Crime

A man charged with the burning down of the Ministry of Health seven years ago was caught Monday after he returned from neighbouring Venezuela where he had been hiding, police said. Head of the Criminal Investigations Department of the Guyana Police Force, Senior Superintendent Wendell Blanhum told Demerara Waves Online News that Keith “General” Ferrier was caught by ranks of the ...

The time-frame for the Commission of Inquiry into the recent prison riot that claimed the lives of 17 inmates and left several others injured would now be given one month to complete its work instead of the initial two weeks that had been envisaged, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said Monday. The three Commissioners, who will serve on the Commission ...

A Surinamese woman, who attempted to smuggle cocaine from Guyana to Barbados, was Monday jailed for three years. Damario Cheslie was found guilty for being in possession of 526 grammes of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. She was found guilty of the offence that was committed on May 17, 2015 at the Ogle International Airport, East Coast Demerara. At ...

A young man who, allegedly stabbed his 18-year old girlfriend 41 times almost one year ago, was Monday arraigned for murder. Appearing before East Coast Demerara Magistrate, Zameena Ally-Seepaul, the accused – Shivanand “Shiv” Roopnarine- was not required to plea to the indictable charge that he murdered Alicia Mc Pherson on April 19, 2015 at 612 ‘C’ Field, Sophia. The 22-year ...

Forty-eight-year-old Deodat Ram of of Helena No.2, Mahaica is now dead after he was struck down by a motorcycle on Saturday evening. Police in a release stated that the fatal accident occurred at approximately 23:40hrs on Saturday evening. Investigators suspect that Ram was struck down by a motor cyclist while he was walking along the roadway. While Ram was pronounced ...

  One of two men died after a route 41 minibus crashed into a car on Aubrey Barker Road South Ruimveldt. The dead man has been identified as William Trim. The survivor is said to be nursing serious wounds about the body. The Guyana Fire Service was summoned to the scene to remove the mangled body of the elderly driver of ...

Almost one year after a man stabbed his girlfriend to death at Sophia, Greater Georgetown, he was caught Friday in Linden and has already admitted to killing her. Shivanand Roopnarine  has been already brought to Georgetown for questioning . He is facing  a charge of murder. Police have long identified the 23-year old man as the prime suspect in the killing ...

  Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan has revealed that effective immediately, the Deputy Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels has been asked to proceed on leave following the unrest at the Camp Street prison. Samuels, along with Officer in Charge of the Camp Street Prison Kevin Pilgrim were fingered by prisoners on Friday, as having left fellow prisoners to die. However, ...

Prisoners on Friday called for the Officer-in-Charge of the Georgetown Prison, Superintendent Kevin Pilgrim to be fired,  saying that he must be dealt with because he allegedly had a hand in the death of their fellow inmates. Calm has since been restored to the Georgetown Prison following a meeting between a delegation of prisoners and Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan ...

Calm was restored at the Georgetown Prison late Friday morning as a delegation of prisoners met with two top government ministers and reached a negotiated settlement to three days of unrest that left 17 inmates dead and nine others injured. “I would believe so, I would think so. I think it was an important step… We believe that this was a ...