By News Source Guyana on March 31, 2017
Crime, News
The man who shot to social media fame after he used a sledge hammer to break a clamp from his car during the parking meter protest, found himself before the courts facing fraud charges. 37-year-old businessman, Mikhail Rodrigues appeared before the Chief Magistrate charged with fraudulently converting money owed for the purchase of a canter […]
By News Source Guyana on March 30, 2017
Crime, News
Two of the men who were charged with the August 2015 execution-styled murder of Laing Avenue resident, Orin David aka Malik, walked out of the Courtroom as free men today after City Magistrate, Dylon Bess, ruled that a sufficient case had not been made out against the two. The two, Samuel McIntyre and Regus Lamazon, […]
By News Source Guyana on March 29, 2017
Crime
A 33-year-old woman from Plaisance who came to the City to do some shopping found herself far away from the shopping district and in front of a City Magistrate after she was charged with possession of counterfeit money and using that counterfeit money to make purchases. The woman, Samantha DeSouza, appeared in Court this morning and […]
By News Source Guyana on March 29, 2017
Crime, News
A prison guard attached to the Georgetown Prison has been arrested and will face charges for marijuana possession and attempting to smuggle the same marijuana into the Camp Street prison. Officials at the prison have confirmed the arrest of the prison guard who has been in the employ of the Prison Service for the past […]
By News Source Guyana on March 27, 2017
Crime, News
A Guyana Defence Force Rank was today placed on $70,000 bail after he was charged with being in possession of 15 grammes of Marijuana. 25-year-old Troyston Cort, appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, before Magistrate Judy Latchman and pleded not guilty to the offence. The Court was told that on the 23rd March, at Stabroek […]
By News Source Guyana on March 24, 2017
Crime, News
The man accused of causing the death of Guyana’s first international boxing Champion, Andrew Sixhead Lewis, by dangerous driving, walked out of Court a free man today after the Magistrate found that the Prosecutor had failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. The Prosecution has already indicated its intention to appeal the ruling […]
By News Source Guyana on March 23, 2017
Crime, News
A Police Officer was among three persons remanded to prison today after being charged with being in possession of just over a pound of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. The bust was made near the Cheddi Jagan Airport on March 17, 2017. Those charged today were Police Officer, Louie Dublin, Plaisance businessman and store […]
By News Source Guyana on March 23, 2017
Crime
Two Pakistani nationals were on Thursday fined $100,000 and ordered deported from Guyana when they appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to face charges of forgery. Forty-year-old, Arshad Mahood Mughal and 33-year-old Asian Riaz Mughal were arrested by Guyanese law enforcement officials after they attempted to leave Guyana for Canada using fake passports. The Court […]
By News Source Guyana on March 23, 2017
Crime
A South Ruimveldt woman was earlier today remanded to Prison after she was charged for being in possession with over fifty live ammunition rounds. 27-year-old, Alana Edwards, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and was not allowed to enter a plea to the indictable charge. The Court heard that on the […]
By News Source Guyana on March 22, 2017
Crime, News
(CNC) Police in Trinidad and Tobago are investigating the murder of a Guyanese national who has been living in the twin-island republic for the last 25 years. Sewkumar Dalchand, 52, was found murdered at his home in Macoya Road Extension Wednesday morning. The house was ransacked and his vehicle was missing. His hands and feet were bound. […]