Crime

4 years in jail for Trini who faked own kidnapping

Almost two years after he was first charged with faking his own kidnapping, a Trinidadian national has been found guilty and sentenced to four years in jail. He was also sentenced 18 months in jail for providing false information. The 35-year-old man, Sawak Maraj was whisked off to jail today after the verdict and sentence […]

Two suspects plead guilty to killing South Road Grannies

Two of the three men who were charged in connection with the murder of two elderly women in their South Road, Georgetown home have pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter. The two men, Imran Khan and Stephen Andrews appeared before Justice Sandel Kissoon and admitted to killing 89-year-old Constance Fraser and 77-year-old Phyllis […]

Linden youth gunned down during drive-by in Amelia’s Ward

Police investigators are probing the gunning down of a young man in Linden on Saturday night. The man’s girlfriend was injured in the attack. Dead is Ian Williams aka OJ, while his girlfriend Onika Benjamain remains hospitalised with gunshot injuries. Williams was driving his car through Amelia’s ward with his girlfriend at his side, when […]

Two die after stabbing each other during fight

A disagreement over cigarettes turned into a full out brawl in Alberttown last evening, claiming the lives of the two men who were involved in the brawl. The two men, Jermain Adrian Jeffrey and a vendor known only as “rastaman” got into a confrontation at around 9:30 on Friday night when Jeffrey turned up at […]

Businesswoman remanded to jail on cocaine trafficking charge

A 42-year-old businesswoman who was allegedly caught with a quantity of cocaine was today charged for cocaine trafficking and remanded to jail. It is alleged, that the woman, Samantha Hubbard was nabbed with just over five ounces of cocaine in her handbag on Wednesday. She was in the Charlotte Street area at the time. The […]

CANU officer to be fired over extortion attempt at CJIA; Agency making efforts to get statement from passenger

A young officer of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit who attempted to extort money from an outgoing passenger will be fired, according to senior sources at the drug enforcement agency. The man was questioned after an outgoing passenger claimed that he attempted to extort money from her by claiming that marijuana had been found in […]