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At the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today, a 31-year-old man was charged and remanded to jail for the murder of his own cousin. The accused, David Smith of the Cuyuni area in region 7 was charged with the stabbing death of his cousin Dave Boyal. The two men were repeatedly involved in an argument when the […]
Nine years after a Chateau Margot store owner was shot dead during a robbery, the man who was charged for the murder has been found guilty and sentenced to 80 years in jail. Moments after a jury found Victor Bobb guilty of the murder of 64-year-old Dennis Ramah, Justice Navindra Singh handed down the 80 […]
A 26-year-old man who had previously been charged in connection with robberies and a murder, was shot dead in Albouystown this afternoon. Dead is Collis Collison of Better Hope, East Coast Demerara and William Street, Kitty. In an official statement, the Police said Collison was approached by another man who was brandishing a weapon. The […]
Almost a year and half since contempt of Court charges were filed against the Directors of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry Limited, the Chief Magistrate threw out the charges today, saying that the Directors should not have been charged in the first place. The Directors were charged over their alleged refusal to provide […]
A Pensioner was today slapped with the charge of distributing nude photos of his reputed wife at the woman’s workplace. 65-year-old, Martial Arts Instructor, Godfrey Taylor, pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to him by the Chief Magistrate. The charge stated on the 15th December, 2018 at the Georgetown Public Hospital […]
Chief Magistrate Ann McClennan this morning threw out the private criminal charges filed against the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission and the three Government nominated Commissioners. The Chief Magistrate said the private charges were frivolous, a waste of the Court’s time and an abuse of the Court. The charges were filed by local engineer […]
The 33-year-old Muslim scholar who is facing a number of rape cases in the Court, was today found guilty of raping a 9 year old boy, as the first rape case came to a close at the High Court. The jury returned the guilty verdict this afternoon against Nezaam Ali. He was found guilty of […]
34-year-old, business woman and bar owner, Savita Persaud has been remanded to jail for the alleged trafficking of persons. Persaud, appeared before the Chief Magistrate and was not required to enter a plea to the charges. The Court was told that she was involved in the trafficking of two Venezuelan nationals, the withholding of their […]
Pandemonium broke out at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court this morning as the unlawful death charge against 21-year-old, Rick Sewcharran was dismissed. The charge was related to the death of his girlfriend Sasia Adams, who it was alleged, he pushed from his car. The Chief Magistrate dismissed threw the case out and allowed the young man […]
Three prisoners who posed with improvised weapons and video recorded themselves inside the Lusignan jailhouse, will now face new charges, according to the Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels. The video of the prisoners surfaced on social media earlier this week after one of them reportedly sent it out to someone. In the video, the prisoners […]
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