By News Source Guyana on November 1, 2018
Crime, News
After being on the run for more than two weeks, prison escapee Dextroy Pollard found out today that it might not be free and easy at Free and Easy. The escapee was spotted and recaptured by residents in the West Bank Demerara Village of Free and Easy today. Once held by residents, the man was […]
By News Source Guyana on November 1, 2018
Crime, News
Businessman and socialite, Imran Khan, has been remanded to jail after being slapped with an attempted murder charge related to the beating of a disabled man outside the Palm Court nightspot. The 32-year-old man appeared in Court before the Chief Magistrate this morning and was not allowed to enter a plea to the indictable charge. […]
By News Source Guyana on October 31, 2018
Crime, News
37-year-old Safraz Khan of Campbellville was today charged and released on $50,000 bail for discharging a loaded firearm outside the Palm Court nightspot. Video surveillance footage allegedly showed the man firing several gunshots into the air while a number of persons were hanging out in front of the business place. Safraz Khan is the brother […]
By News Source Guyana on October 31, 2018
Crime, News, Politics
A defiant Minister of Finance Winston Jordan, today brushed aside a request from the Private Sector Commission for him to provide the Commission with evidence that would show that the Guyanese economy was partly fueled by drugs money under the last government. At a press briefing today, Mr. Jordan said there were two studies presented […]
By News Source Guyana on October 31, 2018
Crime, News
Guyanese American, Marcus Bisram, is now likely to be extradited to Guyana soon to face a murder charge related to the death of a Berbice carpenter. A Judge in New York has thrown out Bisram’s challenge to fight his extradition to Guyana. In a ruling yesterday, United States District Judge, Kiyo A. Matsumoto ruled that […]
By News Source Guyana on October 31, 2018
Crime, News
The Guyana Police Force is probing the discovery of the skeletal remains of an unidentified male in the Diamond Backlands area. According to a Police statement, which was issued late last night, the remains were found on Tuesday. The remains were discovered clad in a blue jersey, blue jeans, a pair of blue and white […]
By News Source Guyana on October 30, 2018
Crime, News
A 25-year-old man who was charged last year with causing the death of his common-law wife in a motorcycle accident was found guilty and sentenced to two years in jail today by Magistrate Fabayo Azore. The young man, Laurent McGarrell, appeared shocked by the verdict and sentence. The accident occurred on the the 23rd July, 2017 […]
By News Source Guyana on October 29, 2018
Crime, News
A man, who has many times found himself under the microscope of local law enforcement, is in custody for the beating of a disabled man outside the Palm Court night club this past weekend. Police Commander for A’ Division, Asst. Commissioner Marlon Chapman, told News Source this afternoon that Imran Khan turned himself over to […]
By News Source Guyana on October 28, 2018
Crime, News
A bandit, who has several matters before the Courts, was shot dead yesterday by Police during an armed confrontation at his home, hours after he robbed a husband and wife at their East Bank Essequibo home. According to a Police statement, the dead bandit has been identified as 19-year-old, Noel “Kevin” Kissoon. He reportedly held […]
By News Source Guyana on October 26, 2018
Crime, News
At the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court this morning, four Men were charged and remanded to jail for the murder of 30-year-old, Christopher Swamy. Swamy is the Mon Repos Handyman who was shot dead earlier this week while in the company of his wife and other family members. The four men who were charged for the murder […]