Crime

A farmer from the Essequibo Island of Wakenaam has been committed to stand trial for allegedly attempting to murder a pensioner by chopping him several times, police said Thursday. Police said the 34-year old Griffith of Sans Souci was Wednesday informed by Magistrate Esther Sam at the Wakenaam Magistrate’s Court that the prosecution has provided sufficient evidence to prove that ...

A gold chain was Tuesday evening stolen from a barber of Ocean View, Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara, and the suspect, who is a taxi driver,  has since been arrested, police said. De Santos, the suspect and others were reportedly at Parika, East Bank Essequibo drinking. De Santos then joined the suspect’s car, HB 3949, for Uitvlugt but he fell asleep ...

The 11-year old girl, who was killed along with her mother allegedly by a Cuban man, was sexually abused, according to an autopsy conducted Tuesday. “The doctor reported that the juvenile was sexually active,” police said in reporting the results of the autopsy conducted by Government Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh. Police have already said that blood was seen on the ...

In the face of increasing problems being encountered by homebuilders about the poor quality of construction work, the Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC) on Tuesday unveiled a guide they should follow or contractors might be compelled to fix the problems at their own cost. The CCAC said the document, titled Homebuilders’ Road Map and located here , is the ...

The Guyana Police Force has acquired 15 motorcycles at a cost of GYD$6.5 million to respond to a 15 percent to 20 percent increase in robberies especially in Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica), Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn said. Responding to questions on a financial paper that was subsequently approved by the National Assembly, he said the police force asked for more ...

The Cuban man, who allegedly hammered and knifed to death his partner and her daughter, has been arrested. Guyana Police Force spokesman, Assistant Commissioner Roystom Andries’Junor said Joel Rodriguez also known as Yoel Rodriguez Barientos was arrested at Amelia’s Ward, Linden on Sunday night. He was arrested the same day the bodies of t he woman and her daughter were ...

Homicide detectives have recovered a hammer and a knife from a house on Princess Street, Lodge near the bloodied bodies of a 34-year-old woman, Tara Krishnaran, and her 11-year-old daughter, both discovered dead. Police said the killings were committed by a “known suspect” for whom a manhunt has begun. Based on accounts from the woman’s father, his daughter and granddaughter ...

A Guyana Police Force constable was shot and injured in his home village of Buxton, East Coast Demerara as he fled from a group of men who opened fire on him after he was beaten and robbed of gold jewellery and other items, police. Hospitalised with a gunshot wound to his back is 21-year old James Gordon who is stationed ...

Two Guyanese men were Wednesday arrested in Berbice after Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) agents seized a variety of drugs from a house. Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU), James Singh said the drugs were found in a “salt bag” at a house between  Number 61 and Number 72 villages. He said the seizure included 8.5 kilogrammes of marijuana, 16.3 ...

Thirty-five prominent Guyanese– a number of them in their individual right, or associated with a number of rights and civil society organisations–on Wednesday called on police and the government to accept high-tech forensic assistance from Argentina tin the hope of solving the killing of three West Coast Berbice youths in September. “We call on the President of Guyana, the Commissioner ...