By News Source Guyana on August 19, 2019
Crime, News
Former murder accused, 24-year-old, Carlton Bourne, was back in Court again today, but this time to face a number of armed robbery charges. The man appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly and was slapped with four charges of armed robbery and a fifth charge of discharging a loaded firearm. He denied the allegations after the charges […]
By News Source Guyana on August 16, 2019
Crime, News
A 40-year-old mini-bus driver, who is currently awaiting a High Court trial for rape, was today sentenced to six weeks in jail after being found guilty of assault. The man, Adrian Brandt, who told the Court that he is a father of 19 children, appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly and admitted to the offence. With […]
By News Source Guyana on August 15, 2019
Crime, News
The 66-year-old man who was nabbed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport with over 200 grams of cocaine stashed in his shoes has been charged and remanded to jail. The accused, Roderick Andrew Chase, appeared before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Providence Magistrates’ Court today and pleaded not guilty to the charge. It is […]
By News Source Guyana on August 7, 2019
Crime, News
A 21-year-old man was remanded to jail this morning after being charged with the rape of a Venezuelan woman. The accused, Jamal Bunbury, was not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge as he appeared before the Chief Magistrate. It is alleged that on the 3rd of August, Bunbury raped the 26-year-old Venezuelan […]
By News Source Guyana on August 7, 2019
Crime, News
Member of Parliament (MP) for the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Alister Charlie, has denied allegations of attempted rape of a minor sometime last week. The issue was first reported in the Kaieteur News and the Guyana Chronicle on August 2. It was reported that the incident allegedly occurred in Lethem, Region nine. However, […]
By News Source Guyana on August 7, 2019
Crime, News
A 42-year-old Taxi driver was stabbed to death on Tuesday night in the Mocha area and it is suspected that a row over the taxi fare may have led to the death. The dead taxi driver has been identified as Owen Lynch. He reportedly picked up a group of passengers in the Sophia area for […]
By News Source Guyana on August 6, 2019
Crime, News
Police investigators in Barbados are probing the death of a Guyanese woman who lived on the island. The dead woman has been identified as 27-year-old Annastacia Natashia Angel. Her body was found along the beach at Hastings in the parish of Christ Church on Monday during the crop-over celebrations. She reportedly lived in the same […]
By News Source Guyana on August 6, 2019
Crime, News
36-year-old gold miner, Anderson Mendonca, of the Matthews Ridge area, was today slapped with a $2.2 M larceny charge. The accused appeared before the Chief Magistrate and denied the allegation made against him. The Court heard that between the 1st April 2018 and the 2nd August, Mendonca allegedly stole a quantity of mining equipment valued […]
By News Source Guyana on July 29, 2019
Crime, News
A peacemaker was shot dead this morning at Seeta’s Bar in Station Street, Kitty when he attempted to intervene in a fight between a man and woman. 32-year-old Kurt Anthony Duncan of Sophia was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Hospital after being rushed there with a gunshot wound to his chest. The incident reportedly occurred […]
By News Source Guyana on July 26, 2019
Crime, News
Three men, who were recently nabbed by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit in the Parika area with over 5 pounds of cocaine were today charged and remanded to prison by the Chief Magistrate. 48-year-old, Deopaul Gordeen, 47-year-old Mohammed Insham and 41-year-old, Amid Kumar appeared in Court this morning and the cocaine trafficking charge was read to […]