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The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in a majority decision today, freed Jarvis Small of the 2010 murder of his 16-year-old stepdaughter Neesa Gopaul, while upholding mother Bibi Shareema-Gopaul’s conviction but reducing her prison time to 30 years. The Court in allowing Small’s appeal ruled that the he was gravely prejudiced by a joint trial. […]
With President Irfaan Ali still to respond to the request by Attorney Nigel Hughes for his client, Police Sergeant Dion Bascom to be granted witness protection, the Attorney said other avenues of protection will have to be examined since threats remain over the life of the Police Sergeant who has made startling allegations of corruption […]
Attorney Nigel Hughes, who is representing Police Sergeant Dion Bascom, is calling on the Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn to establish the Protected Disclosures Commission and the requisite regulations in keeping with the Protected Disclosures Act 2018. Last weekend, Sgt. Bascom made a series of public disclosures on social media in relation to the […]
Police investigators this morning arrested four hijackers and freed a taxi driver after a daring chase through the city that ended in an armed confrontation and two of the suspects being injured. A Police statement indicated that around 2:59 this morning, Police ranks received information of a robbery along Lamaha Street. Patrols were alerted and […]
Two days since Attorney-at-Law, Nigel Hughes dispatched a letter to President Irfaan Ali requesting witness protection for Police Sergeant Dion Bascom, President Ali today said he is yet to see that letter. Sergeant Bascom last week made a series of public disclosures on social media in relation to the alleged improper conduct of the lead […]
While there are calls for an independent investigation into the claims made by a police detective that there has been a Police cover-up of a murder investigation, the Acting Police Commissioner last evening dismissed the claims as “unfounded”. In a statement issued on Tuesday night, the Police Commissioner said Police Detective Sergeant Dion Bascom has […]
Opposition Leader Aubrey today promised to intervene if there are attempts to stymie or influence the investigations into claims made by CID rank Dion Bascom against senior members of the Guyana Police Force. Bascom has alleged that a major Police cover-up might have hampered the investigations into the murder of popular biker, Ricardo Fagundes aka […]
Two men are in custody for the stabbing death of 20-year-old Perseverance, East Bank Demerara youth, Owen Young. The murder took place at around 10pm on Saturday. A police report said Young and the two suspects were involved in a heated argument when one of the suspects suddenly stabbed the youth to his neck with […]
Police investigators in Region Eight are probing the shooting death of 28-year-old Venezuelan national Rosemarie Torres and the injuring of her friend Elianny Perozo. The incident took place on Friday afternoon and a businessman in the same area who is known to the two women is the main suspect who remains on the run. According […]
A 24-year-old goldsmith who was preparing to marry his longtime girlfriend later this month was stabbed to death on Friday night during an argument with a friend at the Muslim Youth Organisation ground. The dead man has been identified as Kareem Kyum of Regent Street, Bourda. According to reports, Kyum and the 21-year-old suspects were […]
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