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```html IN THE GRAND COURT OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS CRIMINAL SIDE INDICTMENT NO：0082/2013 THE QUEEN V JOSPEH ST.AUBRYNHILL Appearances： Ms.Nicole Petit for the Crown Mr.John Furniss for the Defendant Before： The Hon.Mr.Justice Charles Quin Trial： 7th to 9th May 2014 No case submission： The afternoon of Friday 9th May 2014 Ruling delivered： 20th May 2014 as，from Monday the 12th May to Friday the 16th May，the Court had to make way for the continuation of another trial by Jury which had previously been suspended for varying reasons. RULING ON NO CASE SUBMISSION 1.At the close of the Crown case counsel on behalf the Defendant made a no-case-to- answer submission. Mr.s on the secEnglish Court Furniss relief ond limb of decision in 73 Cr.App R. 124 or [1981] 1 WLR 1039 Ruling on No Case To Answer Submission. Ind.No.82/13. R v.Joseph Hill. Coram Quin J.Date：20.5.14 Page 1 of 14 ```
```html 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 ``` ```latex \begin{enumerate} \item If there is no evidence that the crime alleged has been committed by the Defendant there is no difficulty - the Judge will stop the case. \item The difficulty arises where there is some evidence but it is of a tenuous character, for example because of inherent weakness or vagueness or because it is inconsistent with other evidence. \begin{enumerate} \item Where the Judge concludes that the prosecution evidence, taken at its highest, is such that a jury properly directed could not properly convict on it, it is his duty, on a submission being made, to stop the case. \item Where however the prosecution evidence is such that its strength or weakness depends on the view to be taken of a witness' reliability, or other matters which are, generally speaking within the province of the jury, and where on one possible view of the facts there is evidence on which the jury could properly come to the conclusion that the Defendant is guilty, then the Judge should allow the matter to be tried by the jury." \end{enumerate} \item In addition to the classic principles set out by Lord Lane in Galbraith, s.137 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 reads: \begin{quote} "When the evidence of the prosecution witnesses has been concluded the Court may before or after considering any statement or hearing any evidence of the accused, invite first the prosecution and thereafter (at its discretion) the Defence to address it upon the question of whether there is sufficient evidence before the Court to warrant conviction of the accused or any or more of several accused of the offence charged or any relevant offence and if either before or after hearing the address by the Defendants, it considers there is no such evidence, it shall discharge the accused concerned and enter a verdict of not guilty with respect to such accused." \end{quote} \item In this case, the Defendant is charged on the first count with Possession of an Unlicensed Firearm contrary to s.15(1) and s.15(5) of the Firearms Law (2008 ```
```markdown The second count is Wounding with Intent, contrary to s.203 of the Penal Code (2013 Revision) in that the Defendant, on the 24th August 2013 at 106 Powell Smith Drive, West Bay, Grand Cayman together with another person unlawfully wounded Charles Michael Kenton Ebanks with intent to do him serious bodily harm. The Crown is not alleging that the Defendant had physical custody care and control of the firearm, but alleges that, on the day in question, the Defendant was in a joint enterprise with another person, namely JR, who had physical custody and control of the gun. Furthermore, in relation to the charge of Wounding with Intent, the Crown accepts the Defendant did not fire the gun but, rather, it was the person with whom he had the joint enterprise in committing the offence, who actually fired the gun. The Crown relies upon s.19 of the Penal Code which reads as follows: "When two or more persons form a common intention to prosecute an unlawful purpose in conjunction with one another, and in the prosecution of such purpose an offence is committed of such a nature that its commission was a probable consequence of the prosecution of such purpose, each of them is deemed to have committed the offence." Mr. Furniss makes two submissions. First, Mr. Furniss states that there is no evidence of joint enterprise, that is, there is no evidence before the Court to support the intention of a joint enterprise. Second, Mr. Furniss states that there is no case against the Defendant because he was operating under duress in relation to both counts 1 and 2 and the only reason that the Defendant participated in any way was because he was aduress. ```
It is common ground that the Defendant was an illegal immigrant who arrived on Grand Cayman under suspicious circumstances and been staying with a "Mr. Biggs" for approximately two days. It is accepted that the Defendant is a foreigner and there is no record that he has ever resided in the Cayman Islands. What is particularly unusual about this case is that the Crown's case relies wholly on purported admissions made by the Defendant in four (4) interviews with Detective Sgt. Morrison and other detectives of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS). These four interviews have been exhibited as Exhibits 1a, 1b, 1c, and 1d and are as follows: | EXHIBIT | TYPE | DATES | TIME | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1a | Interview | 27 th August 2013 | From 12:50 p.m. to 2:03 p.m. | | 1b | Interview | 3 rd September 2013 | From 6:12 p.m. to 6:44 p.m. | | 1c | Interview | 3 rd September 2013 | From 6:52 p.m. to 7:26 p.m. | | 1c | Interview continued | 3 rd September 2013 | From 7:49 p.m. to 8:18 p.m. | | 1d | Interview | 5 th September 2013 | From 10:03 a.m. to NO TIME. | In the first two interviews the Defendant is reasonably cooperative but does not provide DS Morrison with any evidence regarding the shooting which took place on the 24 th August 2013. However, the Defendant admits that he is an illegal immigrant and admits being involved with dealing with ganja. It is in the third interview – Exhibit 1c which began at 6:52 p.m. on the 3 rd Sep3 – that the Defendant begins to give the police some relevant information on the place where the shooting took place on the 24 th August 2013. The evidence discloses that a person, who is somebody called JR, arrives that evening. The Defendant describes JR but there is no evidence that the Defendant had ever seen JR or met JR before that night. The evidence discloses that a person, who is somebody called JR, arrives that evening. The Defendant describes JR but there is no evidence that the Defendant had ever seen JR or met JR before that night. Ruling on No Case To Answer Submission. Ind. No. 82/13. R v. Joseph Hill. Coram Quin J. Date: 20.5.14 Page 4 of 14
Defendant is told by Mr. Biggs to go with JR. JR arrives and tells the Defendant to follow him. The Defendant says he is scared. The Defendant tells Sgt. Morrison that he went with JR because he was afraid that he would be killed.
There is no evidence that the Defendant knew that JR had a gun until he realised that JR had something inside his shirt and was told by JR that if he keeps his mouth shut, he will live. The evidence unfolds in the interview that JR is the "shooter" and JR tells the Defendant not to say anything or he will die. The Defendant said he was told by JR,
"You never see me and you keep your mouth shut or else you die on this island and dash away."
The evidence the Defendant discloses to the police is that JR told him to go and knock on the door of 106 Powell Smith Drive and the next thing the Defendant recalled were gunshots.
The gunman had directed the Defendant across the road, the Defendant knocked, and the Defendant said that at one stage the gunman JR said,
"If you don't get out of the way I will shoot you too."
The Defendant left with JR whom he says just dropped him off on the side of a road.
The lid that prior to the incident was very dark, he was drinking, he was hanging out drinking, he did not know where he was. He thought it was Powell Smith Drive, the Defendant recalls JR saying,
"You keep your mouth shut or you die on this island." ```
The Defendant describes JR as a young, slim, brown-skin Caymanian, and said that, at the time, JR also put on a mask. The Defendant told Sgt. Morrison that JR was the shooter on the night in question. In his evidence the Defendant said he was scared for his life and he only did what he did out of fear. It was put to the Defendant that he could have refused to go, the Defendant replied: "No. I was even quicker to go." Asked: "Why" and the Defendant replied, "Because it's my life. I see a man with a pistol so, you know that got me scared." The Defendant also said: "The only reason I went across the road was because the man had the gun and he said move before I shoot you in your head too" The Defendant said he heard the shots immediately after JR said that. This Court has to look at the questions of joint enterprise and duress separately, but also, there is an inevitable link between the two. Ruling on No Case To Answer Submission. Ind. No. 82/13. R v. Joseph Hill. Coram Quin J. Date: 20.5.14 Page 6 of 14
```markdown # Ruling on No Case To Answer Submission Ind. No. 82/13. R v. Joseph Hill. Coram Quin J. Date: 20.5.14 ## Page 7 of 14
23. Before this Court can find that there is a joint enterprise between the Defendant and JR, the prosecution must prove participation by the Defendant with a common purpose. While participation with a common purpose implies an agreement to act together (joint enterprise), formality is not necessarily required. The agreement can be made tacitly and spontaneously and may be inferred from the Defendant's actions.
24. On the evidence before me I cannot find that the Defendant entered into any agreement – either orally, or impliedly – with JR. Although no formality is necessary to prove an agreement, there is no evidence that the Defendant even knew or ever met JR or had any conversation with him about the gun and the use of the gun by JR.
25. Furthermore, there is no evidence that the Defendant knew that JR had a gun until JR showed it to him in his shirt. At that stage, the Defendant's evidence is that he only acted on the basis of duress.
26. On the evidence before me, I find that there is an absence of evidence to show that there was a common intention and agreement over the gun and the use of the gun. The evidence discloses that JR always had the gun under his custody, care and control and there is no evidence that the Defendant knew about the gun until he was confronted by JR with the gun.
27. Therefore, there is no evidence that the Defendant was going to shoot, and, in any event, the evidence is that the Defendant's parts no ```
```html 1 28. In addition the Defendant has raised a sufficient case of duress and accordingly I 2 find that the burden of disproving duress to the criminal standard rests upon the 3 prosecution. 4 29. In the House of Lords decision of DPP for NI v. Lynch2 Lord Wilberforce stated at 5 page 680 at letter F: 6 7 8 “If the proposition is correct at all that duress prevents what would otherwise 9 constitute a crime for attracting criminal responsibility, then that should be 10 30. In the later House of Lords decision of R v. Z3 Lord Bingham sets out the 11 requirement of the defence of duress at paragraph 21 of his Judgment and I 12 summarise his guidelines as follows: 13 i. The threat relied upon was a threat of serious injury or death; 14 15 16 ii. The harm threatened was directed at the defendant, a member of his immediate 17 18 family, someone close to the defendant, or someone for whose safety the 19 20 defendant reasonably regarded himself as responsible; 21 22 23 24 iii. The defendant genuinely and reasonably believed that the threat, but for his 19 20 compliance, would be carried out immediately or almost immediately; 21 22 23 24 iv. The threat, or the defendant's reasonable belief in the threat, was a direct 19 20 cause of the defendant's actions; 21 22 23 24 v. A reasonable person in the defendant's situation would have been given to act 25 26 27 28 as the defendant did. A reasonable person is to be treated as sober, of ordinary 29 30 firmness, of the same age and gender, and otherwise sharing the defendant's 31 32 relevant characteristics; 33 34 vi. action to evo of the threat 27 stances; 35 36 There is noade the effedfendant wo 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 681 682 683 684 685 686 687 688 689 690 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 721 <
```markdown vii. But if a person voluntarily becomes or remains associated with others engaged in criminal activity in a situation where he knows or has reason to know that he may be the subject of compulsion by them or their associates, he cannot rely on the defence of duress to excuse any criminal act which he is thereafter compelled to commit by them.
Based on the evidence given by the Defendant to Sgt. Morrison I find that, in the circumstances that prevailed at 106 Powell Smith Drive on the 24th August 2013 there was a real threat of serious injury or death to the Defendant. The harm threatened was directed at the Defendant and, from the evidence before this Court the Defendant genuinely and reasonably believed that the threat, but for his compliance, would be carried out immediately. The threat was the direct cause of the Defendant’s action to knock on the door and act as a watchman for JR pursuant to JR’s instructions.
I find that a reasonable person in the Defendant’s situation would have been given to act as the Defendant did.
I find there was no opportunity for the Defendant to evade the effects of the threat. The man (JR) appeared from nowhere. There is no evidence that the Defendant knew that the man known as JR was coming or that the man would have a gun.
Although the Defendant was in Cayman illegally there is no evidence to suggest that his activities for the short time he was in Cayman would lead to him knowing or foreseeing that he may become the subject of compulsion by JR. There is no evidence that the ```
```html 1 35. Accordingly, given the circumstances that acted on the Defendant's mind, I find 2 that he has raised a sufficient case of duress. I also find that on the evidence before 3 me, the Crown has been unable to disprove duress in this case. 4 36. Accordingly, I accede to the submission made by the Defence that the prosecution 5 evidence is such that, at its highest, a jury properly directly could not properly 6 convict upon it. 7 37. As the Defendant has elected trial by Judge Alone rather than trial by Judge and 8 Jury, I adopt the dicta of Lord Lowry in Rv Hassan & Ors4 which is cited in Chief 9 Constable v. Lo5： 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Lord Kerr went on to state at paragraph 14: "The proper approach of a judge or a magistrate sitting without a jury does not, therefore, involve the application of a different test from that of the second limb in Galbraith. The exercise the Judge must engage in is the same, suitably adjusted to reflect the fact that he is the tribunal of fact. It is important to note that the Judge should not ask himself the question, at the close of the prosecution case, 'Do I have a reasonable doubt?' The question that he should ask is whether he is convinced that there are no circumstances in which he could properly convict. Where evidence of the offence charged has been given, the Judge could only reach that conclusion where the evidence was so weak or so discredited that it could not conceivably support a guilty verdict." On the evidence before me I cannot find that there is any common intention between the Defendant and JR nor was there any agreement to possess a gun to wound Mr. Ebanks with intent. Furthermore, I find that, at all material times the Defendant acted on duress and the Crown has been unable to disprove the duress that he has raised. Accordingly, I find that the evidence is so intrinsically weak and so discredited that it could not conceivably support a guilty verdict. Therefore, pursuant to s.137 of the Penal Code I record that this Court considers that there is not sufficient evidence before this Court to warrant conviction of the accused. Therefore, I now discharge the accused, Joseph St. Aubryn Hill, and enter a verdict of not guilty with respect to the accused. Ruling on No Case To Answer Submission. Ind. No. 82/13. R v. Joseph Hill. Coram Quin J. Date: 20.5.14 Page 11 of 14
```markdown # Observations
Importantly, I note the following to the Defendant: Mr. Hill, stand up please, Mr. Hill, the evidence before this Court is that there is no official record of your presence in the Cayman Islands. Additionally, this Court finds that your arrival in the Cayman Islands was closely linked to drugs and drug offences – to which you have pleaded guilty in the Summary Court. Also based on the evidence before this Court, in fact, your own evidence, you live a life where you end up sleeping in the homes of persons you seem to know only by alias names or code names and some of the other persons whom you know or have met on these Islands you know only by a first name or by no name or names whatsoever. By your own evidence, you find yourself driving around in cars, in a state of drunken stupor, in a country which, by your own evidence, is strange to you, with persons whom you do not know or know only by code names. Mr. Hill, your stated reasons for coming to Cayman and your conduct, as an illegal immigrant, over the two days in question, are all extremely suspicious. You should consider yourself fortunate not to be spending a longer time in prison. Based on this, this Court herein recommends to the appropriate authorities that you be deported immediately from these islands.
I also add the following comments: i. I accept that this Defendant, unlike so many other people in his position, did with the police and provide the officers with some significant information. ```
It is my view that DS Morrison along with DC Bailey and DC Morgan conducted a thorough investigation and, by their intense work, received some very important intelligence about a gunman known as JR. In addition, Crown counsel, Ms. Petit, has presented the Crown’s case in a very professional manner but her prosecution of the Crown’s case has been frustrated by the unwillingness of potential Crown witnesses to come forward and give evidence in these proceedings. The fact that these persons have not come forward is deeply regrettable. However, I note that there are seven (7) civilian witnesses named on the back of the Indictment – only two of whom have provided statements. This means that there are at least five other witnesses who know something about the events on the evening of the 24th August 2013 at 106 Powell Smith Drive, West Bay, and about the identity of the man known as the shooter. The Court has been told that the other witnesses are too frightened to come forward to give evidence about this shooting and, consequently, the shooter is not apprehended. | | | | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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The Courts have some sympathy for witnesses who have been intimated but people must have the courage to come forward with information about criminal activity. Somebody knows about the shooter and about the gun he used and it is absolutely vital that those knowing anything about this incident come forward and provide the police with this vital information to enable the police to apprehend the person or persons responsible for a very serious crime. The entire community must support the police to rid this country of the menace and danger of illegal firearms. Illegal firearms are a persistent problem, which, if continued unabated, will bring further fear and harm to the lives of law-abiding citizens who only wish for the return to peace for Grand Cayman. **Dated this the 20 th May 2014** **Honourable Charles Quin** Judge of the Grand Cayman Island Court Hdjr. Justice Charles Quin Judge of the Grand Cayman Island Court **Ruling on No Case To Answer Submission. Ind. No. 82/13. R v. Joseph Hill. Coram Quin J. Date: 20.5.14** Page 14 of 14