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At the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court this morning, two siblings found themselves side by side facing possession of gun, ammunition and marijuana charges. 32-year-old Sophia resident, Abendigo Bancroft and his sister Chavel Bancroft were jointly charged after being busted with a 9 MM Pistol, three live matching rounds and 12 grammes of Marijuana. The discovery was made […]
A Charlestown taxi driver will spend the next four years in jail after he pleaded guilty today to causing death by dangerous driving. Fifty-three year old, Fizal Mohammed appeared in Court today before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and was slapped with the causing death by dangerous driving charge. He had been in custody since last […]
A Black Bush Polder, Corentyne family has been left shattered by the death of one son, as a result of the actions of another. Police in Berbice are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 18-year-old mechanic, Vishaul Zakaroo also known as “Daniel”. The incident occurred late on Sunday night in Black Bush Polder. The Police […]
A suspected bandit was shot dead early this morning during an attempted robbery of a businessman and his friends. The Police report on the incident stated that the dead man is still to be identified but he was killed during an alleged exchange of gunfire with the businessman and two other friends who were in […]
A dismissed rank of the Guyana Defence Force was today charged with rape and granted bail in the sum of $600,000. The charge came on the same day that the Guyana Defence Force announced the dismissal of the soldier and two other ranks over the alleged incident, which had triggered an inquiry. Charged with […]
Showing no emotions, an 18-year-old young man walked out of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court a free man today after the relatives of the 41-year-old woman he crashed into and killed, agreed to accept compensation and no longer evidence against him. The teen, Dwayne Griffith, was charged back in May 2016 with causing the death of […]
Police investigators probing the attack and beating of two Georgetown men at Canal #1 Polder on the West Bank of Demerara, have questioned a number of persons as part of their investigations, but no arrests have been made. Senior Police sources close to the investigation have reported to News Source that the investigators are conducting […]
A 23-year-old woman from Charlestown will spend the next 2 years and 11 months behind bars after she was found guilty of being in possession of 106 grammes of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking. She was also fined $159,000. Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan handed down the sentence to a shocked Tiffany Sultan of Broad […]
The West Coast Demerara restaurant owner, Christopher Small, who was last week held after high powered assault rifles were found at his property, has been charged and remanded to prison for illegal gun and ammunition possession. He appeared on Tuesday at the Leonora Magistrates’ Court and was not required to enter a plea to the […]
36-year-old Police Corporal, Shevon Marks, was today remanded to prison after the Chief Magistrate refused him bail on charges of possession of an illegal weapon and possession of illegal ammunition. Marks, who has been a member of the Guyana Police Force for the past 17 years, was arrested on February 28, as he drove a car […]
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