By News Source Guyana on December 10, 2019
Crime, News
A 40-year-old man from Lima on the Essequibo coast was today remanded to jail after he was charged for cocaine trafficking. The accused, Dwayne Gildharie, appeared at the Anna Regina Magistrates’ Court and pleaded not guilty after the charge was read to him. The Court appearance came just one day after his arrest. According to […]
By News Source Guyana on December 10, 2019
Crime, News
A 53-year-old resident of Moblissa was today charged for trafficking narcotics after being nabbed with just over two pounds of marijuana. The accused, Michael Melville appeared before the Chief Magistrate today and denied the allegation that on the 7th December, he was found with the marijuana in his possession. The Court was told that a […]
By News Source Guyana on December 10, 2019
Crime, News
The woman who is accused of attacking and beating a teacher at her son’s primary school two weeks ago is back on the Police radar for attacking another woman, even as the probe into the attack on the teacher is ongoing. 25-year-old University of Guyana second-year student Emily Emon came under attack from the woman, […]
By News Source Guyana on December 9, 2019
Crime, News
The start of the case for murder accused Marcus Bisram, who was recently extradited from the US, has been pushed back. Bisram was back in Court today but the Magistrate who should have been hearing the matter reported sick. Bisram was moved across to the New Amsterdam Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Peter Hugh but the […]
By News Source Guyana on December 9, 2019
Crime, News
Two men were today committed to stand trial by the Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for allegedly plotting to murder a Lethem businessman. 57-year-old Mark Grimmond of Grove Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara (EBD) and 36-year-old Chatterpaul Singh of Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara (ECD) were committed to face a Judge and Jury following the completion […]
By News Source Guyana on December 5, 2019
Crime, News
Chief Justice (ag) Roxanne George-Wiltshire today ordered that mediation takes place into the multi-million-dollar lawsuit which was filed against the State by a Jamaican woman who was wrongfully imprisoned. The woman’s Attorney Darren Wade was seeking $10 million for every day that the woman was held in custody. She spent eight months in custody. The […]
By News Source Guyana on December 5, 2019
Crime, News
The West Berbice man who was nabbed with over 100 pounds of marijuana was today sentenced to 4 years in jail and fined $27.6 million after pleading guilty to the drug trafficking charge. 37-year-old, Jairam Lallman appeared in the Courtroom of the Chief Magistrate this morning and opted to enter a guilty plea. The Court […]
By News Source Guyana on December 5, 2019
Crime, News
The two Corentyne sisters who were caught on video berating Police officers after being involved in a motor vehicular accident have been slapped with 10 charges. 28- year -old Hemwattie Singh and 22- year -old Yasminie Ramsew both pleaded not guilty to all of the charges read to them by Magistrate Peter Hugh. The two […]
By News Source Guyana on December 4, 2019
Crime, News
Two Berbice women who were caught on video berating and assaulting Police Officers at the Rose Hall Police outpost on Monday night will have to find themselves in Court on Thursday after being slapped with several charges. The two sisters, 22-year-old Yasminie Ramsook and 30-year-old Mona Singh will appear in the Number 51 Magistrate’s Court […]
By News Source Guyana on December 4, 2019
Crime, News
Although the doctors who were consulted declared that a Cummings Street man is not fit to stand trial, the Police went ahead today and filed criminal charges against him for the murders of two vagrants on the city streets. Three weeks after the murders and the arrest of a suspect, 24-year-old Devon Johnson was marched […]