Crime

Lethem businessman charged for cocaine trafficking

44-year-old Lethem Businessman, Marlon Jarvis stood before the Chief Magistrate and denied the allegations of drug trafficking today. He has been remanded to jail until the 18th April. The court heard that between the 3rd and 4th April at Tabatinga, Lethem, the businessman had 53.7 Kilograms of compressed marijuana and 1.5 kilograms of cocaine for […]

“Unstable” man charged for murder of Albouystown youth

Declaring that he did not kill anyone and had never been in trouble before, an Albouystown man appeared in Court today and was charged with the murder of 18-year-old footballer Christopher Mansfield. Mansfield was gunned down last Sunday morning in Albouystown just after he left his home for an early morning football game. In the […]

Four years in jail for woman busted with cocaine in books

She had the books in her suitcases, but her interest was not reading. A 23-year-old woman pleaded guilty today to drug trafficking and was sentenced to four years in jail and fined $13 million. Suriname based, Guyanese national, Rena Jagernauth, appeared before the Chief Magistrate and admitted that she had over 10 pounds of cocaine […]

Linden couple die in Amelia’s Ward Accident

Two young Lindeners, who got engaged last year, became the country’s latest road accident victims this evening when they were hit down and run over by a speeding 4×4 pick-up on the Amelia’s Ward hill in Linden. Dead are 23-year-old Oneil DeYounge and 20-year-old Sheshyka Etienne. Reports out of the mining town of Linden state […]

Albouystown youth gunned down during early morning football

An 18-year-old youth of Albouystown was gunned down this morning at a street football game in the community. Details of the shooting incident are unclear. The dead young man has been identified as Christopher Mansfield aka “Gully Bop”. His mother broke down in tears at the Georgetown Hospital as doctors announced the man’s death to […]

80 years in jail for man who murdered businessman

Nine years after a Chateau Margot store owner was shot dead during a robbery, the man who was charged for the murder has been found guilty and sentenced to 80 years in jail. Moments after a jury found Victor Bobb guilty of the murder of 64-year-old Dennis Ramah, Justice Navindra Singh handed down the 80 […]

Former murder and robbery accused shot dead in Albouystown

A 26-year-old man who had previously been charged in connection with robberies and a murder, was shot dead in Albouystown this afternoon. Dead is Collis Collison of Better Hope, East Coast Demerara and William Street, Kitty. In an official statement, the Police said Collison was approached by another man who was brandishing a weapon. The […]