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(BVINEWS.COM) A Guyanese woman has been granted $60,000 bail with strict conditions including a curfew after she allegedly solicited a man to obtain an HIV test in her name. Charged with conspiracy to personate is 28-year-old make-up artist, Lolita Callender-Skelton. She was not required to plead when she appeared before Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards on […]
Nightclub owner, Freeman Fordyce, was remanded to jail today after being charged for trafficking in persons. It is not the first time that the businessman is being accused of involvement in trafficking in persons. In Court today, he denied the allegations that he was involved in the trafficking of two Venezuelan women. The Prosecutor’s case […]
Four men, who were recently arrested following the discovery of more than 5 pounds of cocaine in a fire extinguisher appeared in Court today, but only one of them is behind bars this evening. In the Magsitrates’ Court today, 28-year-old Dinesh Dias, pleaded guilty to being in possession of the cocaine for the purpose of […]
Less than two weeks after a High Court Judge ruled that there was enough evidence to extradite an American fugitive to the US, the extradition has taken place. US Wanted man, Troy Anthony Thomas, was extradited to the US today. He was arrested just over a year ago after hiding out here for a number […]
Proceedings in the Fort Wellington Magistrates’ Court came to halt today when the woman accused of murdering her own mother, collapsed in the Courthouse. 42-year-old Camilia Jameer appeared dazed as she appeared before the Magistrate and was charged with the murder of her 69-year-old mother, Rookmin Jameer. Just after the charge was read, the accused […]
Commander for A’ Division, Assistant Police Commissioner Marlon Chapman has launched an investigation into reports of some 911 emergency calls going unanswered. The probe has been triggered by yet another complaint about repeated calls to the emergency line going unanswered. The latest complaint came from prominent Public Relations and Media Consultant Alex Graham, who complained […]
Convicted Guyanese drug lord, Shaheed Roger Khan, is scheduled to be released from a US prison in July of this year, on the completion of his 10 year jail sentence for narco trafficking and conspiracy. Khan was slapped with the prison sentence after he opted to take a plea deal rather than face a trial. […]
In the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today, 25-year-old Revelana Smith was charged and remanded to jail on an attempted murder charge. It is alleged that on the 26th March at Pike Street Kitty, the accused attacked the new girlfriend of her ex-lover. She reportedly became aware that the new girlfriend, Ranetta Bharrat, who is also a […]
A 59-year-old farmer from Port Kaituma was today remanded to jail after being charged for the rape of a 9-year-old girl. The man, Clarence Marques, arrived at the Courthouse with a smile on his face, but that became a frown as he was handcuffed and taken before the Court to face the serious charge. He […]
Five months after a City Constabulary Officer allegedly shot a mini-bus driver during a scuffle over parking, the Constabulary Officer has found himself before the Court. 34-year-old City Constable, Mark Murray, made his first Court appearance this morning at the Georgetown Magistrates Court and pleaded not guilty to charge of discharging a loaded firearm He […]
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