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At the Georgetown Magistrates Court on Wednesday, a Guyanese woman who admitted that she pretended to be someone else in an effort to obtain a Guyana passport under a false name, was sentenced to six months in jail. The woman, Unique Hope, smiled her way into and out of the Courtroom. She appeared before Magistrate […]
A Cuban Doctor and his wife will have an extended stay in Guyana, but as guests of the state. The two who were found with forged Peruvian passports were both sentenced to twelve months in jail today. 38-year-old, Dr. Alexey Vasquez and his wife Julia Sanchez, both stood before the Chief Magistrate and admitted to […]
39-year-old, Kwame Bourne, who three years ago killed his 71-year-old father, Rickford Bourne, was sentenced to twenty years in jail today after entering a guilty plea to the unlawful killing charge. Bourne appeared before Justice Navindra Singh and stated that he would like to become a better man and admitted to the unlawful killing charge. […]
The 51-year-old furniture maker, who was arrested and charged last year following a large drug bust, has been sentenced to five years in jail. The man, Azim Baksh, was today found guilty of being in possession of more than 200 pounds of cocaine and over 100 pounds of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking. In […]
Three days after being arrested for questioning about telephone threats of bombing the University of Guyana, 25-year-old, Shaneza Jafarally made her first appearance in Court today and was remanded to jail. Jaffarally stood before the Chief Magistrate and denied the allegation, which stated that on the 5th February, at Cummings Lodge, she made a threatening […]
23-year-old, Shaquille Duncan of Festival City was remanded to jail today on an armed robbery charge. He was arrested after being accidentally shot by his accomplice during their escape. With the gunshot injury to his shoulder, the accused stood before Magistrate, Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus and denied the charge made against him. The Prosecutor revealed that on […]
The Manager of the Rio nightclub, Andy Bynoe aka “Montana”, was today charged with renting rooms at the nightclub for prostitution purposes. Bynoe made his first Court appearance this morning before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus and denied the allegations that were made against him in the charge. The Prosecutor told the Court that between the 1st […]
A female student of the University of Guyana has been arrested for questioning in connection with the bomb threats that were made against the University on Tuesday and Wednesday. The young woman was arrested at her workplace. She is being questioned at CID headquarters, Eve Leary. She is believed to be a close relative of […]
28-year-old Roderick Thomas, who is one accused in the execution style murder of security agent, Kelvin Walters, had to be lifted in to Court today to face the murder charge. He had sustained injuries after Walters slammed into the motorcycle he was allegedly on, after being shot. In Court today, the accused was not required […]
Construction Worker, Robert Forrester today found himself before a Magistrate facing a fraud charge. It is alleged that he converted the sum of $1.2 million to his own use, when the money was intended to complete payment for a house lot for one of his clients. The accused requested that he be given time to […]
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