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A New Amsterdam, Berbice mother of three was charged and remanded to prison today for murder, over the poisoning death of her reputed husband. 42-year-old Leila Bacchus was not required to enter a plea on the murder charge when she appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrates’ Court. The Court was told that between the 16th […]
A 15-year-old girl, who is accused of setting the Mahdia School dormitory on fire, killing 19 children was today charged with murder, and remanded to the Juvenile Holding Centre. The teenage girl appeared virtually at the Mahdia Magistrates’ Court this morning. She is being represented by Attorneys Dexter Todd, Dexter Smartt, Jevon Cox and Tanya […]
The teenage school girl who reportedly started the fire in the Mahdia School dormitory that went out of control and killed 19 children will face murder charges. The Director of Public Prosecutions has recommended that she faces the 19 murder charges for the deaths of the 18 girls and a young boy in the fire. […]
33-year-old Neon Howard, who the Police have indicated was an accomplice in the escape of notorious death row inmate, Royden Williams aka Smallie, was shot dead by members of the Joint Services after he was already under arrest, but allegedly made an attempt to escape. In a statement this evening, the Guyana Police Force said […]
As Guyana ushered in its 57 Independence anniversary, President Irfaan Ali reflected on the strength of the nation through difficult circumstances, as he made reference to the Mahdia dorm fire tragedy, which claimed the lives of 19 children. The President announced that a Commission of Inquiry into the incident and the circumstances that led to […]
Four prison officers, a Venezuelan woman and a Parika resident were this afternoon charged and remanded to prison over the escape of notorious death row inmate and convicted mass murderer, Royden Williams aka “Smallie”. Appearing via Zoom before Magistrate Christel Lambert of the Bartica Magistrates’ Court, Prison Officers Alexander Hopkinson, Conroy Hosannah, Omar Witherspoon and […]
An 84-year-old woman lost her life in Buxton on Tuesday afternoon after being hit down by a reversing garbage truck. The elderly woman has been identified by relatives as Elaine Williams. The driver of the truck, 32-year-old Timothy Franklin Baynes, told Police investigators that he was reversing along the Sideline Dam access road when he […]
Attorney-at-Law Bernard Da Silva has written the acting Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken over the release of the Police interrogation of murder accused Brian Richards to a media house. Richards is currently on remand over the murder of Deputy Headteacher and Actor Kirwyn Mars. In the letter, which was also copied to the Chancellor of […]
Police investigators are probing the murder of a 47-year-old carpenter. The dead man has been identified as Terry Washington of Durban Street, Georgetown. A Police report stated that on Tuesday morning, Washington was in his yard when an argument broke out between him and another construction worker who was working on a nearby building. As […]
by Svetlana Abrams Parents and relatives of at least three of the 19 victims of the Mahdia dorm fire, have identified the remains of their children. DNA tests are being done to identify some of the other remains. For Rihanna Jeffrey, who is the sister of Bibi Rita Jeffrey who died in the fire, it […]
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