Topic: Justin Ramoon
Convicted murderers renew fight to come home
Two convicted murderers who were transferred to the UK's most secure prison have renewed their fight to be returned to Cayman, on the grounds that their human rights have been and continue to be breached.
Controversial secret trials planned in Cayman
Closed-door trials - where the public, media and even the complainant in the case are excluded so government can show secret evidence - could soon be permissible in the Cayman Islands.
Privy Council rules against secret trial for exiled killers
Lawyers for a gang killer deemed too dangerous to be held in Cayman claimed a "victory for open justice" on Friday after the highest court in the Overseas Territories ruled that officials cannot rely on secret evidence to justify his transfer to a maximum security prison in the UK.
Prison Papers: Crucial evidence remains classified
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.
Prison Papers: Near $1M tab to keep Cayman inmates in UK jails
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.
Prison Papers: Official – ‘Anyone’ could escape from Northward
A senior prison official has said in a sworn affidavit that ‘anyone with sufficient determination to escape’ from Cayman’s prison could do so.
Prison Papers: Exiled prisoners’ plea – ‘let us come home’
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 Prison Papers: Opening the case file on the brothers deemed too dangerous for...
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.
The Prison Papers: Low-level killers or a national security threat?
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.
Unprecedented secret hearing to decide fate of prisoners deported to UK
An unprecedented behind closed doors court hearing could be held to decide the fates of two Caymanian killers deported to the UK to serve their life sentences.
Gang killer’s affair with prison officer linked to security concerns
Gang killer Osbourne Douglas was involved in a relationship with a former Cayman Islands prison officer that began in the early days of his life sentence at Northward Prison and was still ongoing early last year, according to court documents.
Appeal case for gang killers plotting jail break ends
The third and final day of legal arguments wrapped in an appeal case brought by two gang killers who are fighting to return to Cayman from the UK to serve the remainder of their prison sentences.
Attorney: Transfer of gang killers plotting jail break was legal
Attorneys for the Governor’s office have called on the appeal court to uphold a UK prison transfer order that saw two murderers shipped out of Cayman, before they could enact a plan to break out of Northward prison.
Gang killers planned armed prison break, court told
A pair of gang killers had to be transferred out of Cayman because of claims they were planning an armed prison break, the appeals court heard Tuesday.
Convicted murderers take prison transfer battle to appeals court
Convicted murderers Osbourne Douglas and Justin Ramoon, who are fighting to return to Cayman to serve out their life sentences, are appealing a Grand Court ruling that upheld their transfer to a UK maximum security prison.
Convicted murderers challenge prison transfer to UK
A Grand Court judge has heard arguments on behalf of convicted murderers Osbourne Douglas and Justin Ramoon, who are challenging their transfer four years...
Conviction, sentence upheld in George Town ‘execution’
Two brothers convicted of killing a gang member in a “chilling public execution” have had their convictions and sentences upheld by the Court of Appeal.
Gang killers may have to take legal battle to UK
Two convicted gang killers, transferred out of Cayman’s Northward Prison and sent to a U.K. jail amid alleged “national security” concerns, may have to challenge that decision in London.
Two Cayman killers sent to UK prisons
The second Caymanian man convicted of a 2015 murder in central George Town was sent to the U.K. prisons service late Thursday afternoon.
Second Caymanian killer sent to UK to serve 35 year sentence
The second Caymanian man convicted in a 2015 murder in central George Town was sent off island to the U.K. prisons service late Thursday afternoon
