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A Police Sergeant who is attached to the Albertown Police Station found himself on the other side of the law today after he was charged for sexual assault. Police Sergeant Norris Henry was today accused of touching a woman’s leg without her permission, while she was seeking his help as a Police Officer. The incident […]
Four mini-bus operators appeared in Court today and were slapped with an attempted murder charge related to the stabbing of a businessman during a confrontation. The alleged incident occurred on Mashramani Day, February 23, 2019 at the corners of Peter Rose and Foreshaw Streets. The Prosecutor’s case is that on the day in question, the […]
Police investigators are probing the shooting death of a 20-year-old man. The young man, Patrick Fraser, was shot late last night while hanging out in the yard of an abandoned house in Bagotstown. He was rushed to the Diamond Hospital where he died. The dead man was the grandson of the owner of the C […]
The Guyana Police Force has launched an investigation into the death of a 25-year-old Police Lance Corporal. The Policeman, Carlos Alleyne, died at the Georgetown Hospital over the weekend after an alleged beating by a Police sergeant. The beating incident reportedly took place at the Police Constabulary headquarters. According to reports, the young Policeman was […]
Three serving members of the Guyana Police Force found themselves before the Court today facing serious charges. One of the the three Policemen, Kerwin Mingo, was charged with the alleged rape of a Brazilian woman in the interior region. He denied the allegation and was granted bail in the sum of $150,000. Mingo and the […]
A 20-year-old woman was arrested at the Lusignan prison today after she attempted to smuggle marijuana into the jailhouse. The woman, Althea Douglas, was at the prison to visit her fiancé, who is an inmate. Prison officers found the marijuana concealed in a number of “blue soap” that she had in her possession for her […]
Less than a month after the United States extradited a Guyanese born, US citizen to face murder charges in New York, the US Government has filed another extradition request. At the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court this afternoon, ex-Policeman, 34-year-old, Shawn Neblett, appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty, where the US Government through the DPP Chambers formally requested […]
A Guyanese man in New York city is facing murder charges following the fiery death of his 3-year-old daughter. The young child, Zoey Pereira, was pulled from the backseat of her father’s burning car on Sunday night in Springfield Gardens, Queens. The father, Martin Pereira, who migrated from Guyana when he was young, was under […]
The U.S. Embassy in Georgetown today announced the extending of the US Government’s financial support for the “Strengthen the Criminal Justice System in Guyana” project. The US Government’s support for the project started in 2016 and was expected to end this year. However, in its statement this afternoon, the US Embassy said financial support for […]
A Father and son were today sentenced to a total of 85 years behind bars after being convicted for the 2015 murder of their neighbour. The murder was the result of an argument over a plot of a land. At the High Court this morning, 54-year-old Sukhdeo Dharamdat was sentenced to 65 years in jail […]
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