Crime

One day after a city magistrate dismissed a fraud charge against Carville Duncan, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said the legal woes facing the Chairman of the Public Service Commission (PSC) are not over. “Mr. Duncan is charged with several offences; more than one; at least two other offences that are to be dealt with. One of those offences, my ...

A minibus driver was on Thursday charged with attempted murder and is now on remand. It is alleged that on October 31, 2016, at Lodge Georgetown, Clayson Clementson unlawfully and maliciously wounded Andrea Phillips with intent to murder her. The 47-year-old North Ruimveldt resident was not required to plea to the indictable charge when it was read by Chief Magistrate ...

HICKSVILLE PATCH.- A Guyanese man who fled the country after he killed a 19-year old and injured another man at a Hicksville, Nassau County, New York wedding in 1999 faces 19 years in prison, Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced Wednesday. Balkumar Singh, believed to be 38 years old, pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree murder and first-degree assault. He is ...

A City Magistrate on Wednesday dismissed an almost GYD$1 million larceny charge against Carville Duncan. Magistrate Leron Daly ruled that there was insufficient evidence to prove that Duncan had stolen more than GYD$900,000 in director’s fees from the state-owned Guyana Power and Light. Police had alleged that that on March 31, 2015 at Georgetown, he stole GYD$984,900, property of GPL. He was charged ...

Two businessmen from Linden and Diamond, East Bank Demerara were early Wednesday morning taken into custody, after a gun, ammunition and marijuana were allegedly found in their places of business at Omai, Region 8 (Potaro-Siparuni). Police said one licensed shotgun, three live cartridges and a small quantity of marijuana were found in their places of business, at Omai Landing during separate ...

Guyana’s Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Shalimar Hack on Wednesday warned Guyanese against consuming drinks from people they barely know because of the increasing use of date-rape drugs. “When you go out, do not take drinks from people because some of these people they offer them drinks and in the drinks is substance, they lose consciousness, they wake up in ...

A labourer, who claimed he was feeding thirsty pit-bulls, was remanded to prison for breaking and entering and larceny. The allegation against Junior Alleyne is that on October 31, 2016 at Bel Air Park Georgetown, he broke and entered the dwelling house of Angelica Singh and stole a quantity of items. The items which included a Samsung cellular phone ($150,000), ...

A former BK International clerk is now on GYD$250,000 bail for embezzling the company’s money. It is alleged that between July 20 and September 13, 2016 Toteram Ramchand, being employed as a servant or clerk at BK Queries Inc., fraudulently embezzled the sum of GYD$28,571,235. The money was taken into possession by Ramchand for employer. The 25-year-old pleaded not guilty ...

Police in Berbice said they are probing the “brutal murder” of a woman by her neighbour,  who is believed to be mentally unstable, at Belvedere, Corentyne, Berbice Wednesday morning. Dead is 53-year old  Bhumattie Delall of 351 5th Street South Belvedere, Corentyne, Berbice who was attacked while she was standing in her yard. “The suspect armed with a cutlass, approached ...

The trial for three remaining accused in the Bartica massacre began on Wednesday morning with the prosecution’s address to the Jury. Prosecutor Diana Kawlesar in her address reread the charge, which states that on February 17, 2008, when persons engrossed in the 20/20 Cricket games, heavily armed gunmen drew their boats ashore and opened fire. The men then made their ...