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In the High Court this morning, Justice Brassington Reynolds sentenced a 67-year-old man to 19 years in prison for the rape of a 16-year-old girl. The incident occurred back in 2017. The convict, George Robin, maintained his innocence even as the sentence was handed down. In a letter to the Court, the victim told the […]
Executive Member of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), Dr. David Hinds, has described the impending general elections as the “mother of all elections” given that it will decide which political party or parties get to manage Guyana’s oil wealth. Dr. Hinds was at the time speaking on a live online panel hosted by Sasenarine Singh, […]
Deputy Police Commissioner for Law Enforcement, Crime Chief Lyndon Alves has been suspended from the Guyana Police Force pending the outcome of investigations into serious allegations of corruption and misconduct. The Government has reportedly ordered a full probe into the allegations. Senior Government Officials have confirmed the suspension. In the past few weeks, several damning […]
Following the discovery of over 62 pounds of Marijuana stashed in two spare wheels of a Route-72 mini-bus, the 40-year-old driver of the bus, Seon Baker, was today charged and remanded to jail. The accused who lives at Linden, told the Court he is not guilty of the drug trafficking offence. The bust took place […]
The 26-year-old Albouystown man who was three weeks ago convicted of the murder of Linden bus driver and pastor, Elvis Lorrimer, has been slapped with a life in prison sentence. The convict, Kerry Cromwell was back in Court this morning before Justice Navindra Singh for sentencing after a 12-member jury found him guilty of the […]
The owner of the Liquid Love nightclub, who was recently sentenced to 12 months in jail for withholding the passports of two Venezuelan women and employing a child, has now been slapped with an additional 15-year prison sentence. A shocked Savita Persaud stood in the Magistrates’ Court this morning as the Chief Magistrate handed down […]
With the Guyana Prison Service stepping up efforts to clamp down on the smuggling of contraband items into the prisons, another Prison Officer has found himself facing charges before the Courts. The 22-year-old Prison Officer, Keon Webster, was today remanded to jail after he was charged with the smuggling of marijuana into the prison. The […]
Almost two weeks after one of six youths charged with the murder of a retired Professor opted to plead guilty to manslaughter, two others are following her footsteps. At the High Court on Monday, the two accused, Nikisha Dover and Orin McRae appeared before Justice Navindra Singh and opted to enter a plea of guilty […]
It was confusion outside the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today as gunshots were fired when two prisoners on trial for robbery attempted to escape. The two prisoners, 24-year-old Navin Ali and 20-year-old Seon Ray, were on their way to Court when they jumped from the Police vehicle and made a dash for their freedom. Their freedom […]
The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit has found itself dealing with what it sees as the new phenomena of synthetic drugs in the country. The drug enforcement unit has described the situation as very worrying. In its 2018 report, CANU said it was required to conduct several investigations in schools in Regions 3 and 4 as […]
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