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A mini-bus tout appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today facing assault charges after an argument with another tout, turned into a bloody fight. 23-year-old, Devon Charles, stood before the Chief Magistrate and faced the charge of unlawfully and maliciously wounding Devon Hinds, with the intent to maim, disfigure and cause him actual bodily harm. Both men […]
A young police officer has found himself on the other side of the law and has landed in hot water, after he allegedly assaulted a woman by lashing her to the face with a beer bottle. 26-Year-old policeman, Gadi Hoyte, appeared before Chief Magistrate to answer the assault charge. The court was told that on Dec […]
(Bahamas Tribune) A Woman from Guyana has been arrested at the Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) for attempting to smuggle cocaine into the Bahamas concealed in her hair weave. Police report that alert Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) officers took the Guyanese woman into custody following the seizure of just over two pounds of cocaine on […]
A 21-year-old Beterverwagting youth was today remanded to prison after being charged with being in possession of an unlicensed gun. The youth, Hubert Clark, stood before Magistrate Fabayo Azore, and entered a plea of not guilty to the charge. The Court was told that on May 20th, 2017 at the Stabroek Market, Clark had a 1.38 Pistol […]
The Registrar of Deeds, Azeena Baksh, found herself before the Court this morning facing fraud charges. She was charged with obtaining money under false pretense, and was released on $250,000 bail after appearing before the Chief Magistrate. Ms. Baksh entered a not guilty plea, when the charge was read to her. It is alleged that she unlawfully […]
Popular super bike racer, Stephen Vieira, has been released from the custody of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit, but remains under investigation as the probe continues into the $550 million cocaine bust at Zeelugt. Vieira who was in the country at the time of the bust, had travelled to Jamaica via Suriname and Trinidad, one […]
A Mahaica husband and wife have found themselves behind bars and facing charges on two related offences. Hours after a 41-year-old Helena #1, Mahaica businessman, was arrested for unlicensed gun and ammunition possession, his 40-year-old wife was also arrested after she attempted to bribe a police officer to secure the husband’s release. A Police statement […]
Police at Linden are investigating the gruesome mid morning murder of 37-year-old, Sheneika Elliott. The woman was reportedly chopped to death by her reputed husband this morning at her Amelia’s Ward home. Reports state that the man turned up at the house and slashed the woman to the neck before chopping her about the body […]
Four days after the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit named him as a suspect in a 186 pound cocaine bust, popular super bike racing champion, Stephen Vieira, was arrested at Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan Airport, moments after he disembarked a flight from Jamaica. Vieira was arrested by the Police and handed over to CANU. His Attorney was […]
With his family members shouting to the heavens, a Georgetown businessman walked out of Court today as a free man, after a jury found him not guilty of murdering a suspected bandit. The businessman, Lawrence Wayne, hurried out of the courtroom and into a relative’s car moments after the verdict was read and the Judge […]
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