Cayman Islands - Cruise Ship A newspaper in the Cayman Islands is reporting that the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service is investigating a reported sexual attack on a female cruise ship passenger.

The incident happened on Friday July 27, 2012 according to the local police in the Cayman Islands. The newspaper account is very vague. The newspaper states only that the incident involved a female cruise passenger "in the George Town area" that led to the arrest of a 43 year old man on August 18, 2012 on suspicion of attempted rape.  No charges have been filed and the suspect was reportedly released on bail. 

The newspaper states that the incident "was not proactively reported by the police service."

The newspaper did not identify the name of the cruise line or the cruise ship.  This is quite common in the Cayman Islands and other Caribbean countries which do not wish to cause embarrassment to the cruise lines which call on their ports.  

If anyone knows which cruise ships were in the Cayman Islands on July 27, 2012 please leave a comment below.

April 29 2014 Update: A Caymans newspaper states that Shawn Mourao, 45, the owner of Cayman Shaun Mourao Caymans RapeStyle Ocean Adventures, was charged with three counts of indecent assault in the case and is the subject of an Interpol warrant seeking his arrest after he failed to appear in court and fled the Caymans. He is believed to be in South Africa.

The woman was a Carnival cruise ship passenger who had booked a seven-day “Exotic Western Caribbean Cruise” that included stops in Mexico, Belize, Roatan and Grand Cayman. She paid $79.99 for a “beach party and snorkeling shore excursion” in Cayman. Cayman Style Ocean Adventures was the tour operator that provided the tour for Carnival. 

The newspaper states that woman went on the excursion around 1 p.m. on July 27, 2012, and returned at 4:30 p.m. to George Town harbor. She asked the tour boat captain where she might find a restroom. He led her to a small room in nearby shopping center where she was assaulted. The woman repeated pleas for the suspect to stop, and she eventually escaped, running off half-naked to find her friend with whom she was on the cruise.   

In addition to the owner fleeing the jurisdiction, the tour operator in the Caymans dissolved as well apparently to avoid legal liability for the rape.