Crime

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 […]

Armed robberies up by 25%

The Guyana Police Force is stepping up patrols across the country as it has recorded a 25% increased in armed robberies despite the coronavirus pandemic. Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn made the grim announcement today as he defended the government’s purchase of 15 new motorcycles to assist the Police Force in its patrols. The motorcycles, […]