Crime

The bus driver, who was involved in this week’s deadly accident  at Diamond, East Bank Demerara, has been charged with several offences. Twenty-three year old Kevin Moore of Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara was  slapped with five charges. He was charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving as a result of the death of  Anthony Persaud ...

The Regional Executive Officer of Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), Karl Singh is being investigated for allegedly attempting to murder a woman who was shot to her abdomen. He  was early Wednesday morning allegedly involved in the shooting of 25-year old Gladys Emmanuel  in a vehicle in Lethem. The woman underwent emergency surgery for a gunshot wound to her abdomen ...

The three men, who have been accused of robbing a businesswoman at Rockstone Junction in Region 10, have been remanded to prison until next month. They are 29-year old Joel Morrison called ‘Jako’ of Pike Street, Sophia; 25-year old Dane Bowen called ‘Dane Boy’, of Blue Berry Hill, Wismar, Linden and 25-year old Elijah Hollingsworth of Blue Berry Hill, Wismar, ...

A former Chief Minister of the British overseas territory of Montserrat has been jailed for 15 years, after he was convicted of sexually exploiting five girls including two 13 year olds, the United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency said. David Brandt, aged 78, groomed the girls by giving them money, phone credit and used one girl, aged 15, to recruit others to ...

A 47-year old woman and a 16-year old girl were Sunday night robbed of several pieces of gold jewellery worth $420,000 by three men who invaded their home at Number 55 Village, Corentyne. The Guyana Police Force says during the incident at about 11 PM Sunday, two of the perpetrators were armed with handguns and the other was wielding a ...

Police on Monday said they believe they have found a burnt vehicle that was used by two gunmen who killed a man and shot and injured his friend while they were taking directions from a woman. The Guyana Police Force said the fully burnt silver-grey Fielder wagon was found by a patrol in the vicinity of an area known as ...

A 23-year old man was Saturday night gunned down and his friend injured on Sunflower Street, Wismar. Linden. The dead man has been identified as Delron McKenzie of Roxanne Burnham Gardens Georgetown. Injured is Calvin Daly. He received two gunshot wounds on the left and right lower arm with abrasions to both of his arms. He was taken to the ...

The three suspects in the robbery of a 57-yeat old  businesswoman and her grandson at their grocery at Rockstone Junction were hours later arrested and several of the stolen items were recovered, the Guyana Police Force said. They are a 29-year-old man of Georgetown and two 25-year-old men of Linden. Police said the arrest was made at about 1:15 PM ...

Police say they are searching for three men who allegedly robbed a businesswoman at her shop at Rockstone Junction in Region 10 of more than GYD$400,000 worth of jewellery, cellular phones and other items. The robbery occurred at about 10 O’clock last night by the men who were riding XR motorcycles without number plates. The 57-year old businesswoman told police ...

The Inter Religious Organisation of Guyana (IROG) on Saturday endorsed the decriminalisation of the possession of small amounts of marijuana for religious use by Rastafari, and at the same time urged authorities to ensure there is no widescale abuse of the plant. “While the IROG is not calling for indiscriminate smoking of marijuana to be legalized, it calls on the ...