Crime

Anglican priest George Chuck-a-Sang has been beaten and stabbed to death at his residence on Vlissengen Road, Lodge, Georgetown, police said Tuesday. His daughter, Renata Chuck-a-Sang, reportedly told police that after she failed to reach her 82-year-old father again by phone and WhatsApp, she and current Priest Monsell Alves later went to his residence and discovered his body. “As a ...

The mother and brother of one of the Henrys who were brutally hacked to death in September, have been slapped with several charges related the altercation between them and policemen at the Sparendaam Police Station earlier this week. Police said 24-year-old Colwyn Henry and his mother Gail Johnson, both of Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice, allegedly assaulted a police sergeant ...

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) is questioning the apparent refusal by the Guyana government to hand over copies of key files to the Argentine Forensic Anthropologist concerning the killing of three youths in West Berbice earlier this year. “Finally, WPA takes this opportunity to demand the police and the government to come clean on what it knows about the murder ...

Argentine forensic anthropologist Dr. Luis Fondebrider on Tuesday asked the Guyana Police Force for a list of more than 20 items from the police probe into the killing of the Henry cousins and Haresh Singh earlier this year. President of the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA), Mike Mc Cormack said Dr. Fondebrider submitted the list of documents to Crime Chief ...

A woman has admitted to beating her six-year old daughter, who was later found in a swamp, with a piece of wood, police in East Berbice said Tuesday. Region Six Divisional Commander Senior Superintendent Jairam Ramlakhan says the woman has since given a caution statement to investigators. The woman, 25-year old Dhrupattie Balkarran, and her daughter live at  Lot 43 ...

Criminal charges against Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh and Winston Brassington for allegedly “acting recklessly” in the GYD$900 million sale of government lands have been withdrawn. They had been accused of facilitating the sale of government lands at prices lower than valuations. The charges of had been instituted in April, 2018 under the then David Granger-led coalition administration against Dr. ...

A mason succumbed to a stab wound to his left side neck, while returning to his Bachelor’s Adventure, East Coast Demerara home after visiting his girlfriend, police said. He has been identified as 23-year old Keith Andrew Willis. Police said a resident in the area, who was heading to work, observed the deceased lying on the Bachelor’s Adventure Access Road ...

Top Argentine forensic anthropologist,  Dr. Luis Fondebrider in Sunday visited the West Coast Berbice crime scenes where the Henry cousins and Haresh Singh were killed more than three months ago, ahead of a scheduled meeting with Guyanese police on Monday. President of the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA), Mr. Mike Mc Cormack, who is spearheading the visit, says the Director ...

A man Saturday night burnt his wife and two young children in their home in the south-western town Guyanese mining town of Bartica, police said. It is not clear whether he killed them first before setting the house alight. Dead are 48-year old Carolina Kennedy and her two daughters, five and three years old. The incident occurred at Four Miles ...

The man, who was shot and killed by a security guard at Industrial Site, Eccles, East Bank Demerara, has been identified by police He is 29-year old  Zadan Mohammad of Annandale Pump Road, East Coast Demerara. Police say the 28-year old security guard who was on duty at Sueria Manufacturing Enterprise has been arrested and remains in police custody. Crime ...