The Rule of Law Alive and Well
In what was the highest profile prosecution brought in a British
Overseas Territory, former Premier McKeeva Bush was unanimously
acquitted on Thursday 9th October 2014 of six counts of misconduct
and five counts of breach of trust.
The charges sprang from an exhaustive three year investigation
of the former Premier by a team of UK officers seconded to the
Cayman Islands Police Force under the direct control of the
Commissioner of Police, who in turn, under the Constitution,
reports directly to the Governor, a UK Government appointee. The
investigation, as it transpired, wrongly concluded that the former
Premier had misused his Government issued credit card. It became
clear, however, in evidence from the Financial Secretary, that all
such usage had been in accordance with a Government policy, the
cash advances having been subsequently itemized on the relevant
Government form and repaid.
