30 in custody as Police in Suriname continue to probe the deadly pirate attack

The news was relayed during a joint press conference with the Surinamese Minister of Justice and Police and Guyana’s Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan Monday afternoon.

News from a local online website said the authorities in Suriname could not say much about the identity of the fishermen who were victims of the brutal attack at sea at the end of April. “We do not even know for sure if there are 20 victims. It has been reported that a boat normally counts five crew members. But it is not yet certain, if it actually involved twenty people who were supposedly on board the four boats that were attacked, “said Minister Stuart Getrouw of Justice and Police.
The identities of the remains recovered are still unknown at this time. The Guyanese Minister of Public Security and two senior Police officers made the trip to Suriname. During the trip, the minister met with fishermen and the families of the missing victims. The minister promised to exchange information about the suspects among other things.
Guyana’s Opposition leader, Bharrat Jagdeo has also made the trip to Suriname and he urged that the full force of the law be used to bring the perpetrators to justice.

A family of 10 homeless after Hadfield Street Fire

A house gutted and another scorched in a late afternoon fire at Hadfield Street and  Louisa Row today. The fire reportedly started at the Hall’s residence and quickly swept through the wooden building.

No one was at home at the time of the fire. It was after the Guyana Fire Service extinguished that blaze that some of the occupants of the home began arriving to see the place they called home completely gutted.

The occupants interviewed said they losses are in the millions. A neighbour said he and other residents after seeing the raging fire decided to assist other neighbours to remove their belongings in case engulf their homes.

The Guyana Fire Service quickly contained and extinguished the fire, while the Police were out in their numbers to ensure that traffic around the area flowed smoothly. An investigation is underway to ascertain the origin of the fire

27 kilos of weed busted in Freezer

A 60-year-old labourer is now in custody as the Police probe a drug bust which occurred at Haslington, on the East Bank of Demerara.
According to the Police report, an intelligence-led operation by ranks of the Guyana Police Force’s Narcotics Branch this morning, has resulted in the arrest of a 60-year-old labourer with five taped parcels of compressed cannabis.
The Police say the illegal substance which weighed in excess of twenty-seven (27) kilograms, was found hidden in a freezer of the sexagenarian’s Haslington, ECD, home. The suspect is being processed for Court tomorrow.

Businessman charged with 2016 vigilante murder of Seon Clarke

Dead suspected bandit: Seon Clarke
The indictable charge of murder was today read to Moses Singh, a 59-year-old East Bank Demerara businessman, when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court this morning.
Back in 2016 Singh shot and killed, Campbellville youth, Seon Clarke in what was described as a vigilante-style shooting.
Clarke and an accomplice went into a grocery store at Sarah Johanna on the East Bank of Demerara and were behaving suspiciously and the police were summoned, but the men had already fled the scene by the time they arrived According to a Police report, the men were later spotted on the Pearl Public Road and were apprehended by public-spirited citizens, during which it was alleged that one of the public-spirited citizens shot Clarke, while others inflicted a beating on his accomplice.
 Clarke was pronounced dead on arrival.
In Court today, Singh’s attorney, Latchmi Rahamat told the court that her client is sickly and had undergone surgery in the United States of America.
He was remanded to prison until May 17.

 

Manslaughter charge for man who stabbed youth trying to steal his bird

The 56-year-old man appeared before Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan where the indictable charge of Manslaughter was read to him.
Peter Jansen allegedly stabbed Shelton Jordan several times,
after Jordan allegedly tried to steal his caged bird.
The man succumbed to the injuries at the Entrance to GPL’s Sophia Power station.
The incident occurred on  May 1, 2018. Attorney- at law, Latchmi Rahamat,  who is representing Jansen, in her bail application, told the court that Jansen was a victim of a robbery and acted in self- defence.
She also told the court that her client was chased through the streets of Sophia by the accused, who was armed with a knife.  The accused managed to disarm Jordan and stabbed him with the said knife.
Police Prosecutor Gordon Mansfield did not object to bail, but requested that the defendant lodge his passport at the Court.
Jansen was released on $250,000 bail and the matter was adjourned to May 28.

A sister accused of the murder of her brother, today walk free after the murder charge was discharged against her

Twenty-five year old Debbie Hansraj appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Senior Magistrate Fabio Azore. At the conclusion of the preliminary inquiry, it was found that there was insufficient evidence for the matter to be referred to the High Court, Magistrate Azore then dismissed the matter against the young woman.

Debbie Hansraj was charged with killing her brother Vishal Hansraj in 2017 at their Covent Garden, East Bank Demerara home. Vishal according to the reports was stabbed twice with a knife after intervening in an argument between his sister and mother. The siblings were said to be under the influence of alcohol.