Crime
Armed robbery duo get three and four years, respectively, for $96,000 heist
Two men were handed sentences of three and four years imprisonment, respectively, by city magistrate Dylon Bess for the 2016...
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Man gets 5 years in prison for smuggling guns to Guyana
ATLANTA (AP) - A native of Guyana who lives in Georgia has been sentenced to five years in federal prison...
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Businessman in Tucville bridge fatal shooting to stand trial for murder
City magistrate Dylon Bess has ruled a prima facie case has been established against Robert Benn, the businessman whose matter...
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Man gets 5 years prison, $237million court fine for 194lbs cocaine in fish
Kapil Haresh Thakurian, 32-years-old, from Enmore/Foulis, East Coast Demerara was today sentenced to five years in prison, and fined $237million...
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Professor Mars murder accused stabbed at Georgetown Magistrate Courts
A prisoner was today stabbed at the Georgetown Magistrate Courts, just a few minutes after police locked down the prisoner...
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Brief commotion as prisoner draws knife in brawl at Georgetown Magistrate Courts
An inmate standing on a table wields as officers try to calm heated inmates inside the locked-down police Outpost. A...
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City businessman’s security guard shot during attempted robbery
A city businessman narrowly escaped injury and was able to deposit cash while his security guard and bandits exchanged gunfire...
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SOCU investigators search GRDB for evidence of financial crimes
SOCU investigators at the Guyana Rice Development Board. Agents of the Guyana Police Force’s Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) on...
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Bartica Massacre: two sentenced to death by hanging, one acquitted but remains remanded
Mark Royden Williams called 'Durant' and 'Smallie', one of the accused in the Bartica Massacre, was tonight sentenced to death...
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Prosecution ‘mistakenly’ throws out attempted murder charge against one of Tower Hotel robbers
Guyana Chronicle Photo. A charge of attempted murder which was today dropped against 21-year-old Jason Howard was later re-instated after...
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