Two men were each fined $200,000 for driving under the influence of alcohol, while a Bartica gold miner was sentenced to three years in prison for drug trafficking, following guilty pleas before Magistrate Caressa Henry at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court this week.
Seon Joseph yesterday pleaded guilty to attempting to murder his wife during an incident on July 31, 2023.
Shaka Phillips, called ‘Concrete Man’, will be sentenced on September 30 for the July 2025 murder of teacher Jenel Pollydore, after pleading guilty to the offence yesterday.
Akeem Lammy yesterday pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of Paul Smith, stemming from a February 7, 2024 attack in Georgetown.
Two men are in police custody following firearm incidents at Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara, and Wismar, Linden, over the weekend.
Five Brazilian nationals were each fined $30,000 and ordered deported after pleading guilty on Friday to entering Guyana illegally.
Ravindra ‘Ravin’ Ramdeen today pleaded guilty at the High Court in Demerara to the murder of Cummings Lodge resident Merlyn Singh, who was killed in December 2020 during a sexual assault.
The 79-year-old driver who was involved in the fatal accident that claimed the life of 42-year-old businessman Ishwarnauth “Ajay” Bisram on the Nigg Public Road, Corentyne, has been granted station bail.
A 27-year-old Cuban woman wanted in Suriname in connection with an alleged human trafficking operation has been extradited from Guyana, according to the Suriname Police Force.
Police are investigating an armed robbery at Peters Hall, East Bank Demerara, during which a businesswoman was relieved of cash, jewellery, watches and electronic devices valued at millions of dollars.
Two weeks after two men were gunned down at Vigilance South, East Coast Demerara, no arrest has been made and relatives say they have received no updates from police on the investigation.
-prosecution says more than 16 barrels may have been involved, records obtained from Scotiabank Businessman Lyndale Lyles, a United States national, was yesterday remanded to prison after he pleaded not guilty to 11 charges relating to the alleged trafficking of cannabis, firearms and ammunition.
A Brazilian national and a Lethem woman were yesterday sentenced to three months in prison each after pleading guilty to charges of unlawful wounding and assault causing actual bodily harm.
A 27-year-old police corporal has been placed under close arrest as investigations continue into the July 4 collision at the intersection of Macaw Road and Lamaha Street, Georgetown, which claimed the life of Kevin London.
A 32-year-old truck driver from Timehri North, East Bank Demerara, is in police custody after a 9mm pistol and three matching rounds of ammunition were found concealed in the storage compartment of the lorry he was driving during a police operation at Sherima, Region Seven.
Adequate security for miners in the interior has been a constant topic for conversation whenever the Small Miners Association Guyana Incorporated (SMAGI) meets with authorities; the latest being a meeting with President Irfaan Ali a few days ago where the issue again came up and promises were again made to ramp up security efforts.
Former presidential guard and Special Branch officer Yogeendra Sukhdeo was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole only after serving 30 years for the 2023 murder of 21-year-old aspiring gold trader and businessman Amit Singh, a killing Justice Sandil Kissoon described as a “heinous and horrendous crime” driven by greed.
Former presidential guard and Special Branch officer Yogendra Sukhdeo was today sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after serving 30 years for the 2023 murder of Amit Singh.
A businessman and a vendor were on Tuesday remanded to prison after they were jointly charged with the murder of Levi Williams, also known as `Vamperous’.
A 34-year-old labourer of Parika, East Bank Essequibo, was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with conspiracy to commit a felony in connection with an investigation into the alleged possession of ten AK-47 rifles.
