A 16-year-old girl was shot Sunday evening (July 30) on the West Minister Access Road, West Bank Demerara during an attempted robbery. Police stated that the teen was shot by an ‘identifiable male’ who was armed with a handgun. The victim, her parents, and a 17-year-old female friend were returning home after attending church when […]
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Another Lusignan prison escapee nabbed
Prison escapee Shawn Harris called ‘Shawny’ was today (July 31) apprehended by joint services ranks in Mocha, East Bank Demerara without incident. He was hiding in the bottom flat of a two story house in the village. A husband and wife who occupied the upper flat and were present, have been arrested on suspicion of […]
Police needs help to identify victim in East Bank Demerara fatal accident
The Guyana Police Force needs the public’s assistance to identify the body of a woman who was allegedly struck down by a speeding motorist, Saturday night (July 29) on the East Bank Demerara highway. The body is presently at Lyken’s Funeral Parlour awaiting identification and post-mortem. According to police, the woman is of African descent and […]
UPDATE: Man wanted for killing teen wife
Homicide Detectives are in pursuit of a 25-year-old unemployed male who allegedly murdered his sixteen-year-old reputed wife at their 369 No. 2 Village, East Canje, Berbice, about 12:55h Saturday (July 29). The body which bore a laceration to the throat, suspected to have been inflicted by a sharp instrument is presently at the Arokium Funeral […]
16 inmates injured during riot prison
Sixteen inmates from the Lusignan prison were shot and injured during a riot inside the jail house Saturday (July 29). Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels explained that at approximately 4:30.p.m on Saturday inmates at the holding area of the Prison were involved in a series of assaults and aggressive conduct which resulted in extreme disorder […]
Notorious prison escapee, ‘Mad Dawg’ apprehended in Berbice
Acting Police Commissioner David Ramnarine confirmed Saturday evening that based on information received from members of the public a special operation was launched in B Division with support from Police Headquarters. This led to the recapture of Georgetown Prison escapee Stafrei Alexander at the back of the village of Hampshire on the Corentyne. At the […]
BREAKING: 16-Y-O girl murdered by common-law husband
A former student of the Berbice Educational Insitute High (BEI) was brutally murdered today (July 29) by her common-law husband in their East Canje Berbice home. The victim has been identified as 16-year-old Parbatie Lakepaul. While police identified her assailant as Ryan Singh, 25. The man was reportedly unemployed and has been abusing the teen […]
LATEST: prison escapee caught in pit latrine in Kitty
Lusignan Prison escapee, Pascal Smith was today (July, 28) caught by police in Kitty, Georgetown. Details into the fugitive’s capture are unclear with police only stating that he was caught in a pit latrine in the area. He is now the 9th escapee apprehended by police. Smith was among the 13 men gang who tunneled […]
VIDEO: Corentyne mother accused of harbouring prison escapee, alleges police brutality
The 38-year-old woman, Tilawattie Singh said after all the injuries and humiliation she suffered, the police story changed from her harbouring a criminal, to her cooking and giving her son to take the food to the escapee. Now the woman is calling for justice. She explained that it was the afternoon of July 18th, while […]
Another prison escapee caught; 9 remain on the run
Kendall Skeete who escaped from the Lusignan prison, East Coast Demerara Sunday last was recaptured at 11:15h today (July, 26) in Wisroc Housing Scheme, Linden. Skeete is the 8th prisoner who has been recaptured by joint service ranks this week after a 13 men gang broke out of their temporary holding facility. Five prisoners remain […]