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 […]
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Albouystown woman busted with cocaine at CJIA
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 […]
Court was in session at Palm Court as the trial into the wounding incident involving Trinidadian Artiste Rodney LeBlanc, known as Benjai continues
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 […]
Taxi driver charged with raping a 13-year-old girl Released on $400,000 bail
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 […]
Hairdresser sentenced to four years in prison, fined $2.3Million after she confessed to trafficking 2 1/2lbs of cocaine.
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 […]
A Father of three was today charged with the murder of his 21-year-old son
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 […]
Guns and ammo bust on the East Bank, Grove man jailed and two co-accused remanded
The 30-year-old man, Micheal Vanderstoop of Grove Housing Scheme, East Bank of Demerara was today sentenced to two years imprisonment and fined $100,000. This was after he pleaded guilty to the two charges when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Chief Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan. The charges read in the court today alleges […]
Former PS granted $1M dollars bail to pursue scholarship at the Hugh Wooding Law School
Omar Shariff, the former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Presidency, who is before the court on trial for failing to comply with a production order contrary to Section 26 of the Anti Money Laundering Act was today granted $1Million dollars bail. Back in January, Shariff and his reputed wife were charged and appeared […]
Kitty man in custody after woman is killed in an accident
The accident occurred just around 10:00 last night on the Goedverwagting Public Road, East Coast of Demerara and involved a motor car and a pedestrian. There are reports that the car PRR 6071 was proceeding West along the southern side of the road when the accident occurred. The driver told the police investigators that the […]
