Former Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush has been discovered not responsible on costs of rape and indecent assault in relation to allegations relationship again 20 years.
The jury returned to ship a unanimous verdict on each counts Monday after a seven-day trial. It took the jury of 4 ladies and three males fewer than two hours to ship the decision.
Bush took the stand final week to defend himself saying, “I’ve by no means lied to this nation.”
The alleged incident befell over 20 years in the past between the years 1999 and 2001. The feminine complainant alleged that Bush had been drunk and she or he needed to drive him dwelling. On the way in which, he allegedly advised her to tug off the highway the place he allegedly sexually assaulted her. Bush denied the allegation and maintained that no such factor ever occurred.
He was arrested and charged in 2022 for the offence.
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After the jurors delivered their verdict, the previous speaker of the home stood up and advised Justice Roy James that he wished to say one thing. He made a short assertion indicating he’ll demand a fee of inquiry into the Workplace of the Director of Public Prosecutions and its connections with the Governor’s Workplace, the commissioner of police, law enforcement officials and a few senior civil servants.
When requested if he meant to run for re-election, Bush, who has been an elected consultant for West Bay for 40 years, didn’t rule it out. He mentioned some members of the family didn’t need him to run once more, however “others are with me and there’s an amazing quantity of public help”.
“I simply have to attend and see,” he added.
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He mentioned the trial had had a significant impact on him and his household. “I’m not a person to cry simply,” he advised reporters, “however I cry for my household, my spouse. Fifty years subsequent yr we’ll be married, and I’ve had all types of issues mentioned, that I’ve been accused of.”
Bush was represented by Kings Counsel Jerome Lynch, Dennis Brady and well-known Jamaican attorney-at-law Everton Dewar.
