Crime

Two additional COVID deaths and 33 new cases recorded

The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in Guyana climbed by two yesterday, taking the total number of deaths to 169. The Ministry of Health reported on Sunday that a 39-year-old man from Region 7 and a 58-year-old man from Region 4 are the latest victims. The country has also recorded 33 new cases of […]

Prisoner remanded with injuries found dead in Lusignan jail

The Guyana Prison Service and the Police are investigating the death of a 44-year-old remand prisoner inside the Lusignan prison. The lifeless body of Roger Samuels of Parfait Harmony was found in a cell at the prison on Sunday morning.  The man was remanded to jail on Friday for the alleged theft of a motor […]

Gunmen open fire at home of ponzi scheme suspect

Police investigators are probing a shooting incident that occurred last evening at the home of fraud accused and ponzi scheme suspect, Yuri Dominquez. Three men in an unmarked car reportedly pulled up outside the man’s Coldigen, East Coast Demerara home and opened fire, hitting several parts of the building.  No one was injured and its […]

UG student walks free on bomb threat charge

Almost two years after a University of Guyana student was charged with allegedly threatening to bomb the Turkeyen campus, she walked out of the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court a free woman as a no-case submission was accepted by the presiding Magistrate. The woman, 26-year-old Sheneza Jafarally was charged following an investigation by the Police into several […]

West Demerara businessman remanded over marijuana bust in barrel

West Coast Demerara businessman, Rayan Joseph appeared in Court today and was charged for possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. The 47-year-old man appeared before Magistrate Crystal Lambert at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrates’ Court and pleaded not guilty to the offence. He was remanded to jail and will have to make his next Court […]

Suspect to face murder charges for mother and daughter slashing deaths

Cuban national Yoel Rodrigues will appear in Court tomorrow to face murder charges for the beating and slashing deaths of 34-year-old Tara Krishnaran and her 11-year-old daughter. Rodrigues, who was the woman’s lover, has admitted to murdering the two. The Guyana Police Force received advice today from the Director of Public Prosecutions to proceed with […]