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20-Y-O in custody for beating drinking buddy to death
A 20-year-old man is in Police custody in Region Nine after he allegedly beat a 48-year-old farmer to death with a piece of wood during an argument on Wednesday.
Dead is Leron Ault a.k.a Junior of Moco Moco Village, Central Rupununi.…
Fallen log kills 25-year-old porter
A 25-year-old porter died Wednesday afternoon after a log from a truck fell and crushed him.
Dead is Michael Paul of Amelia’s Ward, Linden.
The News Room understands that Paul and three others were loading the truck when one of the…
Canal No.1 barber dies after crashing into trench
A Canal No.1 West Bank Demerara barber and a father of a 13-year-old boy is now dead after he lost control of a pick-up and drove into a trench early Tuesday.
Regional Commander Assistant Commissioner Simon McBean told the News Room that…
Mason charged with murder of Rosignol businessman
A 21-year-old mason of Onderneeming, West Bank Demerara was on Friday last charged with the murder of Rosignol businessman, Tony Bisnauth who was shot dead outside his snackette on March 13.
Police Headquarters said that Sheldon Smith…
Sisters who attacked, stabbed Linden schoolgirl advised to undergo counselling
Two sisters, ages 13 and 15 who attacked and brutally stabbed their classmate outside of the Linden Foundation Secondary School on January 23 this year have been advised to undergo counselling.
Fifteen-year-old Shashamani Williams was…
Driver surrenders after fatal hit and run accident on Brickdam
A 38-year-old driver of Vryheids’ Lust, East Coast Demerara surrendered to the Police in the company of his lawyer after he struck down and killed a 61-year-old pedal cyclist Saturday night at the intersection of Brickdam and Chalmers…
Zeelugt taxi driver robbed of car, valuables at gunpoint; female suspect among two on the run
Police are hunting for three bandits, including a female who posed as passengers on Sunday night and robbed a taxi driver of his motorcar HC7893, jewellery and other valuables.
The father of two, Shameer Shafeek, who works at a taxi base…
Driver hospitalised after crashing cement truck
A 39-year-old driver of Non-Pariel, East Coast Demerara (ECD) is said to be in a stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he lost control of a fully-loaded cement truck on the Happy Acres Public Road on Saturday.
Police…
Pedestrian killed in hit and run accident on Aubrey Barker Rd.
Police are hunting the driver of a car who struck down and killed a pedestrian on the Aubrey Barker Road in the wee hours of Saturday and then escaped.
The News Room understands that the Police are still seeking to identify the body of…
Camp St. prisoner sets fire after inmate refused to lend him cellphone, DVD player
Officers at the Georgetown Prison on Camp Street managed to quickly extinguish a fire set by an inmate in the solitary division at around 16:50hrs Friday.
Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels in a press statement noted that the fire was…
