Man Charged With Attempted Murder

Thursday, August 26, 2004

The Royal Cayman Islands Police (RCIP) announced that Caymanian Sheldon Marquiss Brown was formally charged in connection with the shooting at the Cayman Islander on West Bay Road on 17 August.

The 35-year-old Brown is now being held in a cell at Grand Court.

Mr Brown was to be formally charged on Wednesday in Summary Court the offences of Attempted Murder, Grievous Bodily Harm (GBH), Possession of an Unlicensed Firearm and Possession of an Unlicensed Firearm with attempt to commit an offence.

Only three weeks ago on 3 August Mr Brown had been acquitted of a previous charge of committing an act tending and intended to pervert the course of justice in Grand Court.

Those charges stemmed from the investigation surrounding the murder of Joseph Alexander Williams on 12 February near Martin Drive.

James Fernando Martin, the man shot at the Cayman Islander, was the complainant in the perversion of justice case in which Mr Brown was the defendant.

In that case, Mr Martin claimed that Mr Brown had threatened him concerning potential testimony in the case.

Mr Martin is currently in stable condition.

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