Guilty cop was messenger for murderous ‘West Bay God’

A former Auxiliary Police Constable has been convicted of pressuring a witness in a failed attempt to help a hardened criminal evade justice for killing his own son.

Delivering his verdict on Courtney Levy in Grand Court on Wednesday, Justice Roger Chapple said the former officer had been a “willing messenger” for “boss man” Roger Bush.

“Why would a police officer have, stored in his phone, the number of a known criminal who was widely regarded as the ‘God of West Bay’? Better still, why would he then refer to him in text messages as ‘family'”?

“The answer is quite clear in my mind,” he told Levy.

“You are guilty of being Roger Bush’s associate and willing messenger and you did communicate in an aggressive manner, to [his former girlfriend], sharing an intention that Roger Bush would not be prosecuted for the murder of his son.”

Levy, 45, was found guilty of charges of obstructing the course of justice and breach of trust.

The charges stem from a conversation between Levy and the girlfriend (who the Compass is not naming) while she and Bush were locked up at the Cayman Islands Detention Centre as police investigated the murder of Bush’s son Shaquille, who was shot multiple times.

While the woman was awaiting her initial police interview on 17 Nov. 2019, Levy entered her cell and told her, “the boss man (Roger Bush] wants you to hold it down and say no comment to the interview”.

When returning his guilty verdicts, Chapple told Levy, “You would have almost succeeded in perverting the course of justice, had [she] not found the courage to come forward.”

The details of Levy’s criminal offending came to light in August 2020 when Bush’s estranged partner spoke with police and exposed the connection between the two men.

She went on to give evidence in Bush’s trial as the prosecution’s star witness and helped to secure a guilty verdict.

During Levy’s trial, she was called on again and gave significant details about two incidents, shedding light on the connection between the officer and the criminal.

Two days after the threats at the detention centre, she said she had been present when the two men had met in a liquor store car park.

‘Defendant had lied’

While reviewing Levy’s defence, when returning his verdict on Tuesday, 19 July, Chapple said he was convinced that Levy had “lied throughout his evidence” adding that he had answered ‘no comment’ in his initial police interview.

“The real reason you gave no-comment answers was because you knew there was no…  answer that you could provide that would stand up to scrutiny,” the judge said.

Chapple also noted that he could find no reason why the girlfriend would have lied about Levy, nor could he understand how she managed to get so many details correct if they weren’t true. He said her evidence was credible.

Telephone evidence was critical

When wrapping up his hour-and-a-half-long judgment, Chapple noted there was compelling telephone evidence which helped him solidify his guilty verdict.

The court heard that Levy had a number in his phone said to belong to Bush’s mother, but which Bush himself appears to have been using at the time.

“Why would you, a police officer, save Roger Bush’s mother’s number in your phone as ‘Bushy’? Why such a familiar name?” asked Chapple.

He said phone logs showed the officer had made calls to the number after Bush was released on bail, immediately after he finished his shift.

Chapple added that a Facebook friend request sent to Bush’s girlfriend by Levy days after the incident was further proof of Bush and Levy’s attempts to intimidate her into silence.

The guilty verdicts come 11 months after Bush was convicted of murdering his son Shaquille.

When returning her judgment in that trial, Justice Marlene Carter noted that she believed there was a criminal connection between Levy and Bush.

Levy is no longer employed with the RCIPS.

He was released on bail and is expected to return to court for sentencing on 13 Sept.