Wakenaam labourer to stand trial for attempting to murder elderly man
A Wakenaam labourer, who was positively identified by an elderly man as the person who chopped him, was today committed to stand trial in...
Attorneys-at-Law now gazetted as essential workers
Attorneys-at-Law have been now added to the long list of essential workers who can still go into their offices despite lockdown measures to curtail...
Boat captain jailed on 143 lbs. cocaine charge, taxi driver freed
A boat captain was today sentenced to five years imprisonment, along with a fine of $136M, while his co-accused walked out of the Leonora...
Court throws out activists’ request to cancel environmental permit for Gas-to-Energy Project
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was pleased to announce today that Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry refused to grant all the Orders requested by activists, Vanda...
Man who raped woman during robbery jailed for 16 years
A woman who was raped by knifepoint in 2017 received justice this afternoon after Mahadeo Dasrat, the man who violated her, was...
Shoemaker busted with 16.5lbs of marijuana charged
Carlos McPherson, a 29-year-old shoemaker of 480 Canvas City, Wismar, Linden, today appeared at the Linden Magistrate's Court, before Magistrate Wanda Fortune where he...
Lawyer says murder accused client is a victim of police brutality
A fisherman who allegedly fatally stabbed a security guard was today remanded for the offense.
Alistair Persuad, 25, of Lot 25 De Willem, West Coast...
Fowl pen ganja trafficker gets four years
An Alberttown man accused of trafficking 125 pounds of marijuana found hidden in a chicken pen was today sentenced to four years in prison.
Tishan...
Miner charged for murdering two women, dumping their bodies into pits
A 27-year-old Miner, Joshua Connell, of 152 South Vryhied's Lust, East Coast Demerara, was today charged with two counts of Murder contrary to common...
Berbice man who killed and stuffed wife’s body in a barrel sentenced to 25...
A 34-year-old Berbice man will spend the next 25 years in jail for the murder of his wife, 24-year-old Devika Narinedatt.
The judgment was handed...
