Crime

Four prisoners on Tuesday escaped from the Mazaruni Prison, the Guyana Police Force said. They have been identified as Imran Ramsaywack, Kenrick Lyte, Samuel Gouveia and Ryan Jones. Police appealed to the escapees to surrender and avoid a possible confrontation. “An appeal is being made to the escapees to surrender to the police or relevant authority, to avoid any serious ...

Armed bandits invaded the home of a 62-year old woman, placed a gun in her mouth and then carted off cash and other valuables, the Guyana Police Force said Monday. The robbery victim has been identified as Cheryl Barker of Hummingbird Street, Festival City, Georgetown. She told police that the three identifiable men, who were armed with a gun and ...

Authorities were Monday afternoon probing a report that several bodies were seen aboard a boat in Guyana’s territorial waters. An official familiar with the response operation said an inter-agency task force comprising the Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard, police, Maritime Administration and Port Health was “probing the discovery.” Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn said it was not immediately clear ...

A man, who allegedly killed a fellow community member  late last year, was arrested on Sunday, police said. Investigators said they arrested 32-year old Reuben Kalvis of Cassie Creek, Baramita, North West District in connection with their probe of the killing of Jonah “Wammick” Williams, a farmer of Cassie Creek on Friday 6th November 2020. Police are treating that incident, ...

Five soldiers of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) have been accused of  rape and the police are conducting an investigation, the army said Sunday night. “The soldiers are co-operating with the police as the investigation is ongoing,” the GDF said in a statement. The army said the soldiers, who are facing the accusation, are stationed at Mabaruma , North West ...

Former Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Retired Rear Admiral, Mr. Gary Best was Wednesday freed on a driving under the influence charge by Magistrate Mr. Clive Nurse presiding at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Magistrate Mr. Nurse upheld the no-case submissions made by Best’s lawyers, Mr. Nigel Hughes and Associates. The Magistrate said that the prosecution failed to established ...

A woman was shot to her abdomen after she resisted a bandit who eventually snatched her bag while she was  shopping at Bourda Market on Bourda Street and North Road. “She refused after which the suspect pulled away same (bag) and discharged a round in the her direction,  which hit her to the left side abdomen and fled the scene ...

The Guyana government has moved to the High Court to repossess the BK Marine Inc. Wharf in Kingston, Georgetown because it was sold at just over GYD$200 million although it is worth GYD$5 billion. Attorney General Anil Nandlall is asking the High Court to declare that BK Marine “has been unjustly enriched” by about GYD$5 billion as that “is the ...

A gunman opened fire an Information Technology (IT) expert after pushing her off her motorcycle and riding off with it, the Guyana Police Force said. The victim’s name has been given as Munifa Erskine, 27, of Block X Liliendaal, South Sophia. She told police that she was robbed of her Haojue motorcycle, bearing licence number CK 1906 and valued GYD$178,000, ...

A 40-year old prisoner was  Friday afternoon killed by another inmate at the Lusignan Prison on Thursday. Prison officials say the inmate, Victor Soomaru, was asleep when he was lashed to the head with a brick wrapped in a towel by another inmate. Pprison guards responded to an alarm and took Soomaru to the prison’s medical facility where he was ...