Topic: traffic court
Counsellors: Early education key to cutting DUIs
Counsellors who lead court-mandated and private drink-driving rehabilitation sessions say the overwhelming feedback they get from attendees is "Why did no one tell us this before?".
DUIs dominate a day in Traffic Court
Spending a day in Traffic Court where drink-drivers, speeders, careless drivers and others who have broken the law appear.
Case against driver linked to death of cyclist stalled after court file mix-up
The case of a driver arrested on suspicion of causing a cyclist's death has been adjourned to await a potential charge of causing death by dangerous driving to be filed.
Minister’s careless driving charge dismissed
A charge of careless driving against Finance Minister Roy McTaggart was dismissed in Traffic Court on Thursday after the Crown offered no evidence.
Two more arrested with unregistered bikes
The Royal Cayman Islands Police made two more arrests and seized two more non-street legal motorbikes as part of ongoing operations since last summer that target the illegally operated vehicles.
Garfield Wong trial adjourned again
Senior immigration officer Garfield (Gary) Wong had his trial adjourned again this week because the Crown counsel prosecuting his case had a matter in Grand Court.
Taxi driver in court over fatal airport accident
Taxi van driver Roy Clivey Tamasa appeared in Traffic Court on Monday on a charge of causing the death of Dr. Vary Anetta Jones-Leslie by dangerous driving. An alternative charge is causing death by careless driving.
Sentencing delayed for former officer
The sentencing of former senior police officer Adrian James Barnett for dangerous driving, driving while impaired and leaving the scene of an accident was postponed when he appeared in Traffic Court Wednesday.
Evidence lacking in half of motorbike cases
Nine traffic offense investigations involving motorbike riders arrested since last December have been closed due to “insufficient evidence,” the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service reported this week.
Five motorbike riders in court, five bikes returned
Although no convictions have been recorded in Cayman Islands Traffic Court, five defendants are facing charges of either dangerous driving or unqualified driving following a recent crackdown on non-street-legal motorbikes, police said.
No officers present, cases thrown out
Magistrate Eileen Nervik dismissed charges against two defendants in two separate matters on Wednesday. Each man had been scheduled to stand trial in Traffic Court, but the police officers who would have been Crown witnesses did not attend.
Traffic court for ‘racing’ DVDL inspector
A Department of Vehicle and Drivers’ Licensing inspector who drove a sports car he was inspecting into a light pole, over the median and onto the opposite lanes of Crewe Road in July will face prosecution for careless driving.
