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The East Coast Demerara community of Beterverwagting was shattered by an early morning tragedy on Sunday as a man allegedly set fire to his Railway embankment house, killing his reputed wife, his baby daughter and himself in the blaze. The three dead persons have been identified as LaToya Telford, her daughter Nakisha Pollard and Leonard […]
As Police investigators continue to track down all of the suspects in the August 2016 gunning down of an ex-murder accused in Laing Avenue, another suspect found himself before the Court to fact the murder charge today after being caught by police. 24-year-old Jermain Jefford, was today remanded to prison for the murder of Orin […]
The Regional Executive Officer for Region Nine, Carl Parker, was today slapped with sexual assault charges and placed on $200,000 bail. He is accused of sexually assaulting an official from the same Region Nine community. When the case was called, the proceedings were held in camera, in keeping with the sexual offences laws. After the […]
A 36-year-old Nigerian national was today remanded to prison for intent to defraud two popular retail stores in Georgetown. His name was given as Bab Rasaki, and he was slapped with the fraud charge after he allegedly attempted to purchase a number of items totaling more than one million dollars with a credit card that did […]
The Special Organised Crime Unit is continuing its probe into a suspected multi million U.S dollar fraud at the Guyana Rice Development Board, under its previous management. Late last week officers from SOCU swooped down on the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRBD) office following the findings of a Forensic Audit. A file has been already prepared […]
A robbery convict broke down in tears today at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and pleaded with the Magistrate to reconsider his decision to sentence him to three years in jail on an armed robbery conviction. Magistrate Dylan Bess did not buy the man’s tears and imposed the three year jail sentence after finding the defendant […]
Georgetown Magistrate Leron Daly today ruled that the Prosecution has been able to make out its case and she therefore committed five teenagers to stand trial for the May 2016 murder of retired University Professor, Dr. Perry Mars. Confusion took over the courthouse today, just after the teens were committed, when one of them was […]
A 33-year-old, Enmore, East Coast Demerara man, who was arrested last August after he attempted to ship over 200 pounds of cocaine in frozen fish, will be spending the next five years in jail. The man, Kapil Thakurian, was also fined $237 Million. The sentence was handed down today at the Georgetown’s Magistrates’ Court by […]
Police investigators are seeking the public’s help for any information that could lead to the arrest of the suspects in the stabbing death of a destitute man, which took place Sunday morning in the Kitty area. According to a Police statement, 42-year-old Sunil Singh aka “Grey”, was beaten and stabbed to death by three men […]
Mini-bus driver, Robert Grant, will have to spend the next 56 months in jail after being found guilty for causing the death of an East Bank Demerara man, by dangerous driving. The verdict and sentence were handed down on Friday by Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrates Court and they came less than a […]
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