Crime

A 24-year old man was Wednesday night shot in Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown during a scuffle with two men he suspected were about to harm him while he was walking home in the suburb, the Guyana Police Force said. Investigators said Steven Surujbally was shot to his right side chest and the bullet exited his back. Police said the incident ...

The Nigerian man-who stabbed a presidential guard several times at State House and grabbed another guard’s gun with which he fired several shots-was Thursday arraigned for attempted murder. Twenty-five year old  Ikena Chimezie appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan. He was also charged with discharging a loaded firearm with intent. He was arraigned for unlawfully and maliciously wounded with ...

The Nigerian man, who staged a brazen gun and knife attack at the President’s official residence, is expected to appear in court on Thursday on charges of attempted murder and discharging a loaded firearm. The Guyana Police Force said Bethel Ikena Chimezie is scheduled to appear in court at 1 PM Police have charged him with attempt to commit murder, ...

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Tuesday delivered its reasons for upholding the appellants’ convictions and its judgment on their appeals against sentencing in the Guyanese appeal of Orwin Hinds v The State; Cleon Hinds v The State. The CCJ heard this appeal on 11 October 2022 and shortly after the hearing, dismissed the appellants’ appeals against conviction for ...

The fire that destroyed the Christ Church Secondary School last week Thursday was “malciously” set, the Guyana Fire Service said on Monday. The Service noted that eight days before the inferno, a small fire in the school’s laboratory had been extinguished. Investigators indicated that the second fire started on several seats in the school but the common link is the ...

Fire fighters and police were Saturday continuing to probe the destruction by fire of Christ Church Secondary School, Fire Chief Gregory Wickham said. He said it was too early to determine whether the fire at the decades-old wooden and concrete structure at Camp and Middle Streets was the work of arsonists. “Investigators are still going through the debris,” he told ...

The more than 500 students, who attended the now destroyed Christ Church Secondary School on Camp and Middle Streets, Georgetown are to be relocated from next week Monday, and already the Ministry of Education is consulting the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) about options for students whose records have been destroyed, officials said at the fire scene. “We are talking to ...

Three men were Tuesday charged with the theft of 11 guns and 601 rounds of ammunition from RADAR Security Services and they were remanded to prison. One of the men, Carlton Damion Singh, also known as ‘Fatboy’ was also charged with possession of two rounds of .32 live ammunition without a licence and possession of 722 grammes of marijuana. Also ...

Police on Monday said they arrested a suspect in connection with the chopping to death of a Disc Jockey (DJ) at Laluni Village, Soesdyke-Linden Highway as he tried to prevent his father-in-law from being attacked by several persons. The Guyana Police Force indicated that they are on the manhunt for two other “identifiable” persons in connection with the killing of ...

Police on Saturday recovered four more guns that were stolen from RADAR Security Services, leaving five more yet to be found. The Guyana Police Force said that late Saturday afternoon, one of the suspects took detectives to a location in Albouystown, Georgetown where four more of the stolen guns were recovered. Investigators said three of the firearms are .32 calibre ...