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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 suspected to be in her late forties.

Enquiries disclosed that motor car PKK3251 driven by a 45 years old resident of Burnham Boulevard, Mocha, East Bank Demerara, was proceeding south along the eastern carriageway of Herstelling, at a fast rate, while the pedestrian was allegedly crossing the road. The car ended up hitting the woman; as a result, the left leg of the pedestrian was severed and she also sustained injuries to head and body.

She was taken to the East Bank Demerara Public Hospital in an unconscious state and pronounced dead on arrival.

A breathalyzer test was administered to the driver and no alcohol was detected in his breath. Investigation in progress.

The driver is in custody and assisting with the investigation.

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 Parlour awaiting a post-mortem examination.

The investigation revealed that recently the couple had a misunderstanding and the suspect was asked to leave the home which he did but only to return and allegedly committed the act and fled the scene.

A knife suspected to be the murder weapon was found in a cistern within close proximity of the body.

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 and threatened their own safety, that of the joint services team providing security at the facility.

Some of the items prisoners broke from sleeping area to pelt staff

As a last resort the use of force, including firearms, was required to restore order and maintain the integrity of the holding facility.

Three prisoners who suffered minor gunshot wounds and two who suffered injuries as a result of fights were taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation for treatment while the others were being treated on site at the Lusignan Prison Infirmary. One prisoner was admitted and others treated and sent away.

None of those who were shot are, at this time, deemed to be in a life-threatening condition.

The Guyana Prison Service stated that it regrets that this course of action had to be taken but was left with no other option given the extreme disorder which broke out in the holding area and the refusal of the prisoners to heed the commands of the officers to desist. (DPI, Guyana).

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 time of his re-capture, Alexander had an existing wound and is receiving medical attention at an undisclosed medical institution. While the nature of the wound has not been confirmed at this time, it is believed he sustained the wound during a previous confrontation with the Joint Services.

The Guyana Police Force thanks the members of the public who provided the information which led to Alexander’s capture and ask that the public continues to provide information which is critical to the re-capture of all the prison escapees. Seven fugitives remain on the run.

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 from the inception of their relationship.

The couple was living together in the lower flat of the victim’s mother’s house.

Two days ago, Parbatie decided she had enough and ended the abusive relationship. She asked her abuser to leave the home. He did but returned today while she was picking her nieces up and hid in the house. As she entered the house, the man ambushed her and slit her throat.

He has gone into hiding. Police investigations are ongoing.

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 their way out of the East Coast Demerara facility last Sunday, making it the second jail break in less than two weeks. Now four prisoners remain on the run from that gang.

Prisoners who were being housed at Camp Street jail were sent to Lusignan following the first jail break and fire which destroyed most of the buildings in the compound.

Earlier in the week police apprehended eight prisoners in different parts of region 4. They are Teshawn Mckenzie, Winston Long, Odel Roberts, Jamal Forde, Jamal Joseph, Rayon Jones, Jason Howard and Kendall Skeete.

During the Camp Street jail break, several notorious prisoners escaped, while some were caught, four are still on the run. They are Stafrei Alexander, Cobena Stephens, Uree Varswyck also called Malcolm Gordon and Mark Durant called Royden Williams and ‘Smallie’.

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 she was having a meal, that four vehicles filled with heavily armed police men surrounded her house and entered her yard saying that they were acting on information that Alexander was in her house.

The woman said she found it funny, but she, however, allowed them to search her house, despite the police not producing a warrant.

The woman said things then took a turn for the worse after she was told by the lawmen that she had to accompany them to the station and she must hand over her cell phone. But instead of taking the woman to the station, Singh said the police took her to Babu John Channel in Port Mourant, where she alleges that she was beaten by police men who were asking her for her son.

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 on the run from the 13 men gang who escaped after digging a hole and tunneling their way out of the East Coast Demerara jail house. Prisoners were sent there following the Camp Street jail break and fire earlier in the month.

Earlier in the week police apprehended seven prisoners in different parts of region 4. They are Teshawn Mckenzie, Winston Long, Odel Roberts, Jamal Forde, Jamal Joseph, Rayon Jones and Jason Howard.

Captain Martin’s death great loss to Guyana- Captain Jerry Gouveia.

The Islander aircraft nose dived to the ground at just around 5:30 pm Tuesday afternoon at Eteringbang.

Roraima Airways managing director, speaking to members of the media shortly after the body of Captain Collin Martin was flown to the Eugene Correia Airport this evening said: ” Civil Aviation will leave no stone unturned to find out exactly what happened”, the reason being is to prevent these things from happening.

He said all he was told was that the aircraft was closing off it’s operations for the day and it was empty. He said Captain Martin was flying alone and was going in to land when the aircraft crashed.
He confirmed that there were two Roraima planes flying together, returning from Eteringbang when the plane nose dived into the ground.

Martin was the chief pilot at Roraima Airways and an ex-army major special forces of the Guyana Defence Force. Captain Gouveia said he was an experienced and wonderful pilot and his death is a great loss to Roraima Airways.
Gouveia described him as a star Medical evacuation pilot.
“Captain Martin saved many, many lives at nights,” the managing director said.
The Civil Aviation Department is currently interviewing the pilot from the other plane.
Egbert Fields, Director-General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority said the investigating team will be on the ground in the morning to start their investigations into the crash.

Part of the Gouveia and Fields interview below