Topic: police bail

It has been almost six weeks since what is believed to be Cayman's first mass shooting. Since then, the blood-stained pavement at the Ed Bush Stadium has been washed clean by passing rains.

A person of interest in a murder investigation, who is accused of serving as a lookout in an unrelated burglary, in which a bag of chips was stolen, has been granted bail by the Summary Court.

The Grand Court has upheld a police decision not to return a passport to a Canadian man being investigated following a fatal collision, after he asked for his bail conditions to be varied so he can visit sick relatives back home.

Scores of criminal suspects are being kept on 'police bail’ for months at a time in cases where there is not yet enough evidence to bring charges, according to the results of a Cayman Compass open records request. In the most extreme cases, people have been kept under a cloud of suspicion without charge for almost three years.

Today's editorial cartoon

Anyone who values personal freedom and the swift execution of justice should be deeply concerned by the revelation that 99 people in the Cayman Islands were being held on pre-charge bail at the end of 2017, including 14 people who had been living under a cloud of suspicion – and without judicial oversight – for more than a year.