Issue 130 iCulture Hollywood superstar’s praise for Cayman Page 3
iWorld Glee star’s father murdered Page 7
iWatch & Listen Marching band wins Cayman’s Got Talent Page 10
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SEX FIEND CAUGHT Police find suspect at Ocean Club
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Tad Stoner Police yesterday arrested rapist Jeffrey Barnes in an early-afternoon operation at Prospect’s Ocean Club. The 32-year-old sexual predator was wanted in connection with the rape and possible abduction - of a 49-yearold woman in Admiral’s Landing on Saturday and an attempted abduction of an 11-year-old girl earlier the same morning. Yesterday, police said another alleged rape victim has contacted officers to say she too was sexually assaulted by Barnes. It is understood Barnes was last seen on Saturday evening in the Prospect area near Mahogany Drive, one of the two addresses police said he frequented. The other is in Whitman Seymour Drive in George Town. Barnes was also wanted for questioning in another sexual assault reported on Saturday evening by “a family member”, police said.
Study shows mosquito experiment is working
Appeal to Governor to intervene Page 12
China to cash in on port Tad Stoner tad.stoner@ieyenews.com
International infrastructure giant China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) will open an office in George Town after initialing agreement with local officials, likely this month, for a series of construction projects. The new office, to be a subbranch of CHEC’s Kingston,
Jamaica operation, will oversee the new agreement, which will include a 49-year concession to the Beijing-owned company to operate the new George Town cruise port and a contract to share between CHEC and the Cayman Islands Government, the fees levied by cruise lines on all passengers landing at the new port.
Sailors ride on the crest of a wave Page 20
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