Ian Birrell

Getting away with murder

Panama’s palm-fringed islands recently harboured a ruthless serial killer — the seemingly genial owner of the Jolly Roger Social Club, as Nick Foster discovered

issue 06 August 2016

Cher Hughes loved the beauty, the white sand beaches and sun-kissed climate of the tropical islands of Bocas del Toro in Panama. So she sold her thriving sign business in Florida and spent the profits on creating a new life on the Caribbean archipelago. She and her husband built a beautiful home filled with fine furnishings on Darklands, a private island with coconut palm trees and a sheltered cove, while investing in a couple of rental units nearby.

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