Crime

The man, who allegedly killed his wife,  has been charged with murder. Police say Clarence Farley was read the indictable offence when he appeared in court on Monday before Magistrate Faith Mc Gusty. He was remanded to prison until June 27. He is accused of the murder of Carnegie School of Home Economics teacher, Omega Ault, at their home at ...

Police have arrested four persons who allegedly murdered a security guard in the vicinity of the Brickdam Secondary School, Georgetown, the Guyana Police Force said. The woman has been identified as 21-year old Carol Davidson who lived at East La Penitence Squatting Area. She was lashed several times and stabbed to her left side chest, police said. Police say they ...

Three persons were arrested on Thursday in connection with two separate busts totalling 11 kilogrammes of marijuana and several round of ammunition, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said. That agency said 47-year old Raymond Tinnis, who was the lone occupant of a car, was arrested on the Mahaica Public Road for allegedly being in possession of 9.8 kilogrammes of marijuana. ...

The prime suspect in the killing of his wife at their Crane Village, West Coast Demerara home was Thursday night arrested at a hotel in Corriverton, Berbice, the Guyana Police Force said. Forty-year old Clarence Farley was, according to police, arrested at Malinmar Hotel, Number 78 Village, Corriverton. He was wanted in connection with the killing of his wife, Omega ...

An operator at Toolsie Persaud’s logging company at Tiger Creek, Essequibo River area was shot dead by a co-worker as a result of an accusation between the assailant and another man over claims of one of them “looking” at his wife, the Guyana Police Force said. Dead is 29-year old Rohit Hansraj called ‘Master’, of Wakenaam, an island on the ...

As police on Monday continued their manhunt for a man, who is the prime suspect in the death of his wife, an autopsy showed that she was battered to the head. Police say Government Pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh has found that 39-year old Omega Ault died as a result of brain hemorrhage and multiple blunt trauma to the head. The ...

Engineer Neil Rampersaud was Sunday morning stabbed to death by a man who he lashed for failing to go to the police station because he had one hour earlier stabbed another man, the Guyana Police Force said. Investigators said the suspect,40, of Victoria Road, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara, was arrested and a ‘coconut blade’ that he alleged used to stab ...

A day after the Guyana Police Force was criticised for robberies and discharge of several rounds in the air during  Friday night’s concert by Jamaican artiste, Skeng, at the National Park, police  Saturday night seized dozens of scissors from patrons at the Jouvert at the same venue. However, no mention was made  about whether marijuana was found in the possession ...

The President of the Guyana Road Safety Council, Ramona Doergen on Sunday welcomed government’s plan to amend the law to permit the charging of intoxicated drivers with manslaughter if they cause death by dangerous driving. She said  dating back to 2006 the Council had been advocating for the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act to be changed to allow for ...

A man, who was convicted for manslaughter and sentenced to 18 years, 9 months imprisonment, was recaptured after he turned up at the Mahdia Hospital with a knife in his neck, the Guyana Police Force said. Twenty-seven year old Samuel Gouveia, who is regarded as a “high-profile prisoner”,  was arrested one year after he escaped from the Mazaruni Prison. He ...