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A vendor who was charged back in February with two counts of armed robbery was today sentenced to ten years in jail. 22-year-old, Nicholas Smith stood quietly today as the sentence was handed down by a City Magistrate. During the trial, Smith called four witnesses to the stand, including his own mother, but the evidence […]
50-year-old Norton Street, Georgetown resident, Robin Marks was today charged with two counts of allegedly sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl. The alleged child molester appeared before the Chief Magistrate this morning and was not required to enter a plea to the indictable charges. The Court was told that back in February, the accused sexually assaulted […]
Five men are in custody and others are being investigated following the discovery of more than fifteen pounds of cocaine strapped to the bottom of a car that was inside a shipping bond compound at the Cheddi Jagan Airport. The vehicle had reportedly been used to ferry a shipment of ground provision and pumpkins to […]
A local cosmetologist who may have dabbled with powder than was not the foundation is in the hospital being forced to excrete cocaine pellets. The woman, 37-year-old Natasha Blair, was arrested at the Cheddi Jagan Airport on Monday night as she was preparing to board a New York bound flight. She was traveling with her […]
25-year-old Brian Bobb-semple was today sentenced to 23 years in prison for the killing of 9-year-old Shaquan Gittens. The lifeless body of the youngster was found in the Houston cane field days after he went missing back in 2015. Bobb-semple had been charged for murder and was committed to stand a High Court trial. However, […]
Three months after a young labourer was stabbed and beaten to death in Kitty, a wanted bulletin has been issued for the man, who is believed to be responsible for the murder. The Guyana Police Force this afternoon issued a wanted bulletin for 31-year-old Damian Bissoon, whose last known address has been given as Shell […]
It appears as though every weekend, there will be an effort to smuggle items into the prisons across the country. The Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels reported this morning that an unknown person was spotted during the wee hours of this morning near the fence of the holding area at the facility. After an alarm […]
-by Ravin Singh- THE Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Regional Commission on Marijuana 2018 has recommended in its report the decriminalization of marijuana across member-states. The report will be presented to Heads-of-Government at the 39th conference of the regional body which will be held in Montego Bay, Jamaica from July 4-6. At a press conference on Monday, […]
A man from Enterprise on the East Coast of Demerara was today granted $200,000 bail on a multi million dollar fraud charge that is linked to an ongoing murder case before the Court. 36-year-old, Richard Aulder was today charged with allegedly obtaining $5 Million from a woman whose husband is facing a murder charge in […]
Former Minister of Finance under the last PPP Civic Government, Dr. Ashni Singh and former Privatisation Unit Head, Winston Brassington are facing a new charge of misconduct in public office. Singh was a no-show in Court this morning as the charge was read. Brassington and his Attorneys were present. Attorney-at-law, Anil Nandlall, who is representing […]
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