The Compass obtained access to hundreds of pages of documents in a long and complex trial that has taken place largely out of the public eye. It’s a case that raises important questions about how justice is administered in Cayman and exposes hitherto hidden holes in the veneer of safety enjoyed in our Islands.

It is seven years since Jason Powery was killed, and almost five since the men convicted of his murder were transferred to UK prisons. The key milestones and significant arguments in the complex, ongoing proceedings are outlined in our timeline.

The vast majority of the evidence supporting claims that two inmates were planning an armed jailbreak from Cayman’s prison was withheld from the men, their lawyers and the judges adjudicating their case.

The Cayman Islands government has paid almost CI$1 million over the past four-and-a-half years to fund the incarceration of three prisoners in maximum security facilities in the UK.

A senior prison official has said in a sworn affidavit that ‘anyone with sufficient determination to escape’ from Cayman’s prison could do so.

Two convicted killers deemed too dangerous to be held in Cayman have made a series of emotional pleas to be allowed to return home and serve out their sentences close to their families.

The Compass obtained a judgment from the Court of Appeal granting access to court files on the exile of two convicted murderers transferred from Cayman to the UK.

A five-year case has sought to determine if the governor of the Cayman Islands, acting on advice from police, prison and national security officials, was right to transfer two convicted killers to serve their sentences in high-security facilities in the UK, thousands of miles from their homes and families.