Crime

Guyana’s High Court on Friday ruled that the once well-known ‘C Island Hotel’ was legally sold for GY$50 million after a majority of fingerprint experts testified that the then owner’s signature on the sufficiently crafted agreement of sale was not forged, paving the way for the transport to be passed to the new owner. The court found that ‘C Island ...

Four boys on Thursday confessed to burning down part of  the St Angela’s Girls’ Hostel at Karasabai, South Pakaraimas, Rupununi earlier in the day after they were chased away by the caretaker, police said. None of the 19 students between the ages of 11 years and 16 years old was injured. “All the female students were able to make it ...

Death-row mass murder convict, Royden ‘Smallie’ Williams and his accomplice, Odel “Gully” Roberts” were shot dead in Bartica, police said. Head of the  the Guyana Police Force’s Criminal Investigations Department , Assistant Commissioner Wendell Blanhum said they were shot dead during a confrontation with members of the Joint Services at 33 Miles Bartica. Earlier Thursday, police had confirmed that one ...

A man was shot dead during an exchange of gunfire with members of the Joint Services, but police on Thursday declined to confirm or deny whether the person killed was death row murder convict, Royden ‘Smallie’ Williams who escaped from the Mazaruni Prison last month. “One person was indeed shot and killed during a confrontation with members of Joint Services, ...

Guyanese pilot and businessman, Orlando Charles, is on GY$1.3 million bail after he pleaded not guilty to trafficking in 16 Venezuelans, police said. He appeared virtually before Bartica Magistrate, Crystal Lambert on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 and pleaded not guilty to all of the charges. Mr Charles was granted GY$1,328,000 bail and ordered to return to court on June 14 ...

Police said they found suspected poison and a note near the bodies of a decomposed woman and her 13-year old daughter in their home at New Providence, East Bank Demerara. “Three plastic bottles, one glass bottle containing liquid substances and two cups were found next to the bodies while two small glass containers containing a whitish substance were recovered from ...

The Mahdia Secondary School student, who was badly burnt in last week’s dormitory fire, has undergone her first of many surgeries in a New York hospital, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony said Tursday. He said the 13-year old girl, who was flown out of Guyana aboard an air ambulance on Saturday, successfully underwent surgery earlier this week and her prospects ...

The death toll in the fire at the dormitory of the Mahdia Secondary School on Tuesday increased by one, bringing the total number of children who perished to 20, a senior health sector official said. The 14 -year old girl, Sherena Daniels, succumbed in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) to injuries to her respiratory ...

A Guyanese pilot and businessman is to be charged with trafficking in 16 Venezuelans over the past six months, police said in a statement. He has been identified as 45-year old Orlando Charles of 45 Middle Street, Georgetown, Police accused Mr Charles of trafficking in those Spanish-speaking nationals between the Mazaruni River in Region 7 (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) and Georgetown between November ...

A man believed to be an accomplice convicted mass murderer, Royden “Smallie” Williams was shot dead Sunday. “Intelligence led to a confrontation with one of the accomplices, who was fatally shot,” police said in a statement. Police did not immediately name the dead man. Police said no firearm was recovered in the shootout at St Mary’s Logging Area,  Essequibo River, ...