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Security guard charged with four counts of fraud
A security guard of Viv-La-Force, West Bank Demerara, was on Thursday released on $120,000 bail after she was slapped with four counts of Obtaining Money by False Pretence.
The charges were brought by the Special Organized Crime Unit…
Six charged with escape of ‘Smallie’ granted $750,000 bail each
Close to a month after they were remanded to prison after being charged with aiding the now dead death row inmate, Mark Royden Williams with escaping from the Mazaruni Prison, a Superintendent of Prisons and five others were granted bail in…
Dharamlall rape allegation: Police Force says standard procedures followed in investigation
See below full statement issued by the Guyana Police Force:
The Guyana Police Force wishes to address the concerns raised by a journalist and can confirm that all Standard Operating Procedures were followed in the conduct of this…
Trafficking: Venezuelan woman who operated brothel faces 9 charges
Mayelin Cordova, the Venezuelan woman who is currently in prison for operating a brothel, was on Wednesday charged with nine counts of Trafficking in Persons.
Forty-year-old Cordova, a businesswoman of Byderabo Road, Bartica, Region…
CCJ turns down child rapist’s attempts to overturn life sentences
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Wednesday dismissed a special leave application filed by a Guyanese man, 38, who is serving two life sentences after he was convicted of raping a girl between the ages of seven and eight in 2016 and…
Venezuelan woman in jail for operating a brothel to be charged with 9 counts of TIP
Thirty-nine-year-old Mayelin Cordova, a female Venezuelan national, and businesswoman of Byderabo Road, Bartica, Region Seven, who is currently serving a six-month prison sentence for operating a brothel, is to be further charged with nine…
Body recovered in Demerara River identified as GEB Security Guard
The body of a man was on Monday recovered in the Demerara River after he reportedly fell overboard.
The dead man has been identified as 37-year-old Calvin Sancho of Coldingen, East Coast Demerara; he worked as a security guard with GEB…
Man slapped with five charges after incident with Police Officer
A 38-year-old resident of Region One (Barima-Waini) who was arrested on Sunday for the illegal possession of narcotics was charged with a series of offences, the majority of which stemmed from his alleged misbehavior while being taken into…
Gold miner remanded for attempted murder
Fifty-three-year-old Alberto Anderson called ‘Monkey’ was remanded to prison on Monday after he was charged with the attempted murder of Junior Anthony Melville.
Police Headquarters reported that Anderson of Pakera Road, Matthew's Ridge,…
3 years jail for setting house on fire
Fifty-seven-year-old Sherman Joseph of Koberimo Hill, North West District, appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Mabaruma Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with setting fire to a house.
Police Headquarters in a statement…