ESTABLISHED 1965 www.caymancompass.com – 50 CENTS – TUESDAY JULY 5, 2016 SPORTS | PAGE 17 CAYMAN’S SWIMMERS ADD TO MEDAL COUNT High of 91 Low of 78 Slight to moderate with wave heights of 2 to 4 feet. EDITORIAL | PAGE 4 VOTE ‘YES’ FOR BREXIT … NOW WHAT? 180913_PRINT-Ad-Strip-BOTY-6colxPage 1 11/30/15 12:30:30 PM Star went undercover at John Gray High JAMES WHITTAKER jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com Hollywood star Victor Rasuk spent a month undercover at John Gray High School years ago to prepare for his role as a lovable teenage rogue in the movie “Haven,” the actor told fans during a packed gala at the opening of the CayFilm festival. Hundreds of movie fans attended Fri- day’s red carpet event at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, which launched a long weekend of movies, workshops and celeb- rity appearances. Mr. Rasuk, who has starred in block- busters including “Godzilla” and “Fifty Shades of Grey,” participated on a panel of movie stars, including Zoe Saldana and Anthony Mackie, from the film “Haven,” written and directed by Caymanian Frank E. Flowers and shot in Grand Cayman in 2003. He said he fell in love with the story of “Haven” after being shown the script, and he wanted to get to know the dynamics of the island and work on his Caymanian accent. “I told Frankie, I’m coming down, two months before the movie, we’re going to make it happen. “I lived with one of his best friends and I also enrolled in the high school [John Gray] for one month,” said Mr. Rasuk, who was 19 when the movie was shot. “I had this whole elaborate story – ‘My family moved here from wherever, I am new in the neighborhood,’ – so I could get away with my natural accent while I was learning the Caymanian accent.” Mr. Rasuk, who played Fritz in “Haven,” was joined by fellow stars Mr. Mackie PRISONS OFFICIAL REINSTATED BRENT FULLER bfuller@pinnaclemedialtd.com A deputy prisons director who was fired in November 2015 over an incident in which another prison staffer was videotaped in the course of what was described as a covert in- vestigation has won reinstatement. According to a consent order issued by the Cayman Islands Grand Court on June 22, Aduke Natalie Joseph-Caesar was never offi- cially terminated from her post and “remains engaged in the position of deputy director of prisons until such time as she resigns or her employment is lawfully terminated.” The Cayman Islands government con- sented to pay Ms. Joseph-Caesar all arrears of salary, vacation leave and pension contri- butions owed since the date of her termina- tion, Nov. 2, 2015. In addition, government has agreed to pay $24,000 in legal costs related to the firing. On Friday, Ms. Joseph-Caesar indicated that she intends to return to work following the signing of the consent order. GM MOSQUITO RELEASE DELAYED KELSEY JUKAM kjukam@pinnaclemedialtd.com The planned release of millions of geneti- cally modified mosquitoes in West Bay, sched- uled to begin in mid-June, has been put off until this month because of delays in securing a permit, according to the Mosquito Research and Control Unit and Oxitec representatives. The MRCU and British biotechnology firm Oxitec are working on the project to release sterile male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to help fight the species that transmits such diseases as dengue, chikungunya and Zika. The organizations had been waiting to re- ceive a certificate of occupancy for the lab that breeds the mosquitoes, MRCU director Bill Petrie said. He said the project was “just delayed be- cause of administrative bureaucracy.” Now that the paperwork is complete, the lab is starting to breed mosquitoes, Oxitec Project Manager Renaud Lacroix said. He said the mosquito release will begin this month. The mosquitoes will be released in an area PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 11 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 11 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 9 » CayFilm organizers, government officials, festival panelists and some of the cast and crew of ‘Haven’ gather at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman on Friday evening for the official gala opening of the international film festival. - PHOTO: MAGGIE JACKSON Some of the cast of ‘Haven,’ from left, Victor Rasuk, Zoe Saldana and Anthony Mackie, join director Frank E. Flowers for a Q&A panel at the opening night of CayFilm on Friday.2 LOCAL NEWS TUESDAY JULY 5, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS SATURDAY NIGHT: For your viewing pleasure, minors under the age of 18 will not be admitted to any film starting after 6pm, unless accompanied by their parent. y x *Additional charges will apply per 3D ticket requested. - TUESDAY - THE LEGEND OF TARZAN 3D (PG13) 1:10 I 3:45 2D I 7:00 I 9:40 2D INDEPENDENCE DAY RESURGENCE 3D (PG13) 1:20 I 4:15 2D I 7:10 I 9:55 2D CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE (PG13) 1:30 I 4:30 I 7:20 I 10:00 THE CONJURING 2 (R) 12:40 I 3:50 I 6:55 I 9:50 FINDING DORY 3D (PG) 12:30 I 1:00 2D I 3:00 I 3:45 2D I 6:45 7:15 2D I 9:15 I 9:40 2D Daily Matinees Every Day $8.00 Seniors, Mon-Fri Before 6pm Cayman Cinema@cbcinema6cbcinema6 640-FILM (640-3456) Manning tops Denali on fourth try, completes Seven Summits ALMA CHOLLETTE achollette@pinnaclemedialtd.com After dedicating 12 years to climbing the seven tallest peaks across all seven con- tinents for charity, Cayman resident Guy Manning has completed his Seven Summits Challenge, after his fourth at- tempt on Denali in Alaska last month. He reached the summits of Kilimanjaro (Africa) in 2004, Mount Vinson (Antarc- tica) in 2010, Mount Everest (Asia) in 2013, Carstensz Pyr- amid, also named Puncak Jaya, (Australasia) in 2014, Mount Elbrus (Europe) in 2011, and Aconcagua (South America) in 2008. So far, he has raised just over US$200,000 for the Cayman Islands Cancer Society. All of his expeditions were self-funded, and the Cancer Society has been the sole beneficiary from the begin- ning for Mr. Manning, whose mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. Having mastered the mountains, Mr. Manning is now turning his attention to the road. In June next year, he plans to ride more than 3,000 miles, with Bike Across America, nonstop from Cali- fornia to Maryland with a team of Cayman and U.K. cyclists. The endeavor will benefit the Cayman Islands Cancer Society and the U.S.- based Children’s Tumor Foundation. Denali Denali, the third-highest peak in the world at 20,322 feet, was Mr. Manning’s final of the seven climbs and his most difficult challenge. “It took a bit of persis- tence to climb Denali,” Mr. Manning said. “But, thank- fully, we made it this year.” On his first attempt in 2009 on Denali (also known as Mount McKinley), “We actually went for the summit from the high camp, and halfway to the summit got hit with very high winds, about 2,000 feet below the summit,” he said. Mr. Man- ning and his team had to de- scend, and he suffered from frostbite on his face. In 2012, on his second at- tempt, “We had a 10-day storm, very heavy snow- storms, we couldn’t leave our tents. Our lives were at risk. We couldn’t move and ran out of food and fuel in the end, as you can only obviously carry a limited supply,” he said. “[We] slept a lot, played a lot of cards. We’d get out reg- ularly to dig out the tent that would get buried in snow. That’s pretty much it,” Mr. Manning said of their time being stranded. “By the end of the 10 days, we were down to the last few cereal bars, so we had to descend …. ” But the risk of an ava- lanche worried the team. “We were unsure about descending because of the avalanche risk … we waited, and we heard overnight there had been an avalanche below us,” he said. “We climbed down through all this ava- lanche debris and we didn’t know at the time that it had actually been triggered by another team that had been in camp with us.” That team left the day be- fore and four of five on the rope line were killed, buried under the avalanche. “We had no idea as we climbed down through all of that,” said Mr. Manning, who recalled the lone survivor. “He got swept into a cre- vasse. The rope snapped and he was able to eventu- ally climb out. But his four teammates were dead, and the poor guy, he had to climb down on his own. He was Japanese, he couldn’t speak English, and we couldn’t explain to him what had hap- pened until 12 hours later.” In 2015, “It was bad weather again. We got to the high camp, we were waiting for a chance to get to the summit, and it never came. Storms kept rolling in and we had to descend before getting caught into the storm.” The success rate for climbing Denali is reported to be around 50 percent, and more than 100 climbers have died attempting the summit. On June 10, Mr. Manning, along with Matt Parkes and John Moorhouse, whom he met on his trek to Everest, reached the summit of Denali after about three weeks. His only regret was not taking a picture with the Cayman flag. “On Everest, I was able to take the Cayman flag to the summit and we got a nice photo. I took it to the top of Denali again, and we got to the top and the condi- tions were quite dangerous,” he said. With zero visibility, high winds and very cold temper- ature, “there wasn’t time to get the flag out; we had two minutes and we had to get down and try to find our way off the ridge in a whiteout,” he said. Despite frostbite, food shortages and avalanches, Mr. Manning said of his challenges, “It’s been an amazing time. You see and go to some of the most re- mote place on Earth, Antarc- tica for example. It was phe- nomenal. I mean, you were only about 700 miles from the South Pole, you could see for hundreds of miles in every direction across the polar ice caps.” Everest Qualifying as the most frightening experience was the climb up Mount Everest in 2013. The journey to the summit took two months, with 40 people on the expe- dition, including 10 climbers, three guides and 11 Sherpas. Mr. Manning’s feet suffered from frostbite on this journey. It was the only mountain where climbers required sup- plemental oxygen due to the altitude. “It’s the only [climb] where you enter what’s called a death zone, where humans can’t survive for more than two to three days,” he said. From this climbing ef- fort, Mr. Manning raised US$100,000 for the Cancer Society. Born in London and raised in the Lake District of the U.K., from a young age Mr. Manning enjoyed the out- doors, whether trekking or spending time on the hills. In addition to having a passion for mountaineering and cy- cling, “the great collections of mountains, and a chance to see some wild, pretty remote areas of the world,” Mr. Man- ning said, is what inspired the Seven Summits Challenge. For more information, visit sevensummits.ky. Guy Manning, right, with Matt Parkes, left, and John Moorhouse on the summit of Denali on June 10. 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Diane Corrie, British Air- ways’ commercial manager for the Caribbean, said the plane has capacity for 1,100 inbound seats, a 16 percent increase on the old 767 plane, which is being phased out of service by the airline. She said the new aircraft has a far greater percentage of business and premium economy seats and would provide better service to “the corporate community, in- cluding the business and fi- nance sector, insurance com- panies and law firms and residents of Cayman who travel frequently to London and beyond.” Premier Alden McLaughlin said some passengers pre- viously chose to fly through Miami because of a lack of business class seats available on the route. “I think the London route is very popular. What we are doing is meeting demand in a better way on a bigger air- craft with more premium seats available,” he said. The Cayman Islands Air- ports Authority is planning work to reinforce the runway to handle the larger, heavier planes over the long term. The British Airways flight will still be routed through the Bahamas, and a runway extension is still considered necessary to facilitate direct flights from the U.K. Tourism counselor Joey Hew said the extra capacity on the new jets would help boost tourism from the U.K. “Air arrivals from the U.K. and Ireland are going up year on year and we are cau- tiously optimistic that the numbers will continue to hold steady,” he said, “Visi- tors from the U.K. travel more than 4,000 miles for our sun, sea and sand and to experi- ence something we refer to locally as Cayman Kind.” Dignitaries, including Rosa Harris, the director of tourism, and Stran Bodden, chief officer in the Ministry of Tourism, were given a tour of the new plane before it left Cayman on Friday. CHRISSIE TOMLINSON HOSPITAL HIRES NEW ADMINISTRATOR Chrissie Tomlinson Memo- rial Hospital, which recently changed ownership, has hired a new administrator. Patrick Auman, who has worked at a number of hos- pitals in the United States, has taken on the role, ac- cording to a press release from Chrissie Tomlinson Me- morial Hospital. Mr. Auman said, “I appre- ciate the unique, specialty care a private hospital like CTMH offers their patients. It’s a care that elevates rela- tionships to a personalized level that is not seen in larger hospitals on a normal basis.” In March, a holding com- pany formed by local and overseas investors, including some of the hospital’s phy- sicians, bought the private hospital from its founder, Dr. Steve Tomlinson. Dr. Yaron Rado, chairman of the hospital’s board of di- rectors and chief radiologist, said Mr. Auman will oversee all operations of the 18-bed hospital. According to the press re- lease, Mr. Auman has more than 26 years of executive- level hospital operation and performance improvement/ management experience in staff development, strategic planning, operational man- agement, quality assurance and regulatory compliance. Dr. Rado said Mr. Auman will be responsible for stra- tegic planning and opera- tions and would also be growing the hospital’s day- to-day urgent care facility. Acting Chief Financial Of- ficer David Pellow said Mr. Auman was chosen for his experience with multiple- sized hospitals, including smaller, specialty hospitals. Mr. Auman “is fully ca- pable of implementing the new board’s vision for CTMH,” he said. Director of Tourism Rosa Harris, Chief Officer in the Ministry of Tourism Stran Bodden and some of the crew of the new jet step off the plane after a tour Friday. - PHOTOS: JAMES WHITTAKER British Airways’ new Boeing 777 aircraft arrives in the Cayman Islands on Friday. Patrick AumanThe islands’ most-trusted news source 4 – EDITORIAL – Opinion&Letters The Cayman Compass welcomes comments, opinions and viewpoints from readers. Letters to the editor can be emailed to editor@pinnaclemedialtd.com, submitted via www.caymancompass.com, sent by post or hand-delivered to the Compass office. The people of the United Kingdom voted “Yes” to leave the European Union. But the more pressing question remains unanswered: Who will lead the U.K. out of the EU? Prime Minister David Cameron has resigned. Former London Mayor Boris Johnson has taken himself out of contention to be the next prime minister. Still flush from victory in last month’s refer- endum, Eurosceptic-in-chief Nigel Farage has stepped down as head of the U.K. Independence Party. We’re not sure this is the kind of “Brexit” that U.K. voters intended. Before the June 23 referendum, we asserted that the U.K. should withdraw from the EU, largely on the grounds that the Brexit vote was an oppor- tunity for the British people to escape the “creeping governance” of European bureaucrats. We stand by that position. Some argue that the U.K. is sacrificing its standing in the world by leaving the EU. After all, the U.K. has a population of “only” 65 million, while the EU together is 508 million-strong. We think that is a fundamental misconception. To repeat what we have said on several occasions, in this day and age, it is not the large who eat the small – it is the fast who eat the slow. In other words, not only is bigger not always better – oftentimes it can be worse. (Looking at “size” from a different perspective, consider that the U.K. by itself is the world’s fifth- or sixth-largest economy, according to gross domestic product. In terms of global clout, money is a more important metric than people.) When we think of the U.K. being free from the EU, we imagine a wealthy, cohesive and nimble nation united behind a single purpose. A sovereign state of might, means and self-sufficiency that is empowered by its ability to adapt to rapidly changing times. But what good, however, is divorcing the EU, if all that it entails is exchanging the Brussels- based bureaucracy for an equally entangling one from Westminster? As a recent example of how the EU functions (or does not), consider last Wednesday’s summit meeting among European leaders. With 27 of the continent’s “CEOs” in attendance, and the main object on the agenda being the future of the EU after the Brexit vote, the definitive action arising from the meeting was indefinite inaction. From the New York Times: “With no easy fixes to Europe’s public image and no consensus on what a reformed union might look like, the main agreement reached on Wednesday was familiar: to hold another meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia, in September.” Not exactly inspirational. But the vacuum of strong individual, or organizational, leadership appears to be just as lacking in London. (Consider that, despite the Brexit vote being in the works for several years, neither the governments of the EU nor the U.K. had drafted a strategic plan on how the U.K. might withdraw from the EU or how to deal with the consequences.) In the U.K., Mr. Cameron is on his way out. Mr. Johnson will not be stepping up. And Mr. Farage is stepping aside. The opposition Labour Party is in shambles, as party leader Jeremy Corbyn is desper- ately attempting to survive an internal coup. The nascent battle over leadership of the ruling Conservative Party has already been characterized by tactical understatement and political assassination. There are no Winston Churchills in sight. As far as the lessons the Cayman Islands can draw from the burgeoning Brexit debacle, so far they’re based largely on what has been absent: The impor- tance of strong leadership, sound strategy and swift decision-making. Vote ‘yes’ for Brexit … Now what? TUESDAY JULY 5, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS Brexit: Sovereign Kingdom or little England? WASHINGTON – Given their arrogance, pomposity and ha- bitual absurdities, it is hard not to feel a certain satisfac- tion with the comeuppance that Brexit has delivered to the unaccountable European Union bureaucrats in Brussels. Nonetheless, we would do well to refrain from smug condescension. Unity is not easy. What began in 1951 as a six-member European Coal and Steel Community was grounded in a larger concep- tion of a united Europe born from the ashes of World War II. Seven decades into the postwar era, Britain wants out and the EU is facing an existential crisis. Yet where were we Amer- icans seven decades into our great experiment in conti- nental confederation, our “more perfect union” con- tracted under the Constitution of 1787? At Fort Sumter. The failure of our fed- eral idea gave us civil war and 600,000 dead. Brexit has killed no one (so far). More- over, Europe never had our advantage of a common lan- guage, common heritage and common memory of heroic revolutionary struggle against a common (British) foe. The European project tries to forge the union of dozens of disparate peoples, ethnicities, languages and cultures, amid the searing memories of the two most destructive wars in history fought among and against each other. The result is the EU, a great idea badly executed. The founding motive was ob- vious and noble: to reconcile the combatants of World War II, most especially France and Germany, and create condi- tions that would ensure there could be no repetition. Onto that was appended the more utopian vision of a conti- nental superstate that would once and for all transcend pa- rochial nationalism. That vision blew up with Brexit on June 23. But we mustn’t underestimate the significance, and improba- bility, of the project’s more narrow, but still singular, achievement – peace. It has given Europe the most ex- tended period of internal tranquility since the Roman Empire. (In conjunction, of course, with NATO, which provided Europe with its American umbrella against external threat.) Not only is there no armed conflict among European states. The very idea is incon- ceivable. (Fighting between the various nations has been subcontracted to soccer hoo- ligans.) This on a continent where war had been the norm for a millennium. Give the EU its due. De- spite its comical faux-na- tional paraphernalia of flag, anthem and useless parlia- ment, it has championed and advanced a transna- tional idea that has helped curb the nationalist excesses that culminated in two world wars. Advanced not quite enough, however. Certainly not enough to support its disdainful, often dismissive, treatment of residual na- tionalisms and their demo- cratic expressions. Despite numerous objections by ref- erendum and parliament, which it routinely either ig- nored or circumvented, the EU continued its relent- less drive for more central- ization, more regulation and thus more power for its unelected self. Such high-handed over- riding of popular senti- ment could go on only so long. Until June 23, 2016, to be precise. To be sure, popular sen- timent was rather narrowly divided. The most prominent disparity in the British vote was generational. The young, having grown up in the new Europe, are more comfortable with its cosmopolitanism and have come to expect open borders, open commerce and open movement of people. They voted overwhelmingly – by 3 to 1 – to Remain. Leave was mainly the position of an older generation no longer willing to tolerate European assaults on British autonomy and sovereignty. Understandably so. Here is Britain, inventor of the liberal idea and home to the mother of parlia- ments, being instructed by a bunch of pastry-eating Brus- sels bureaucrats on every- thing from the proper size of pomegranates to the human rights of terrorists. Widely mentioned, and resented, was the immigra- tion directive to admit other EU citizens near automati- cally. But what pushed the Leave side over the top was less policy than primacy. Who runs Britain? Amaz- ingly, about half of the laws and regulations that govern British life today come not from Westminster but from Brussels. Brexit was an assertion of national sovereignty and an attempt, in one fell swoop, to recover it. There is much to admire in that impulse. But at what cost? Among its casualties may be not just the Euro- pean project (other exit ref- erendums are already being proposed) but possibly the United Kingdom itself. The Scots are already talking about another vote for inde- pendence. And Northern Ire- land, which voted to remain in the EU, might well seek to unite with the Republic. Talk about a great idea executed badly. In seeking a newly sovereign United Kingdom, the Brits might well find themselves having produced a little England. Charles Krauthammer’s email address is letters@charleskrauthammer.com. © 2016, The Washington Post Writers Group PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY: Caymanian Compass Limited (a subsidiary of Pinnacle Media Ltd) Compass Centre Shedden Road, George Town SEND US YOUR VIEWS OR NEWS: P.O. 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The board of five judges indicated that although a formal procedure was not followed, they had no doubt Dwight Wright understood that a negative inference could be drawn from his de- cision not to give evidence during his trial. Wright, then 38, was ac- cused of raping and inde- cently assaulting a former girlfriend after kicking down the door of her house. She phoned emergency ser- vices after he left. When officers arrived to take her report, they saw the broken door jamb and a footprint on the door. When officers went to Wright’s residence, they found him hiding under a bed. Judge alone trial Wright pleaded not guilty to the charges and chose to be tried by judge alone. Justice Alexander Hen- derson heard the matter in late 2012. The appeal was lodged in 2014 and heard in December 2015. The judgment was re- leased on June 30. Cayman’s Police Law of 2010 – section 149 (2) – says that after the prosecution has completed its case, the court must satisfy itself that the defendant is aware that the stage has been reached at which evidence can be given for the defense and he can, if he wishes, give evi- dence himself. Further, the court must sat- isfy itself that the defendant is aware that if he chooses not to give evidence, the judge or jury can draw such inferences as appear proper from his failure to do so. Wright’s appeal to Privy Council was based on the fact that Justice Henderson did not ask him in open court if he had been advised of his right to give evidence and if he was aware of the risk of adverse inference if he chose not to give evidence. At the end of the prosecu- tion’s case, defense attorney John Furniss told Jus- tice Henderson, “My client would like to give evidence,” since he was asserting that what had happened between him and the woman was consensual. Given the time of day, the judge offered the option of beginning the defense the next morning and this was accepted. The next morning, however, Mr. Furniss ad- vised that the situation had changed. “I have spoken with my client, and he thought about matters overnight, and in fact, he has given me in- structions this morning, sir, that he does not wish to go into the witness box. The de- fense case would rest,” Mr. Furniss said. After a discussion of what facts were agreed on by both sides, Mr. Furniss again stated that Wright did not wish to give evidence. Procedure not followed Justice Henderson then invited closing arguments from both sides. As the Privy Council noted, “The proce- dure set out in section 149 (2) was thus never followed.” The question then was – Should Wright’s convic- tion be quashed because the judge did not ask him in open court whether he had been advised of his right to give evidence and of the risk of adverse inference if he did not? “Whether or not to give evidence is probably the most significant de- cision which a defendant has to make in the course of his criminal trial,” the Privy Council judges said in their ruling. The purpose of the law is to ensure that the defendant has had the necessary ad- vice and the best way to es- tablish that is to ask in open court, the council stated. However, if it is clear that advice has been given, then the irregularity of the judge not asking is not material to the safety of the conviction. In this case, Wright knew very well that he had the right to give evidence, since the judge was told he would like to, the judges ruled. Mr. Furniss’s report to Justice Henderson the next morning showed that there had been a second discus- sion between Wright and his attorney, the Privy Council’s judgment stated. ‘Improbable’ counsel did not explain “It is in the highest de- gree improbable that either of these discussions – and certainly both – could have taken place without counsel explaining what would happen if [Wright] went into the witness box (and specifi- cally that he would be taxed with explaining the broken door) and what would happen if he did not (when he would run the risk of ad- verse inference),” the judg- ment said. In finding Wright guilty, Justice Henderson did draw an adverse inference from the defendant’s failure to give evidence. He said that if there had been an innocent explanation for the broken door or for hiding when the police came, Wright could have been expected to give it. The natural inference from Wright’s decision not to explain was his conclu- sion that subjecting himself to questions from the pros- ecutor would not assist his defense. Even after the matter went to the Cayman Is- lands Court of Appeal and after Wright instructed an- other attorney, it was never asserted that Wright was under any misapprehension as to what might happen if he chose not to give ev- idence, the Privy Council pointed out. Not a formality The judges warned, how- ever, that it is not a mere for- mality to ask if a defendant has been advised of his right to give evidence and that a judger or jury may draw in- ferences if he fails to give evidence. It is the respon- sibility of both counsel, as well as of the judge, to en- sure that this procedure is carried out as the law re- quires, they said. Failure to carry it out will be a mate- rial irregularity, in the ab- sence of the legitimate con- clusion that it made no difference. Wright’s appeal was pre- sented by Michael Wood, QC, instructed by Nich- olas Dixey. Responding on behalf of Cayman’s Legal Department was David Perry, QC, instructed by Alistair Richardson. Justice Henderson said that if there had been an innocent explanation for the broken door or for hiding when the police came, Wright could have been expected to give it.TUESDAY JULY 5, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS 6 DISTRICT DAYS District Days George Town 50 years ago: Plenty of summer travel for district residents In the July 6, 1966 edi- tion of the Caymanian Weekly, a precursor of the Cayman Compass, George Town correspondent Frances Bodden wrote: “Mrs. Ainslie Bodden left for Brunswick, Georgia via Jacksonville where she visited her daughter Mrs. Bradford Gressman (Mar- garet) and her family. It is hoped that Mrs. Bodden our famous pie maker will ben- efit greatly from her trip. “His Honour Judge Hors- fall and Mrs. Horsfall, Mr. Val Cotterell clerk of the courts, and Mr. Arthur B. Hunter paid an official visit to Cayman Brac on the June 30, and returned on the 2nd of July. “We rejoice with Mr. Harry Arch in having his wife back home again after her illness in Tampa. “Mrs. J.A. Panton has re- turned after her enjoyable visit with her children. She is happy to be back home on the old rock again. Her daughter Mrs. Ken Panton is also on a brief visit home. “Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Parchment celebrated their eighth wedding anniver- sary on the 30th of June. We wish them continued happiness. “Mr. Joseph Degan ar- rived on the 30th of June. He was on the S.S. Ore Mercury of National Bulk Carriers. He sustained a toe injury which is in plaster. We wish for him a speedy recovery. “Dr. J.T. Burrowes and nurse Scott returned to Ja- maica after completing the cancer research in the Cayman Islands. “Mr. and Mrs. Raib Ma- cAllister McTaggart and their two handsome sons arrived from New York on the July 2 to spend a couple of weeks with Mac’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Fred McTaggart. “Among the North- bound passengers on Sunday morning were Mr. and Mrs. Esterley C. Tib- betts and their daughter Janet. They will visit rela- tives and friends in Miami and Tampa. Mr. Tibbetts is the Superintendent of the Public Works Department and is on vacation leave. Janet has just received her leaving certificate from the Grammar School, on her return she will attend the commercial school. “There was great excite- ment among the members of the Girls’ Brigade who welcomed Misses Gail Mc- Intyre and Susan McBride of St. Catherine’s, Canada, who are on a four week exchange visit to Grand Cayman. A full programme has been arranged for them and it is hoped that this will be a beneficial visit to all concerned.” Triple C celebrates class of 2016 Triple C’s commencement celebrations marked a no- table year of achievement and excellence. The 22 graduates at- tended a baccalaureate ser- vice on June 5, when they were inducted into the alumni association. Mi- chaiah Bryan, class of 2006, was the keynote speaker. He challenged the graduates to value their time by investing in those close to them, and to pursue excellence in all that they do. The graduates received their diplomas and certifi- cates at commencement ex- ercises on June 6. Diplomas were handed out by alumnus and the ceremony’s keynote speaker, Norman Bodden, class of 1953. As part of the school’s tradition, the ser- vice began as robed fac- ulty formed a receiving line, holding candles that symbol- ically lighted the way. In her speech, valedic- torian Beatriz Dorea, who graduated with a 4.27 av- erage, recognized those who helped her to reach this milestone in her life. She gave a special thank you to her parents for their love and support, and encour- aged her classmates to go out into the world and not let anything stop them from reaching their goals. Beatriz won subject awards for English, his- tory, mathematics, science, and Christian education. Tamiyah Ebanks received the subject award for busi- ness studies. Subject awards are given in six disciplines to students who have the highest average over four years. Beatriz also received the Ernst & Young award for outstanding academic achievement and the Out- standing Senior Award, which recognizes scholar- ship, leadership, citizenship, loyalty and peer and teacher rapport. She also received the Dart STEM award and the Kiwanis grant award. Salutatorian Amina Ait- messaoud, in her speech, talked about the fond mem- ories that were created with her classmates and teachers.Valedictorian Beatriz Dorea receives an award from James Watler. Kylee Glidden, Katelynn Kelly, Stephen Lewis and Andy White receive Creative Christian Character awards from Pastor Winston Rose.7 LOCAL NEWS CAYMAN COMPASS • TUESDAY JULY 5, 2016 District Days George Town Raffle winner drives away in new car Luis Farez won a new Mercedes- Benz in the Lions Club of Grand Cayman’s Benzarama 2016 raffle fundraiser. The drawing took place at the campaign’s finale on June 25 at the Lions Community Centre, featuring music by local DJ Super C and the Re- generation Band. Mr. Farez said he has supported many service clubs and community or- ganizations in Cayman for the 25 years he has lived here, but he never thought he would win something like this. He thanked the Lions Club of Grand Cayman and promised to continue his support. Phyllis Moxam sold the winning ticket. Second-place prize of $1,000 went to Natalia McCoy, and third-place prize of $500 went to Peter Davey. “This fundraiser was a major suc- cess due to the hard work by the members of the Lions Club of Grand Cayman, but it would not have been possible without the generous support from the public,” said Lion President Ewan Jacques, who also thanked the campaign’s sponsors. “We now look forward to using the funds raised to tackle a number of housing outreach projects,” he added. St. Ignatius graduation marks many accomplishments It was standing room only at Loyola Hall for the St. Ignatius Catholic School Year 11 and 13 graduation ceremony. Supported by family, friends and members of the school and church commu- nity, the 61 graduates re- ceived certificates for com- pleting the IGCSE or A Level programs at the ceremony on June 23. The certificates were pre- sented by Monsignor Robert McClory, the moderator of the Curia and the vicar gen- eral of the archdiocese of De- troit, Michigan. A number of students received indi- vidual prizes for outstanding achievements. The Year 11 Chamber of Commerce Student of the Year Award was presented to Ruth Harris, an honors grad- uate with distinction and subject prize winner in seven subjects. She was also in- volved in numerous other ac- tivities. Ruth graduated with the highest grade point av- erage in the school’s history (4.26) and was also awarded the Ernst & Young Achieve- ment Award for Academic Excellence 2016. Ruth is only the third student in the past 20 years to graduate with distinction. She attained a perfect 4.50 GPA on her last assessment of Year 11. The student addresses were given by Bianca Meghoo, Year 11, Stephanie Gunby, Year 13, who high- lighted memorable moments of their time at St. Ignatius. They also thanked their par- ents, the administration and the teaching staff for ongoing support and guidance. The graduation ceremony also included music by the band, conducted by Simon Donoghue, and by the steel band, led by Michael Lemay. Graduates and members of the St. Ignatius church and school at the graduation ceremony. Top student Ruth Harris receives the Ernst & Young Highest Academic Achievement Award from EY’s Marco Calleja. From left, Chad Phillipps, brand manager for Mercedes Benz-Car City Ltd., Benzarama winner Luis Farez, Lion President Ewan Jacques and Lions Ian Callow and Anthony Ritch8 LOCAL NEWS Check out these photos and others by visiting caymancompass.com/photogalleries or on facebook.com/caycompass (and don’t forget to tag yourself and your friends!) TUESDAY JULY 5, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS Highlights of the CayFilm festival over the weekend included workshops with movie pro- fessionals who have worked on some of the most famous films of all time, including “Star Wars,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and “The Shining.” The gala opening night on Friday featured a screening of “Haven” and a panel with the film’s cast and crew. – PHOTOS: MAGGIE JACKSON Marco Perego, Zoe Saldana, Minister Tara Rivers, Premier Alden McLaughlin and Frank E. FlowersCayFilm director Tony Mark at Friday’s opening night gala Cayman artist Tansy Maki meets Oscar winner Lorne Peterson, chief model maker for the ‘Star Wars’ movies. Zoe Saldana and Frank E. Flowers on the red carpet Ethan Spencer, age 10, one of the winners of the Young Image Makers Film Competition, shares his YouTube channel details with ‘Contact’ and ‘Hook’ writer James V. Hart after Mr. Hart’s screenwriting workshop on Saturday. Avital Zeisler leads a workshp on fight choreography. Stuntman and stunt coordinator Paul Weston describes a close call after being set on fire while filming the James Bond movie ‘Licence to Kill,’ as seen behind him on the video screen. Stuntman Paul Weston, model maker Lorne Peterson and special effects supervisor George Gibbs, who all worked on ‘Star Wars.’ CayFilm director Tony Mark, left, with producer Gary Lucchesi, president of Lakeshore Entertainment Cayman-based film maker Frans De Backer, second from right, who directed two movies shown at the film at the film festival, ‘Invasion’ and ‘Epiphany,’ with, from left, Nicole Best, Mark Hendrie and Melina Forla.The islands’ most-trusted news source 9 CAYMAN COMPASS • TUESDAY JULY 5, 2016 Dr. Franklin Tran MD, FRCSC Arthroscopic Knee & Shoulder Reconstructive Surgery & Sports Medicine CAYMAN ORTHOPAEDIC GROUP PLEASE CALL 945-8380 FOR APPOINTMENTS will be at #1 SMITH ROAD PLAZA Tuesday, 5th July to Friday, 15th July 2016 Young filmmakers in the spotlight ALMA CHOLLETTE achollette@pinnaclemedialtd.com Ethan Spencer, 10, and Grace Ruby, 17, were chosen from among 11 finalists as the junior and senior win- ners of the 2016 Young Image Makers Film Competition at the Youth Film Festival. Both finalists will attend the New York Film Academy this summer. Junior category winner Ethan created the three- minute film “Dinosaur Rage,” which was inspired by his imagination, and his love of Legos and filmmaking. Using stop motion, “Dinosaur Rage” took two days to complete. “This is my first time in [entering],” he said, “I did have a good experience, [and] I’m happy I won and I’m re- ally thankful.” Ethan, who also took first place in the earth science cat- egory of the 2015 Rotary Sci- ence Fair, is no stranger to filming. He distributes a new video every Thursday on his Youtube channel, QuadSquad, which he co-hosts with his three siblings. Ethan said QuadSqaud features seg- ments on crafts, games, ex- periments and his cooking segment, “Kitchen Adventures with Ethan.” The channel has more than 1.9 million views. First runner-up in the junior category, 10-year- old Aiden Powery, incorpo- rated stop-motion in his film “Cleaning My Room.” Isaac Tibbetts, 13, was second runner-up with “The Rob- bery.” Grace Ruby’s film “Crossroads,” which portrays the contrasting consequences of keeping the right and wrong friends, was inspired by a dream. “When I heard about the film contest,” she said, “the dream is what I basically had in mind.” Having taken CayFilm’s director Tony Mark’s screen- writing workshop, and getting exposure to film- making during and out- side the competition, Grace said entering it was “life changing.” “It made me certain of my career path. I want to major in writing and minor in directing,” said the Triple C student. In addition to being the senior category winner, she is also the winner of the Department of Tourism’s “Cayman Through My Eyes” video challenge. Her submis- sion for that was inspired by her move to Grand Cayman at age 11 and centered on how she has grown since ar- riving here. The award earned her an additional week at the New York Film Academy. Her 2 minute, 49 second film “Crossroads” was chosen as the top entry among the seven senior category final- ists. Fifteen-year-old Abijith Anu’s “Paradise” was first runner-up, Elijah Ebanks, 15, was second runner-up with “The Book.” Presenting Ethan with the first-place trophy was Cay- Film guest celebrity Reno Wilson and Cayman National Cultural Foundation board member Lorna Reid. Special guest Frank E. Flowers and Ms. Reid presented Grace with her trophy. CayFilm director Tony Mark presented Isaac Tib- betts, second-runner up in the junior category, with the people’s choice award. Winners and runners- up were awarded Caymanite trophies made by sculptor Horacio Esteban. All finalists were treated to a private dinner before the show, joined by emcees Miss Cayman Islands 2016 Monyque Brooks and radio Z99’s Jevaughnie Ebanks. The awards ceremony, which kicked off the CayFilm festival, was on June 30 at the Harquail Theatre. Senior category winner Grace Ruby, 17, tears up after receiving the trophy for her movie ‘Crossroads.’ Junior category winner Ethan Spencer, 10, with American actor and comedian Reno Wilson and Ms. Saldana, as well as director Mr. Flowers for a reunion to mark the 10th anniversary of the movie’s U.S. release. The question-and-an- swer session and screening of the director’s cut of the movie Friday night at The Ritz-Carlton launched the second CayFilm festival. Mr. Rasuk’s prepara- tion for the role was so successful that he had his fellow stars fooled. “We thought he was Caymanian,” said Ms. Sal- dana, who played Andrea in the movie. Mr. Mackie, who played Hammer, acknowledged that his own preparation was not so successful. “I met this dude working on the movie named Dean and he was like, ‘Let me show you around.’ He would take me to this jerk chicken turtle soup place and we would sit and drink Red Stripe and play domi- noes and talk with these dudes. Then I found out Dean was from Jamaica.” A packed house at the event got new insights into how the film was made and the background of the actors, who have gone on to Hollywood stardom. Mr. Flowers, who had gained prominence for his short movie “Swallow,” said he was driven to write his own feature- length script after being offered a roller-skating movie to direct. “It wasn’t good,” he remembered. “So I sat in a room and drank a bunch of Red Bull and wrote the script [for “Haven”]. I wanted to write something that was part of my life and a story that never been told.” He said he was nervous on day one of shooting, but took inspiration from an icon of Caymanian culture. “I remember in the first scene we shot Aunt Julia [Hydes] drumming. She was 95 years old in the sun, doing her thing, risking heat stroke. I thought, I really can’t mess this up.” Hundreds of movie fans attended Friday’s red carpet event at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, which launched a long weekend of movies, workshops and celebrity appearances. Star went undercover at John Gray High CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Rita Estevanovich of the Cayman National Cultural Foundation and Grace Ruby Victor RasukNext >