder of Interbank, which had gone into compulsory liquidation the year before, faced 24 charges of fraud in Cayman.
A photo of a wrecked car accompanied a story about a disqualified driver who was arrested after that crash. The 22-year-old Bodden Town man escaped serious injury after the car he was driving skidded and overturned on West Bay Road across from the Holiday Inn. The car cut one of the Caribbean Utilities light poles in half, knocking out power in George Town and West Bay for about five hours. The driver was allegedly being chased by police after he went through a radar speed trap, with a patrolman in the police car saying he saw sparks from the area of the crash. The man pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified and without insurance. He was sentenced to one month hard labour on the first charge and had his licence suspended for 10 years – to start when his previous disqualification was up.
Another page 1 article was on Cayman prisoners being repatriated upon finishing their sentences in Jamaica. Before the Imprisonment Bill was passed, prisoners being released had the option of returning to Cayman or staying in Jamaica. Cayman’s attorney general, commented, “Jamaica were unhappy about giving them the choice to remain, and we should not foist them (the prisoners) on them.”
The newspaper also had a photo of David Peynado showing off the 2-pound mango he grew in his yard in Bodden Town.
And, finally, a photo on page 7 depicted the Chamber of Commerce presenting a tray to departing Cable & Wireless manager David Kendall-Carpenter. Looking on were Alan Kimble, W. S. Walker, Colin Whitelock, Billy Adam, David Foster, Rupert Moxam and chamber president Capt. Theo Bodden.
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