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TORONTO – The Guyanese man in Canada who was accused of killing his daughter on her 11th birthday died in hospital on Wednesday evening, Toronto police said. According to media reports, the man, Roopesh Rajkumar had been hospitalized with a self-inflicted gunshot wound since shortly after his arrest. His daughter, Riya Rajkumar, became the subject […]
Two Friends who were last seen with a Grove Man who was later found dead, have been charged with the man’s murder. The two accused, Heman Gocool and Kheraj Persaud appeared before Magistrate, Faith McGusty today and were not required to enter a plea to the indictable murder charge. It is alleged that on the […]
A route 45 mini-bus driver and his conductor, who were both caught on camera assaulting a police officer during a traffic arrest, have been charged for the assault. The two accused, 29-year-old Carlos Bacchus and 34-year-old Troy Peters, stood before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus and denied the allegations made against them. It alleged that on February […]
NATIONAL POST – The alarms rang out in the middle of the night, triggered by a mother’s urgent pleas to police to save her daughter hours after she celebrated her 11th birthday. Many jolted awake by the ringing of an Amber Alert hoped Riya Rajkumar, who was last seen with her father, would be found […]
NEW YORK- The NYPD has identified a 17-year-old boy who was stabbed to death Wednesday night during an argument in his Bronx neighborhood. The young man Pernell “Blizzy” Pompey, is originally from Guyana. According to the NYPD, he had gotten into an argument with a trio of attackers in the vicinity of East 193rd Street […]
At the Georgetown Magistrates Court on Wednesday, a Guyanese woman who admitted that she pretended to be someone else in an effort to obtain a Guyana passport under a false name, was sentenced to six months in jail. The woman, Unique Hope, smiled her way into and out of the Courtroom. She appeared before Magistrate […]
A Cuban Doctor and his wife will have an extended stay in Guyana, but as guests of the state. The two who were found with forged Peruvian passports were both sentenced to twelve months in jail today. 38-year-old, Dr. Alexey Vasquez and his wife Julia Sanchez, both stood before the Chief Magistrate and admitted to […]
39-year-old, Kwame Bourne, who three years ago killed his 71-year-old father, Rickford Bourne, was sentenced to twenty years in jail today after entering a guilty plea to the unlawful killing charge. Bourne appeared before Justice Navindra Singh and stated that he would like to become a better man and admitted to the unlawful killing charge. […]
The 51-year-old furniture maker, who was arrested and charged last year following a large drug bust, has been sentenced to five years in jail. The man, Azim Baksh, was today found guilty of being in possession of more than 200 pounds of cocaine and over 100 pounds of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking. In […]
Three days after being arrested for questioning about telephone threats of bombing the University of Guyana, 25-year-old, Shaneza Jafarally made her first appearance in Court today and was remanded to jail. Jaffarally stood before the Chief Magistrate and denied the allegation, which stated that on the 5th February, at Cummings Lodge, she made a threatening […]
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