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Prison officer on trial for drug smuggling charges
Now to the Grand Court — the smuggling trial of senior prison officer Derron Watson is underway.
Watson admits that he did smuggle in contraband — but maintains his innocence, saying that at the time he was acting out of fear, having been threatened at gunpoint.
Earlier today, a witness took to the stand to support Watson’s account.
Cayman Compass journalist Andrel Harris has the details.
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Cayman Compass
Judiann Myles car fire ‘deliberately set’ but no confirmation if case is murder
Police investigating the death of Judiann Myles confirmed on Wednesday that forensic evidence indicates that the car in which she died was deliberately set alight, but stopped short of defining the the case as a murder investigation.
Myles, 47, the head of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority’s anti-money laundering unit, was found dead inside a burning car on the afternoon of 3 April in an empty lot in Lookout Gardens in Bodden Town.
Inspector Dian Dyer-Alexander, speaking at a press briefing on crime statistics Wednesday, said the case had not yet been officially classified as murder because police are still awaiting forensic results.
