Former GDF Captain appeals life sentence for shooting death of reputed wife

Former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Captain Orwain Sandy has gone to the Court of Appeal where he is complaining that a life sentence imposed...

Taxi driver remanded for robbing man at Blue Martini Club

A taxi driver was this morning charged and remanded for robbing a man of $500,000 at the popular Blue Martini Club, while his two...

Toilet paper thief gets 6 months jail sentence

A man was yesterday sentenced to six months behind bars for stealing a bale of house proud toilet paper. 42-year-old Divendra Bissoon of Albion Corentyne,...

GECOM Chair, PPP and small parties argue no jurisdiction, res judicata in latest elections...

The common thread in the arguments presented today before Chief Justice Roxanne George is that the matters raised by the applicant, Misenga Jones, are...

Evidence of star witness in Marcus Bisram case ‘worthless’, ‘unreliable’; unsafe to put before...

By Feona Morrison State Prosecutors failed to produce sufficient evidence at the close of a Preliminary Inquiry (PI) to prove that Guyana-born U.S.-based businessman, Marcus...

Deeds Registrar ordered to repay $4.5M to the State after being found guilty of...

After being on trial for three years, Acting Deeds and Commercial Registrar, Azeena Baksh was today ordered to make a full restitution of $4.5M...

Ex-convicts committed to stand High Court trial for execution-style killing of ‘White Boy’

Two ex-convicts who were released from prison in April 2019 , were this afternoon committed to stand trial in the High Court for the...

Sexual offences involving children dominate Demerara Criminal Assizes

Sexual offences involving children have dominated the list of cases for trial at the January Demerara Criminal Assizes which opened last week Tuesday. The...

GECOM’s Assistant Registration Officer granted $100,000 station bail 

The Guyana Elections Commission's (GECOM) Assistant Registration Officer attached to the Better Hope office, Carolyn Duncan, was today released on $100,000 station bail pending...

Court of Appeal dismisses case seeking to block declaration of elections results

In a unanimous decision delivered today, the Court of Appeal dismissed an application filed by government supporter, Misenga Jones who is seeking to block...

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