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36-year-old gold miner, Anderson Mendonca, of the Matthews Ridge area, was today slapped with a $2.2 M larceny charge. The accused appeared before the Chief Magistrate and denied the allegation made against him. The Court heard that between the 1st April 2018 and the 2nd August, Mendonca allegedly stole a quantity of mining equipment valued […]
A peacemaker was shot dead this morning at Seeta’s Bar in Station Street, Kitty when he attempted to intervene in a fight between a man and woman. 32-year-old Kurt Anthony Duncan of Sophia was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Hospital after being rushed there with a gunshot wound to his chest. The incident reportedly occurred […]
Three men, who were recently nabbed by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit in the Parika area with over 5 pounds of cocaine were today charged and remanded to prison by the Chief Magistrate. 48-year-old, Deopaul Gordeen, 47-year-old Mohammed Insham and 41-year-old, Amid Kumar appeared in Court this morning and the cocaine trafficking charge was read to […]
The lawsuit against Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo by businessman Charles Ceres will come up again in Court on the 5th August. Mr. Ceres is suing Mr. Jagdeo for in excess of $500 million for alleged defamatory statements that the Opposition Leader made against the businessman at a press conference and repeated during several media interviews […]
Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan, has issued a stern warning to members of the Police Force against wrongdoings, pointing out that no member of the Force is immune to the law and that goes for senior officers also. Mr. Ramjattan’s statement was made this morning at an event on human trafficking and it comes on […]
Three Fishermen, including two teenagers, were this afternoon charged and remanded to jail over the chopping death of a 20-year-old man from Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo. The dead man has been identified as Alvin aka Chuckaloo. 19-year-old, Arnold Bruce Kennedy, 19-year-old Tavish Mangra and 26-year-old, Richie Mahase, appeared before the Chief Magistrate and were not […]
The Cummings Lodge man, who two months ago admitted to stabbing his wife to death, was sentenced to 30 years in jail today. The convict, Seon Singh, had decided to enter a guilty plea to the unlawful killing of his wife Indranie Sugrim back in 2012. Appearing before Justice James Bovell-Drakes today for sentencing, the […]
More than a year after she was charged with the attempted murder of a Police Officer for allegedly pointing a gun at him and attempting to discharge it, Accountant Maryann Daby walked out of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court a free woman this afternoon after the presiding Magistrate, Leron Daly, dismissed the case after finding that […]
32-year-old mechanic, Devon Atkinson, who is known as “Wild Buck”, was remanded to jail today after being charged for possession of an unlicensed firearm. Atkinson was nabbed by the Police with the unlicensed gun after firing several shots in the air at a highway creek resort this past weekend. He appeared before Principal Magistrate Judy […]
After being charged just last year in connection with four armed robbery cases, 20-year-old, Shamar Charles was today hauled before the Courts again to face three additional robbery charges. The youth is now accused of robbing Guyana’s motor-racing star, Kristian Jeffrey. Charles, who is a resident of Water Street, Agricola appeared before a City Magistrate […]
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