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A 25-year-old father of eight, was today refused bail and remanded to jail after being charged with being in possession just over two ounces of marijuana. The man, Derick Persaud of Mabaruma appeared before the Chief Magistrate and denied the marijuana possession charge. The Court was told that on the 29th July in Aruca River, […]
An 18-year-old man who admitted to breaking into a Lodge, Georgetown house and carting off three television sets will spend the next two years in jail. The man, Joshua Austin, appeared before the Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and announced that he is guilty of the charges. The Court was told that between the 29th and […]
The Guyana Prison Service is getting ready to go on a major recruitment drive as it seeks to step up security at the country’s prisons. And the Prison Service is welcoming retired Senior Police officers and soldiers to join its ranks. In a statement yesterday, the Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels, announced that in an […]
Nearly over week after an Agricola teen, who escaped lawful custody was caught hiding in a barrel, he made his first appearance in Court to answer to several armed robbery charges along with discharging a loaded firearm. 18-year-old, Melvor Jeffery, stood before the Court and faced seven criminal charges which included five armed robbery charges. […]
Denying accusation that he was the instigator of an alleged plot to kill the President, 38-year-old businessman Nizam Khan spent over two hours giving evidence before the Paul Slowe Commission of Inquiry on Monday. The Diamond resident’s posture in the stand appeared self-protective, as he folded his arms and responded to questions put to him with […]
A Hadfield Street man was today remanded to jail after he was charged for discharging a loaded firearm at his friend. 22-year-old, Osafo Swade, stood before the Chief Magistrate and denied the charge that was laid against him. The charge stated that on the 26th July in Georgetown, he discharged a loaded firearm at his […]
Testifying before a packed room, Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud on Monday denied allegations that he gave instructions to have Nizam Khan, who faces allegations of plotting to kill President David Granger, released from police custody less than 12 hours after being arrested by police. Several senior police ranks who testified before Persaud, had claimed that he was […]
Police investigators have arrested a husband and wife from the Mocha Arcadia community after prison escapee, Shawn Harris, was nabbed hiding out in the bottom flat of their two-storey house. The prison escapee was arrested without incident and the husband and wife who were found in the upper flat were also arrested on suspicion of […]
Heavy gunfire rattled the midday silence in the East Ruimveldt community on Sunday as members of the Joint Forces engaged Lusignan Prison Escapee, Clive Forde. The man, who was on the run for close to a week, was shot dead during the armed confrontation. Acting Police Commissioner David Ramnarine confirmed that acting on information provided […]
Up to late last evening, Homicide Detectives in Berbice were in search of a 25-year-old man who slashed his 16-year-old girlfriend to death. The gruesome incident took place on Saturday afternoon in #2 Village, East Canje in Berbice. The dead woman has been identified as Parbattie Lakhpal. The man suspected of slashing her across the […]
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