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A Chinese national who manages a supermarket in the Diamond community, was today charged with attempted murder following the beating of a 59-year-old man outside the supermarket. The accused, Xinoxi Qu, appeared before the Chief Magistrate and was not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge of attempted murder. In Court, the Prosecutor […]
An armed bandit, who was shot dead as he carried out an attack at El Sol Hotel in Queenstown, is still to be identified. According to a Police report, the man was shot dead around 4:30 this morning by an armed security guard. The hotel is located in Crown Street, Queenstown. The Police report said […]
A 55-year-old woman from West Ruimveldt was busted at the Eugene F. Correia Airport today with some extra weight strapped to her thighs. According to a statement from the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit, Sandra Profitt was preparing to board a Barbados bound flight, when CANU agents found more than 7 pounds of cocaine strapped to her […]
(BVINEWS.COM) A Guyanese woman has been granted $60,000 bail with strict conditions including a curfew after she allegedly solicited a man to obtain an HIV test in her name. Charged with conspiracy to personate is 28-year-old make-up artist, Lolita Callender-Skelton. She was not required to plead when she appeared before Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards on […]
Nightclub owner, Freeman Fordyce, was remanded to jail today after being charged for trafficking in persons. It is not the first time that the businessman is being accused of involvement in trafficking in persons. In Court today, he denied the allegations that he was involved in the trafficking of two Venezuelan women. The Prosecutor’s case […]
Four men, who were recently arrested following the discovery of more than 5 pounds of cocaine in a fire extinguisher appeared in Court today, but only one of them is behind bars this evening. In the Magsitrates’ Court today, 28-year-old Dinesh Dias, pleaded guilty to being in possession of the cocaine for the purpose of […]
Less than two weeks after a High Court Judge ruled that there was enough evidence to extradite an American fugitive to the US, the extradition has taken place. US Wanted man, Troy Anthony Thomas, was extradited to the US today. He was arrested just over a year ago after hiding out here for a number […]
Proceedings in the Fort Wellington Magistrates’ Court came to halt today when the woman accused of murdering her own mother, collapsed in the Courthouse. 42-year-old Camilia Jameer appeared dazed as she appeared before the Magistrate and was charged with the murder of her 69-year-old mother, Rookmin Jameer. Just after the charge was read, the accused […]
Commander for A’ Division, Assistant Police Commissioner Marlon Chapman has launched an investigation into reports of some 911 emergency calls going unanswered. The probe has been triggered by yet another complaint about repeated calls to the emergency line going unanswered. The latest complaint came from prominent Public Relations and Media Consultant Alex Graham, who complained […]
Convicted Guyanese drug lord, Shaheed Roger Khan, is scheduled to be released from a US prison in July of this year, on the completion of his 10 year jail sentence for narco trafficking and conspiracy. Khan was slapped with the prison sentence after he opted to take a plea deal rather than face a trial. […]
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