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The owner of the Liquid Love nightclub, who was recently sentenced to 12 months in jail for withholding the passports of two Venezuelan women and employing a child, has now been slapped with an additional 15-year prison sentence. A shocked Savita Persaud stood in the Magistrates’ Court this morning as the Chief Magistrate handed down […]
With the Guyana Prison Service stepping up efforts to clamp down on the smuggling of contraband items into the prisons, another Prison Officer has found himself facing charges before the Courts. The 22-year-old Prison Officer, Keon Webster, was today remanded to jail after he was charged with the smuggling of marijuana into the prison. The […]
Almost two weeks after one of six youths charged with the murder of a retired Professor opted to plead guilty to manslaughter, two others are following her footsteps. At the High Court on Monday, the two accused, Nikisha Dover and Orin McRae appeared before Justice Navindra Singh and opted to enter a plea of guilty […]
It was confusion outside the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today as gunshots were fired when two prisoners on trial for robbery attempted to escape. The two prisoners, 24-year-old Navin Ali and 20-year-old Seon Ray, were on their way to Court when they jumped from the Police vehicle and made a dash for their freedom. Their freedom […]
The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit has found itself dealing with what it sees as the new phenomena of synthetic drugs in the country. The drug enforcement unit has described the situation as very worrying. In its 2018 report, CANU said it was required to conduct several investigations in schools in Regions 3 and 4 as […]
The driver of a Route-72 mini-bus, which plies the Georgetown-Mahdia route, and two passengers are in custody following the discovery of 62 pounds of compressed marijuana in the spare wheels of the bus. In a statement this morning, the Guyana Police Force said the bus was stopped at the Mabura outpost after Officers received information […]
A 38-year-old domestic worker, who was fingered in a $5.1 Million jewellery heist from her place of work, has been charged. The woman, Saranie Singh, appeared in Court today and was granted bail in the sum of $250,000 for the larceny charge. It was stated between May 1 and June 11, 2019 at Houston on […]
A Brazilian national who opened fire and shot a Police officer to his chest during an operation in the Cuyuni area, has been arrested and remanded to jail for attempted murder. Two weeks ago a wanted bulletin was issued for the Brazilian gold miner, Franciso D’Aguiar. He was arrested earlier this week and taken before […]
Investigators probing allegations of a possible US$1 million gold purchase by former Member of Parliament Charrandass Persaud, have hit a stumbling block as they cannot get Persaud to submit a statement. According to Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan, “Charrandass has since left and the investigators, I think, were supposed to ask him some questions but […]
A High Court Judge today ordered that a 22-year-old man undergoes a psychiatric evaluation following the man’s decision to plead guilty to a number of rape charges. The Judge wants the psychiatric report before the sentences are handed down. The young man, Leon Jordan, stood at the High Court this morning and admitted to the […]
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