Crime

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 ...

A taxi driver was shot dead late last night in North-East La Penitence, Georgetown, police said. He has been identified as 29-year old Osafo Pollard of West La Penitence Police say he was killed at about 10:30 Tuesday night. Investigators were informed that a loud explosion was first heard followed by persons screaming and running away. Pollard was seen lying ...

Minister of Human Services, Dr. Vindhya Persaud said an investigation has been launched into the alleged slapping of a pensioner by an official of that ministry who had gone at the city office to uplift her 2021 pension book. Dr. Persaud said the officer has been sent on leave to pave the way for a “transparent and fair” investigation into ...

A policeman was early Sunday morning shot and injured by one of his colleagues during an argument over a pair of slippers, police said. The Guyana Police Force said the incident occurred at about  5 AM. Initial reports are that the rank, Constable 23337 Lampkin was shot by Constable 24885 Corbin following an argument over a pair of missing slippers. ...

A woman on Saturday found the skeletal remains of a man on a plot of land where she has been living for the past 16 years, the Guyana Police Force said. The woman summoned the police after  finding the remains in a clump of bushes about 200 yards from the house in which she lives at Third Phase, WISROC Squatting ...

A prime suspect in a robbery and three counts of wounding  was early this morning shot dead after he allegedly attacked police with a cutlass. Dead is 22-year old Sherwin Filley also known as Red Ants and a resident of Plaisance, East Coast Demerara. Police say he was shot in his eye after he attacked them with a cutlass. He ...