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McKeeva Bush acquitted after Crown drops assault case
Former premier McKeeva Bush was acquitted in Grand Court after Crown Counsel confirmed it would not proceed to a retrial.
The Crown offered no evidence, leading to not-guilty verdicts on two counts of indecent assault and two of common assault. All charges against Mr Bush have now been dismissed.
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McKeeva Bush acquitted of indecent assault after Crown drops case
Former Premier McKeeva Bush was found not guilty of indecent assault in Grand Court on Friday morning, 5 Sept., after the Crown prosecution confirmed it would not be pursuing the case against him.
Bush had been accused of assaulting two female civil servants at a government-hosted reception at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman in September 2022.
Senior prosecutor Scott Wainwright informed Justice Emma Peters that given the Crown’s “ongoing duty of review, we do not consider that it is any longer in the public interest to pursue this matter to a second trial”.
He said the Crown was offering no evidence on the charges.
Peters then declared she was finding Bush not guilty on the two charges of indecent assault, and also on two alternative charges of common assault.
