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3 years jail, $2M fine for Kitty man found guilty of drug trafficking
A 45-year-old Thomas Street, Kitty resident was on Friday sentenced to three years jail and slapped with a $2M fine after he was found guilty of trafficking over 10 pounds of marijuana.
Paul Smith was sentenced by Magistrate Dylon Bess…
Three years jail for Hadfield St. resident caught will illegal gun, ammo
A 31-year-old Hadfield Street, Lodge resident was on Thursday sentenced to three years jail after being found guilty of being in possession of an illegal gun and matching ammunition.
Charles Stoby was on trial before Magistrate Dylon…
Suspended jail sentence for Venezuelan national caught with spent shells
Ivor Marquez, a 31-year-old Venezuelan national was given a two year suspended prison sentence and fined $50,000 for the illegal possession of two spent shells, which he claimed he was using to make jewellery.
The suspended sentence…
Teen who killed friend over $500 charged with manslaughter
A seventeen-year-old boy of New Providence, East Bank Demerara (EBD), who is accused of killing his friend during a row over $500, appeared before Magistrate Dylon Bess at the Children’s Court charged with manslaughter.
It is alleged…
Huge marijuana cultivation farms destroyed in Upper Berbice River
An operation by ranks of the Guyana Police Force discovered three fields of cannabis cultivation with about 25,000 plants ranging between 2 - 7 feet in height Wednesday at Kimbia and Kaiuwa, Upper Berbice River.
Police Headquarters…
Roger Khan file still open – Ramjattan
Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan on Thursday said the Police never closed its investigations into alleged criminal activities by convicted drug lord Roger Khan.
“The Police have continuously been doing their work on Mr Khan;…
23 years jail for Essequibo man who raped girl, 6
Colin Thomas, a 50-year-old man of Essequibo was sentenced to 43 years imprisonment for raping a six-year-old girl twice between 2013-2014 but he will only serve 23 years behind bars.
Earlier this week, Thomas confessed to the charges…
20 years jail for raping elderly woman
Delon Blake, a 39-year-old man of Kumuni Creek, Demerara River was on Thursday sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for raping a 77-year-old woman in 2017.
Earlier this week, Blake confessed to the crime before Justice Simone Morris-…
Kitty man involved in fatal accident charged with drunk driving, without tint permit
Twenty-nine-year old Joel Thomas appeared before Magistrate Clive Nurse Wednesday charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and without a tint permit.
The young man of Thomas Street, Kitty Georgetown, was involved in the recent…
Moruca man remanded for murder of sister
Randy Cozier, a 24-year-old grass cutter, was remanded to prison Wednesday by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for the murder of his sister, 25-year-old Cynthia France whom he allegedly brutally chopped to death at Waramuri Village, Moruca,…
