High of 91 Low of 80 Seas: Moderate to rough with wave heights of 4 to 6 feet. Small craft should exercise caution over the open seas. Beautiful Bandit Flying with kids A survival guide for parents B10 Technology Fashion Parenting ■ On stage ‘Duets’ Comedy comes to the Prospect Playhouse B7 Bartender’s Choice When mixing drinks, best to go with this app B13 Gala fashions Going glam, big time, for a good cause B10 Thursday april 2, 2015 • Cayman Compass Bandit is a bit shy and is seeking a loving home where he can learn how to be a family pet B4 cayman weekender ‘Duets’ Editorial | pagE 4 To our readers: Have a joyous easTer weekend eSTaBLISHed 1965 www.caymancompass.com – 75 CENTS – THursday april 2, 2015 HomeOptions Shop around and pay less for more insurance! $250 gift certificate can be used to purchase BritCay motor insurance Home Insurance with BritCay offers convenient, interest-free monthly payments, flexible cover, fast claims, competitive premiums and deductibles. 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The statements were made Wednesday morning by Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Patrick Moran during an ap- plication to have a trial date of May 25 va- cated and replaced with a date in November. Watson and his former personal assistant Miriam Rebecca Rodriguez are due to face trial together in what Crown prosecutors allege was a fraud and money laundering scheme, surrounding the award and imple- mentation of the Cayman Islands Hospital’s CarePay patient swipe-card system to a com- pany known as Advanced Integrated Systems (Cayman) Ltd. Mr. Moran said there was simply not enough time, given the volume of evidence police obtained just last week, to hold the trial in late May. Attorneys for Watson and Rodriguez ar- gued that the trial date should not be moved, partly because of the financial strain such a delay would place on their clients whom, they said, are now effectively “unemployable.” Grand Court Justice Ingrid Mangatal agreed to provisionally reset the trial to Nov. 2, pending further discussions between the par- ties involved. Watson previously denied allegations of Air controllers remove FAcebook Account oF Airport incident Tad sToner tstoner@pinnaclemedialtd.com At a March 30 meeting at the Beacon House headquarters of the Cayman Islands Airports Authority, top aviation executives reportedly confronted air traffic controllers, asking them to remove a statement on their association’s Facebook page. Airports Authority CEO Albert Anderson and Chief Operating Officer Dale Davis, Civil Aviation Authority Director-General Richard Smith and other top officials met five air traffic controllers late Monday, about a March 28 statement outlining a March 22 inci- dent at Owen Roberts International Airport in which an incoming Cayman Airways flight was forced to abort a landing to avoid an outgoing aircraft. The meeting was so heated, according to individuals close to the situation, that three of the air traffic controllers were reduced to tears, expressing fears for their employment. Sources say they are considering retaining legal counsel. The controllers’ 400-word statement, posted on the Cayman Islands Air Traffic Controllers Association Facebook page on Saturday morning, March 28, has now been removed. It rejected widespread rumors that controllers had been at fault in the incident, alleging the tower had either ignored or mis- understood messages from air crews, espe- cially on Cayman Airways KX505 as it arrived 40 minutes early from Chicago. While the statement did not name a cul- pable party in the episode, it indicated three problems in the minutes leading up to the event: The approaching Cayman Airways flight CNB bank robbers sentenced Carol winker cwinker@pinnaclemedialtd.com Justice Ingrid Mangatal handed down sentences on Wednesday afternoon for the four men found guilty after re- trial for the June 2012 robbery of Cayman National Bank. David Tamasa, Andre Burton and George Mignott received the same sentence as they had re- ceived from Justice Alexander Henderson after their first trial – 14 years each for Tamasa and Burton, 12 years for Mignott. Only Rennie Cole received a lesser sentence – eight years in- stead of nine for the robbery and four years concurrent for pos- session of an imitation firearm with intent to commit an of- fense. The jury last month ac- cepted that his role was to distract the guard before the robbers entered the bank branch at Buckingham Square. Justice Mangatal noted that Justice Henderson, in passing sentence on the robbers in the original trial, had used a starting point of 12 years before con- sidering aggravating and miti- gating factors. Defense attorneys had urged her to use a starting point of eight years, on the basis that the firearms were charged as imitation (because they were never found and so could not be proved to be real) and the rob- bery was not sophisticated. The judge expressed the view that eight years was Easter campers descend on beaches As is traditional every Easter, Cayman’s seashores are filling up with tents as people head to local beaches to camp out over the long weekend. While recent inclement weather may have kept many from pitching their camps early this year, the forecast for the weekend is fine, so the popular spots are expected to fill up over the next few days. Governor’s Beach, pictured here, along with Barkers, Smith Cove, Kaibo, Colliers and Seven Mile Public Beach usually attract plenty of campers each year. To help cut down on the amount of trash left behind by campers and other beach visitors over Easter, the Department of Environment Health is placing commercial containers at those and other beaches. – pHoto: tAneos rAmsAY PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 9 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 8 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 8 »2 LOCAL&REGIONAL Thursday april 2, 2015 • Cayman Compass Mobile: 345-323-8573 Office: 345-943-8573 / Fax: 345-949-9753 heather.richards@remax.ky / www.remax.ky Heather Richards DREAM WITH YOUR EYES OPEN! Cayman Islands Member of CIREBA Orchid Heights 4 bdrm, 4 bath. 1807 sq. ft. Sought after location. Within walking distance to Spotts Beach. Easy commute to George Town. Spacious rooms with high finishes throughout. Pool and deck make this the perfect DREAM home! 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During the commotion, her father suf- fered a heart attack and died, leaving Fidelia and her six siblings fatherless. The government gave the servants’ quarters of the ex- propriated property to her mother and the children. “I don’t feel I am a stranger to this land here, because the state gave me this land,” Rodriquez says. “I don’t feel like an intruder living here, because the state gave it to me, and before I had nothing.” Her neighbor, Raul Cabot Blanco, says the house he lives in belonged to “El Americano,” according to his parents, although he wasn’t even born when the home was confiscated and turned over to his family. Family lore, he says, has it that the home was a gift. “The American, before he died here, gave this house to my grandparents, who lived behind the church. After they died, this house became a family inheritance,” he said. Although he doesn’t know the name of those who owned the property before, he, like other residents of this wind- swept island, knows it was built by an American family, part of a thriving expatriate community on what was then called the Isle of Pines. There were people like the Browns, founders of the little town of Columbia and large landowners with fields of citrus for export to the U.S., and their neighbors, the Millses, who owned a steam- ship and a hotel, who made their lives here. A cemetery attests to the numbers and lives of the Americans who lived, worked and died on this small island, once a pirate haven, a penal colony and later a flourishing source of agricultural prod- ucts for sale on the big island of Cuba and the U.S. A headstone with the name Estefania Koenig and the dates 1886-1981 shows how long the American pres- ence endured here. She was the last American to live and die on what became the Isle of Youth after Fidel Castro’s revolution swept the country. Now, just the ruins of their homes and businesses and some other buildings remain: An old school, the bones of a long-defunct gold mine, a tum- bling-down hotel, all ghosts from an American past. Americans were living on the island from the early 1800s; a treaty gave Cuba territorial control over it in 1825. It wasn’t until the 1959 revolution that Americans were swept off the island and from Cuban shores amid the Cold War. More than five decades later, relations are begin- ning to warm up again, and perhaps the long absence of Americans from Cuba and the Isle of Youth may be coming to an end. Contentious issues over lost land, homes and businesses will have to be re- solved before the transition is complete. Guillermo McIntosh, his- torian of the island, says the American presence remains indelibly etched there and is part of the history of Cuba. He imagines American visi- tors as relations improve. “We would receive them [Americans] very well and welcome any gesture by a citizen, organization or other group who want to salvage this historical memory,” he says, while showing a map of the 200 graves of U.S. citizens buried on the island. Fidelia Rodriguez and her son Camilo hold old photos of U.S. citizen Daniel Smith and his family from before the Cuban Revolution in the Isle of Pines, Cuba. - PHOTO: APThe islands’ most-trusted news source 3 Cayman Compass • Thursday april 2, 2015 UPGRADE TO 4920 LIME - Easter Roaming Offer - Full Page Ad - CMYK - 10.33 x 15.97 - 1 Apr 2015 LIME Terms & Conditions Apply STRESS-FREE ROAMING ROAMING Heading to the US or Canada for Easter? LIME has roaming plans to suit all mobile customers. Visit lime.com/roaming for details and to sign up today. 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(More than a few, of course, won’t pretend to be “roughing it” — instead preferring to arm themselves with generators, exten- sion cords, appliances … maybe even a portable air conditioner or two.) As are the vast majority of businesses in the country, the Cayman Compass is giving our employees some much-merited leave away from the office in observance of the national public holidays on Good Friday and Easter Monday. The newspaper you hold in your hands will be the final issue printed until Tuesday, April 7. As always, the Compass will have journalists at the ready in case of breaking news that may occur between now and then. Any items of par- ticular urgency will be posted on our website, www.CaymanCompass.com. Our hope is that we will have very little to report in terms of accidents, mishaps or emergencies, and that the biggest news of the Easter weekend involves brunches, kite flying or visits from dear family friends. While many residents will find their way into church pews at some point this weekend, it is important to keep in mind the tremendous diversity of people living in Cayman, both in terms of nationality (with about 120 different jurisdictions being represented here) and faith (or lack thereof). For example, for the eight days from this Friday to next Saturday, the members of Cayman’s Jewish com- munity will be celebrating Passover (which of course is closely related to the Christian holiday of Easter), in commemoration of the biblical story of the Exodus, where Moses led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt. We have no doubt that Cayman’s characteristic atmosphere of religious tolerance, mutual respect and understanding will continue in the coming days; indeed, that is one of the defining qualities of Cayman that makes our country a great place for anyone to live and visit. Weather-wise, forecasters are calling for clear skies and comfortable temperatures over the weekend and through next week, so hopefully that means rain- storms won’t act as impediments for our Easter campers, visitors and residents who want to enjoy the holiday in the surrounds of Cayman’s world-class outdoor attractions. With the cooperation of Mother Nature seemingly secured for the time being, the responsibility then falls upon us humans to help ensure the happiness of our fellow men and women. Common courtesy goes a long way — that includes leaving your campsite in a condition “a little better than you found it,” and thinking about everybody else on the road (and walking on the side of it) when you’re making arrange- ments for transportation after an event that may involve the imbibing of alcoholic beverages. In other words: Be nice. Be safe. Most of all, have a very Happy Easter. To our readers: Have a joyous Easter weekend Thursday apriL 2, 2015 • Cayman COmpass Recovering Cayman Islands ‘learned from mistakes’ Raymond Hainey Bermuda Royal Gazette A Cayman business leader outlined the island chain’s recipe for success. Anthony Travers, chairman of the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange and senior partner in law firm Travers Thorp Alberga, said Tuesday the Caribbean chain had learned from past mistakes. He added, “It is prob- ably true to say that there is now a growing realiza- tion in Cayman that the old assumptions, that the expa- triate workforce was tempo- rary only and to be replaced ultimately by Caymanians, is flawed, although of course it is one that historically pre- vailed in many Caribbean is- lands and indeed Bermuda.” Mr. Travers was speaking after an editorial in the Cayman Compass news- paper said the country had its highest-ever population – standing at more than 58,200 after five years of “decline and stagnation.” Mr. Travers said, “The re- cent statistics have indicated that as the expatriate work- force increases, Caymanian unemployment reduces, which shows that the better understanding is that a vi- able local economy can support the integration of Caymanians who have devel- oped sufficient skill sets.” And Mr. Travers said that the controversial “roll- over” policy on work per- mits, similar to the now-axed Bermuda term-limit policy, had affected the country. He added, “Evidently, mistakes were made in the Cayman Islands, particularly with regard to the imposition of the rollover policy, which caused the exodus of a sig- nificant number of fund ad- ministration jobs to locations such as Canada.” He said, “So lessons have been learned from these mis- takes and, although there are those that adhere to the old assumptions, there is now a growing understanding that a less restrictive immigration policy is more likely to boost the local economy. “Needless to say, over many years this involves a change to the status quo in the local population, but the alternative appears to be government def- icits, widespread unemploy- ment and eventually a down- ward spiral into crime. Once that cycle is evident, inward investment is improbable.” Mr. Travers was backed by Bermuda elder statesman and successful businessman Sir John Swan. Sir John said the success of Cayman was “a reflection of them assuming the responsi- bility of recognizing that their economy was in dire straits and that in order to overcome these problems, some major steps had to be taken.” He added, “Obviously, the legislature is controlled by the Cayman people and with the assistance of the British government, which we don’t have any interference from, which they do because of their constitutional position. “They elected to take steps to reduce the costs of opera- tion and enhance economic activity and, because they have a free market economy, not obstructed by cartels and policies that might have worked years ago, but are no longer relevant.” Sir John added, “They have been able to attract cap- ital, competent people and product that allowed their economy to grow and provide jobs and opportunities for their people. “We, on the other hand, have elected to procrastinate and prevaricate on every little move that is made, sending a message to the world that we’re really not in business to do business and expect them to do business with us when we’re not prepared to do business with the world.” Sir John said, “You can ap- portion blame however you want – and it’s not all a re- sult of international events – but we have to face up to the reality that our economic condition is not only bad, but appears to be getting worse.” He added that an in- creasing trend towards mergers in the insurance industry, leading to job losses, was not offset by new company formations, while local businesses con- tinued to suffer and often close down altogether. “We need a national con- versation on where Bermuda needs to be – reducing debt, growing GDP, creating jobs and providing the services and goods the world has need of.” He said, “The country must step forward and stop thinking of self-interest and think of the national interest and thus serve the greater good of its people.” © 2015, The Royal Gazette Immigration fueling Cayman recovery Raymond Hainey Bermuda Royal Gazette The Cayman Islands are pulling themselves out of re- cession on the back of in- creased immigration. And Monday econo- mist and consultant Peter Everson said Bermuda could take a leaf out of the Cayman book and do more to cut the country’s debt and boost in- ward investment. Mr. Everson said, “The government in the Cayman Islands, partly by luck, per- haps, but also by dint of what they have done, is ev- erything Bermuda said we should have done.” Mr. Everson was speaking after an editorial in the Cayman Compass said the Caribbean island chain had its highest-ever population – standing at more 58,200 after five years of “decline and stagnation.” And the editorial said that the 4.5 per cent growth in population in 2014 had been largely fuelled by 1,800 non- Caymanian residents, most of them work permit holders. It added – at the same time – unemployment among Caymanians had dropped by 1.5 per cent to 7.9 per cent. Mr. Everson said, “They’ve got a growing economy – ex- panding, not contracting – and they now have a gov- ernment budget surplus which means they can choose how much they spend be- tween capital projects and how much they put towards paying the debt.” The editorial added, “As most recent statistics illustrate, nearly all of Cayman’s new residents will arrive by airplane at the Owen Roberts International Airport, not by stork at the Cayman Islands Hospital. “As time goes on, expa- triates will account for a greater and greater propor- tion of the Cayman popula- tion. Actuarially that redis- tribution of demography is ordained and inevitable.” Mr. Everson said, “The issue is the difference in re- action to foreigners, both individually as people and as investors. “The Cayman Islands had a far lower standard of living than Bermuda as re- cently as 35 years ago. They had very little in the way of tourism and very little inter- national business. They’ve grown both sectors of the economy in 35 years. “They had a popula- tion about half the size of Bermuda 35 years ago, but a land mass several times the size of Bermuda. They had a lot of unused land – that means they always have land they can build on.” Mr. Everson said that for- eign investment – particularly from one foreign investor – had boosted the economy over the last 10 years. He added, “He effectively built a new town on the main island.” And he said that Cayman – despite lacking the nat- ural beauty of Bermuda – had also attracted major in- vestment in new hotels and refurbishments. He said the islands had “extremely aggressively” worked to establish a frame- work for hedge fund admin- istration to complement its existing banking businesses. Mr. Everson added, “That became the backbone of their success in the 1990s and 2000s.” He added that the gov- ernor of Cayman, backed by the U.K. government, had re- fused to sign off on a bill to allow the Caymanian govern- ment to borrow more money unless it made major reforms. Mr. Everson said, “It wasn’t as though the islands’ representatives sat around the table and said ‘we have got to cut back.’ “We have the OBA which is trying to cut back, but not at the pace of the Caymans and an Opposition party which believes Bermuda would be better off not cut- ting back.” Mr. Everson added, “We should be actively seeking foreign direct investment to stimulate the economy and construction jobs. “And we should be looking to remove any bar- riers to foreign business setting up in Bermuda and then, obviously, continue to rationalize Government ser- vices to make them as effi- cient as possible.” © 2015, The Royal GazetteThe islands’ most-trusted news source 5 Cayman Compass • Thursday april 2, 2015 6 LOCAL NEWS Thursday april 2, 2015 • Cayman Compass Cayman’s Most Affordable Brunch & Breakfast till 3pm, Holiday Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Holiday Monday! Cimboco - A Caribbean Café 94-PASTA (947-2782) Located in the Marquee Plaza New airline plans hit turbulence James Whittaker jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com The launch of a new airline that aims to link Cayman to Central and South America has been de- layed after the Polish com- pany from which it had planned to lease planes went bust. BlueSky Airlines has made four of its 12 staff “temporarily redun- dant,” and has pushed back a planned summer launch as it attempts to negotiate a new aircraft lease arrangement. Mark Ellinger, chief commercial officer, said the company was still hoping to make its inaugural flight before the end of the year. BlueSky previously an- nounced a proposed time- table, including sched- uled flights to Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama and Mexico, as well as to the Dominican Republic, British Virgin Islands, Jamaica and the Bahamas. He said the company had a deal to lease two Bombardier Q400 air- craft, with 64 economy and seven first-class seats, from Polish government-owned airline Eurolot, but the contract was terminated after the company was put into liquidation. BlueSky is now in “ad- vanced negotiations” with potential lessors of the same aircraft type, he added. BlueSky Airlines Chairman Kenny Rankin said, “Once these new air- craft are secured, we will announce our planned launch date, as well as our intended date to commence reservations and ticket sales, all subject to govern- ment approvals. “Due to the temporary delay of our launch date, we recently restructured and streamlined our organiza- tion. This resulted in the temporary elimination of some positions and conse- quently the redundancy of some staff. “Once alternative Bombardier Q400 aircraft are contracted, we intend to restore the redundant posi- tions and expand the orga- nization in preparation for the launch of our sched- uled airline operations. The airline remains fully op- erational, and we look for- ward to completing the regulatory process and to receiving our operating cer- tificate later in 2015.” BlueSky is working closely with the Cayman Islands Civil Aviation Authority and the Air Transport Licensing Authority to complete the regulatory process, Mr. Ellinger added. Mark Ellinger, chief commercial officer, said the company was still hoping to make its inaugural flight before the end of the year. Sold! BatmoBile goeS for $143k James Whittaker jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com The Batmobile, a crowd fa- vorite at the Cayman Motor Museum for the past five years, has a new owner after being sold at auction in the U.S. The famous vehicle, driven by the caped crusader in the 1960s television series, sold for US$143,000. It was one of 40 classic ve- hicles from the museum’s col- lection that went under the hammer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, netting around $3 million. A 1959 Ferrari Coupe, one of only 350 ever made, sold for US$715,000. It was one of four Ferraris that sold for a total of $1.4 million. The motor museum in West Bay houses the personal collection of businessman and former powerboat racer Andreas Ugland. Despite selling so many vehicles, he plans to keep the museum open and has brought in 10 new cars, in- cluding classic Ferraris and Bentleys from Europe. He has also added some of his racing boats to the collection on dis- play at the museum. The Batmobile, purchased by Mr. Ugland in 2007, had been housed at his Cayman Islands museum since 2010. It was one of four vehicles built for the 1960s series, which starred Adam West as Batman. A replica of the Batcycle, which sat alongside the Batmobile in the exhibit at the tourist attraction, also sold at the auction for US$23,100. The Batmobile and Batcycle, previously displayed at the Cayman Motor Museum, have been sold at auction. - PHoto: StePHeN Clarke FX · EQUITIES · FUTURES · OPTIONS · BONDS · ETF’S OneTRADEx is the Cayman Islands’ only licensed Broker Dealer offering online discount trading services to individual investors, traders, hedge fund managers, and family offices. OneTRADEx has the most competitive online trading prices of any offshore broker worldwide with no custody or management fees, free demonstration accounts and no charge to open an account with a $5,000 minimum deposit. Access over 100 market centers in 24 countries on our award winning trading platform. 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A Service of Thanksgiving will be held on Saturday, April 4, 2015 at Church of God (Universal) on Walkers Rd (next to Chrissie Tomlinson Memorial Hospital) at 2:00 p.m. Interment to follow at the Prospect Cemetery To sign the Guest Book visit: www.churchillsfuneralhome.com Health City ramps up push for US patients Officials say medical tourism impact to be seen in late 2015 James Whittaker jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com Health City Cayman Islands officials say they ex- pect to see up to 100 med- ical tourists visiting the facility every month by the end of 2015. The hospital has relied largely on local patients and referrals from charitable or- ganizations in its first year of operation, with a total of 2,200 patients treated at the facility. Officials say they have been building a reputation and are going through a lengthy accreditation process which, once completed, will help open the floodgates for more patients from overseas, including the key U.S. market. The hospital has been through the first phase of the audit process to gain accreditation from Joint Commission International, which management believe will bring additional cred- ibility with prospective pa- tients around the world. Shomari Scott, director of marketing, said the business plan for the first 18 months was to sustain operations by “filling existing gaps within the local population.” He said, “This time al- lows us to show our im- peccable outcomes and build our brand as we are a startup in the minds of some potential patients … “It also allows us to garner our JCI [Joint Commission International] accreditation which is needed to drive pa- tient volumes from such places as the USA.” He said patients are al- ready starting to visit the hospital, which focuses on heart surgeries and ortho- pedic procedures such as knee replacements, from else- where in the Caribbean, as well as some from the U.S. The hospital, a joint project between Dr. Devi Shetty’s Narayana Health and Ascension Health in the U.S., has performed more than 200 surgeries and procedures since it opened to patients on April 2 last year. Mr. Scott said there would be a major public relations push in the U.S. in the second half of 2015. “Patient flows will in- crease drastically towards the end of the year, when we expect anywhere between 50 and 100 overseas pa- tients a month.” The U.S. market is consid- ered important to the suc- cess of the wider project, which will ultimately include a 2,000 bed facility, medical university, hotels and retire- ment homes. Design work is under way on a 185-room hotel planned for the site, with an anticipated opening date of November 2016. Work on a second hotel is expected to start in 2018 as the hospital expands. Residential and commer- cial development as well as a planned retirement commu- nity will begin later this year, Mr. Scott believes. He said patient satisfac- tion in the first year was very high, citing numerous testi- monials from patients who were happy with the treat- ment they received. Asked about concerns about after-care for pa- tients when complications, such as infections, occur following surgery, he said, “We are in the process of hiring and bringing in all comprehensive special- ties that will complement our cardiac services in the very near future, to deal with the very small per- centage of times that we have complications.” Dr. Chandy Abraham, Health City’s facility director and head of medical services, said it has been a memorable first year in Cayman. “From the outset we were able to celebrate many firsts in highly specialized surgical procedures and innovative healthcare solutions, both for the Cayman Islands and the Caribbean region,” he said. He cited among those highlights life-saving heart surgeries for 16 young Haitians performed for free by Health City surgeons, and the successful installation of artificial heart pumps. Premier Alden McLaughlin congratulated Health City on its first year, saying the fa- cility has put Cayman on the map as a “leading destina- tion” for medical tourism. Health City Cayman Islands began accepting patients a year ago. – PHOTO: CHRIS COURT wholly inappropriate and 12 years was appropriate. Deterrence must be a sig- nificant factor, she declared. The impact on Cayman as a small community was far greater than a similar crime would be in the U.K. The vast majority of the $502,436 stolen was never recovered. Tamasa, 35, had origi- nally received 14 years as a global sentence because he had been convicted of the Weststar Television Centre robbery in May 2012. His attorney argued that, be- cause that conviction was overturned, Tamasa was a man of previous good character. Justice Mangatal said Tamasa played a key role as organizer, planner and provider of firearms. She said she would probably have arrived at a sentence higher than the judge in the first trial, but it was not fair to impose a sentence higher than was passed the first time. She quoted U.K. legal precedents to the effect that a defendant should not be discouraged from appealing a conviction by having the threat of a higher sentence hanging over him. The prin- ciple of a fair trial includes sentencing, she pointed out. With a starting point of 12 years, the aggravating factors raised Tamasa’s sentence to 14 years, with seven years concurrent for the firearm. Burton, 31, had a lesser role as driver, but he had previous convictions, in- cluding the Weststar rob- bery. The sentences could be consecutive, but in view of the principle of totality, she imposed the same 14 years and five years concurrent. Mignott, 25, had played a substantial role by car- rying a shotgun into the bank to intimidate cus- tomers and staff. His sen- tences remained at 12 years and seven years concurrent. Ryan Edwards, the fifth man in the CNB robbery, re- ceived a sentence of 13 years from Justice Henderson, who took into account his conviction for the Weststar robbery. Edwards did not win his appeal and was not part of the retrial. Both Edwards and Cole were rec- ommended for deportation after completing their sen- tences; both are Jamaican nationals. The retrial was ordered because the Court of Appeal found a “material irregu- larity” - an error concerning the defendants’ right to re- main silent and how a jury should be instructed on that point. None of the defendants gave evidence in their first trial nor in the retrial. Justice Mangatal also re- ferred to the three-year sen- tence received by Crown witness Marlon Dillon. She pointed out that he had pleaded guilty to both the CNB and Weststar rob- beries, had cooperated and given serious and sustained assistance in these and other cases. All these fac- tors were well-known bases for discounts. She noted that all de- fendants were fairly young men; their time in cus- tody would be taken into account and they would emerge from prison before they were 50 years old. They could show their families and the community it was possible to reform. had turned into its final glide path “sooner than ex- pected”; air traffic control had received “conflicting” position reports; and those reports, called “procedural control techniques” are “heavily dependent upon ac- curate position reports from pilots.” The statement ac- knowledged that an inves- tigation into the problems would ensue: “One that will more than likely involve analysis of air traffic control audio recordings in addi- tion to flight deck recordings from the aircraft involved.” The association implicitly rejected a March 25 79-word Cayman Islands Airports Association statement, en- dorsed by the Civil Aviation Authority, that called the in- cident an “occurrence,” saying the Airports Authority had completed an investigation and submitted it to the Civil Aviation Authority for a wider probe. At no time, the Airports Authority statement read, “was safety compromised.” In its Saturday posting, air traffic controllers rec- ognized that neither au- thority had explained what had happened to cause the problem: “Once the inves- tigation is complete, hope- fully we will understand the cause of the incident.” The Civil Aviation Authority completed its probe by Tuesday, March 24, but is keeping its find- ings “under lock and key,” according to the same individuals. Meanwhile, questions to the Civil Aviation Authority, the Cayman Islands Airports Authority and Cayman Airways have remained un- answered, despite repeated telephone calls and emails. Cayman Airways has failed ei- ther to name the pilot involved or issue a statement regarding the March 22 incident. Air controllers remove Facebook account of airport incident CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 CNB bank robbers sentenced CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 George Mignott, seen here in an image taken from CCTV during the robbery, received 12 years for his role in the crime. The robbers were captured on CCTV making their getaway from the scene of the holdup.The islands’ most-trusted news source 9 Cayman Compass • Thursday april 2, 2015 178622_PRINT-JourJrPg-CharityDriPage 1 3/20/15 8:10:19 PM corruption made against him, but declined to make any public statements Wednesday. Rodriguez has never made any public statements concerning the investigation. It was alleged Wednesday that Watson used his former position as chairman of the Cayman Islands Health Services Authority to obtain the CarePay contract for AIS (Cayman) Ltd., as well as an- other government contract awarded to AIS in 2011 for a computer tracking system for pharmaceuticals. It was al- leged that Watson benefited or appeared to directly ben- efit from the award of those contracts – worth millions of dollars – by receiving “nu- merous payments” from AIS. The payments, it was al- leged, went to a bank ac- count that Watson was “in- volved” in setting up and it was further alleged that the registration of AIS (Cayman), Ltd. in the islands was done “at the direction of Mr. Watson himself.” In addition, for the first time, prosecutors publicly ac- knowledged that the activi- ties of other individuals in creating the AIS (Cayman)- CarePay arrangement were being investigated. No one else had been charged in con- nection with the investigation as of press time Wednesday. Mr. Moran said, “Mr. Watson was giving spe- cific instruction to individ- uals who might be described as ‘the public face of AIS (Cayman)’ as to what should be said to members of the Health Services Authority in order to win more business.” Later on, after being ques- tioned on the topic further by Justice Mangatal, Mr. Moran said that Watson made a number of assertions while responding to questions given to him by the RCIPS “that others may have been responsible for any wrong- doing that might have oc- curred in this case.” Watson, who is a former recipient of the Young Caymanian Leadership Award, faces 10 charges, in- cluding six for alleged money laundering. The money laun- dering charges, relating to a total of US$169,000 covering the period from Dec. 30, 2010 to June 2012, are brought under the Proceeds of Crime Law. He is also charged with failing to disclose a pecu- niary interest, breach of trust, fraud on the government, and conflict of interest. Rodriguez faces one fraud-related charge in the investigation under section 11 of the Cayman Islands Anti-Corruption Law and two charges of money laundering. The money laundering al- legations relate to separate amounts, totaling US$30,000 and US$25,000, that Rodriguez is accused of han- dling on behalf of Watson, who was managing director at Admiral Administration. New evidence In asking for the trial date postponement, prosecutors also revealed that new evi- dence – in the form of var- ious communications saved to a compact disc – was just presented to police on March 26 that included emails from Mr. Watson’s work account during the investigation. Mr. Moran said a witness statement had been obtained to the effect that “Mr. Watson had directed these emails to be permanently deleted.” The person to whom those di- rections had been given at Admiral Administration did not comply, Mr. Moran said. The disc “will clearly con- tain a vast amount of evi- dence” that prosecutors could not vet for legal advice priv- ilege and for disclosure pur- poses in the roughly 50 cal- endar days prior to the May trial date, Mr. Moran said. The examination of other computerized evidence ob- tained during police searches at Admiral Administration and at Mr. Watson’s Prospect- area home after his Aug. 28, 2014 arrest on suspicion of corruption and money laun- dering activities was tem- porarily halted following various claims made by Mr. Watson’s attorneys. The at- torneys noted that some of the records obtained during the police searches may have been subject to claims of legal professional privilege and other mate- rials may have been consid- ered “excluded” – meaning they were not relevant to the criminal case. Legal wrangling sur- rounding these records led to a five month “hiatus” in the case, according to Mr. Moran, and was also part of the reason the Crown was asking for a trial date post- ponement. Mr. Moran said he did not intend to criticize defense lawyers for making such a motion as some of the earlier records seized may well have fallen into one of the two excluded categories. Trevor Burke QC, ap- pearing on behalf of Mr. Watson, noted his previous appearance in the Eurobank trial held more than a decade ago in Cayman, and indi- cated that the evidence that had to be examined in this case was “about 5 percent” of what lawyers in that trial were faced with. Mr. Burke argued that, given “a little co- operation” from prosecutors in turning over disclosure re- cords promptly, there was no reason the trial could not be commenced in May. “It is a very simple and straightforward allega- tion,” Mr. Burke said. “Bear in mind, the electronic de- vices [described in court proceedings] here belonged to [Mr. Watson]. They’re his computers. The Crown [is] playing catch-up with us. The only question is what [evidence] the Crown chooses to deploy.” Mr. Moran dissented. “I disagree with the submis- sion that this case is sim- plicity itself,” he said, noting there were two defendants in the case, including Rodriguez whose involvement may have been limited and who may not have seen everything her former boss, Watson, had been privy to. Mr. Moran also pointed out that some of the material seized by police belonged to AIS (Cayman) Ltd., “an entity in which [Watson] claims to have no involvement.” “We cannot just [serve] this on the defense [without reviewing it],” he said. Legal expenses It was also stated in court that Watson’s legal expenses through June, at least, had been funded through an un- named third party. Mr. Burke was asked fol- lowing the court hearing Wednesday if he could iden- tify that “third party.” He declined to make any statements regarding the matter. Others implicated in CarePay probe Attorney Ben Tonner, left, walks with his client Canover Watson from the courthouse Wednesday. – Photo: Brent Fuller CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1Next >