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A 12-member jury today returned a guilty verdict for Delon Henry aka Nasty Man in the murder case of footballer, Dexter Griffith. The murder took place in 2015. “Nasty Man”, who has also been fingered in a number of other crimes, stood in disbelief as the sentence was announced in the courtroom of Justice,Sandil Kissoon. […]
Today marked 10 years since family members received the dreadful news of the murder of eight miners at Lindo Creek, Upper Berbice River. But even though a decade has passed, relatives are still not sure of the specific final resting place of the miners. The still distraught and unforgiving relatives commemorated the anniversary with a […]
Another woman has been brutally murdered in the country. Police investigators are reporting that this latest incident occurred late last night in the Corentyne area. 28-year-old Tovanie Simmons of Second Street,Limlair Village,Corentyne,Berbice was stabbed to death by a man who was known to her and who worked as a farmer in the same community where […]
Even as the Prison Service tries to clamp down more on the smuggling of illegal items into the jailhouses, it appears as though those efforts might not be enough. The Police Force today announced that during a three-hour search operation by the Joint Services on Monday at the Lusignan Prison, several prohibited items were found. […]
Police investigators are this morning probing the murder of a phone card vendor of West Minster on the West Bank of Demerara. Dead is 37-year-old, Ron Mansfield. He was shot dead in front of his West Minister home around 8:30 on Tuesday night. His assailant is unknown. In a statement early this morning, the Police […]
The boyfriend of the young woman who was allegedly pushed to her death from a moving car during an argument was today charged with unlawfully killing the woman. 21-year-old Rick Sewcharran appeared before the Chief Magistrate this afternoon and was not required to enter a plea to the unlawful killing of his 19-year-old girlfriend, Saskia […]
More training for frontline Trafficking in Persons (TIP) responders are in the pipeline as Guyana continues its fight against the problem and as there continues to be increases in the number of suspected trafficking victims crossing over into Guyana from neighbouring countries to work in the mining districts. On Tuesday morning, mines workers from the Guyana […]
A Taxi Driver will spend the next 3 years behind bars, after he was found guilty by the Chief Magistrate of sexually grooming a 15-year-old girl. 31-year-old Daniel James was first charged in April and had been placed on bail. He reportedly communicated with the teenager via social media in December and January with the […]
An Albouystown man, who was recently nabbed with close to half a pound of marijuana stashed in his home, was sentenced to 4 years in prison today after pleading guilty to the offence of marijuana trafficking. 34-years-old, Kevin Clark entered the guilty plea during his first appearance in Court. The Court was told that on […]
At the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court this morning, a father of three was sentenced to 24 months behind bars, after he admitted in Court to stealing cash, jewellery and other items worth $1.1 M from his Girlfriend. 35-year-old, Winston Marsha stood before Principal Magistrate, Judy Latchman in a very composed manner and admitted to the offence […]
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