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Businessman Erwin Bacchus is now facing a murder charge. This was after the  Director of Public Prosecutions withdrew the manslaughter charge and instituted the new charge today in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. The new charge was read to him when he appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman. He was remanded to prison. The businessman who owns […]

The  53-year-old  man appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and was remanded prison until October 8th. The court heard that on September 15, 2018,  Andrew Jordan, a construction worker of Lot 15 Craig Street, Campbellville had 100 grams of cocaine in his possession for the purpose of trafficking. The man pleaded not guilty to the […]

Matthew Parks, a 20-year-old youth from East La Penitence was today charged with the murder of 22-yr-old GWI, employee Roger Allen.  Allen was stabbed by the suspect at the corners of Durban and Chapel Streets on September 13th and succumbed to his injuries hours later. Parks was arraigned in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Chief […]

With his face hidden from the cameras and dressed in his school pants, the 16-year-old Buxton youth appeared before Magistrate Peter Hugh in the Cove and John Magistrates’ court to face the murder charge.  The youth was charged for the murder of 72-year-old pensioner  Krishnachand Dabee of Annandale, East Coast Demerara, who was killed during […]

An Assistant Superintendent of Police and a Corporal were today arraigned in Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Magistrates Ann McLennan where they were charged with wrongful detention and assault. Mahendra Singh, 32, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, of Pike Street Kitty was charged with wrongfully restraining Perry Barker from leaving the Coin Restaurant And Bar on […]

A 35-year-old Albouystown woman was today busted with cocaine at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit. CANU in a press release said Shellon Yolanda Barrow of 135 Victoria Street, Albouystown was intercepted by a CANU rank at CJIA attempting to board a flight destined for Jamaica with suspected Cocaine concealed in […]

The crime scene was revisited by Magistrate Faith McGusty along with lawyers representing both the accused and the defendant. Benjai was cross-examined by lawyers for the accused, while his manager, DJ and the accused Maverick DeAbreau all testified at the nightclub. Benjai was seen describing the incident to the Magistrate and the lawyers and demonstrated […]

 22-year-old Tevin Vickerie appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman in the  Georgetown Magistrates’ Court this morning and was not required to plea to the charge. The allegation which was read in the court revealed that during the month of January, 2018 at Soesdyke/Linden Highway, Vickerie sexually penetrated a child under the age of 16. Vickerie was […]

The woman was an outgoing passenger on flight BW 526 destined for JFK, New York when she was busted with the drugs. The drugs were found in her vaginal cavity wrapped in plastic. The suspected cocaine was busted between September 10th and 11th, 2018 at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri. The woman was subjected […]

44-year-old Mohan Sookdeo, today appeared before Magistrate Wanda Fortune in the Cove and John Magistrates’ Court and was remanded to Prison until October 2nd. He was slapped with the indictable charge of murder for killing his son, Satesh Sookdeo at their 217 Fifth Street, Foulis, East Coast Demerara home last Saturday. The boy was stabbed […]