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Dec 20, 20221 min read

‘Devil’ gets life sentence for raping girl with down's syndrome

Rondell Chappel, 36, who was found guilty in absentia last month for raping a girl with down's syndrome, was handed a life sentence on...

Dec 17, 20221 min read

Akawaio, Arekuna people do not have “exclusive right” to Upper Mazaruni lands - Chief Justice rules

Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George on Friday ruled on the 28-year-old case by the Akawaio and Arekuna people against the government over...

Dec 16, 20222 min read

High Court quashes EPA permit for Schlumberger to store, use radioactive chemicals

Justice Nareshwar Harnanan on Friday quashed an environmental permit issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to Schlumberger...

Dec 16, 20221 min read

Juice vendor on bail over degrading videos against Top Cop, Calvin Brutus

Twenty-six-year-old Kevin Hiraman has been slapped with two cybercrime charges for allegedly posting degrading videos on Tik Tok against...

Dec 15, 20221 min read

“We will not be silenced,” says Mayor and Duncan after being released on bail

Mayor Ubraj Narine and Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Sherod Duncan were on Thursday released on bail after being slapped with...

Dec 15, 20222 min read

DPP discontinues charge against SOCU’s officers accused of arresting lawyer

The private criminal charges filed against Superintendent Krishnadat Ramana, Sergeant Navranda Persaud, and Sergeant Winston Singh for...

Dec 14, 20222 min read

Appeal Court orders retrial for man who raped woman at knifepoint

Finding that his conviction was unsafe, the Court of Appeal has ordered a retrial against 45-year-old Julius Brunker, who was in 2018...

Dec 13, 20221 min read

14 years imprisonment for man who killed labourer in 2016

Hemraj Bramdeo, called ‘Rickey Scrawley,’ was sentenced to 14 years in jail for the 2016 killing of Wales Estate labourer, Dellon...

Dec 12, 20221 min read

Appeal Court upholds 28-year jail term for man who raped 6-year-old girl

The Court of Appeal (CoA) on Monday affirmed the 28 years jail term for Colvin Norton, who was found guilty of raping a six-year-old girl...

Dec 5, 20221 min read

Duo accused of killing Corentyne man over stole cow freed

A farmer and a labourer were on Monday acquitted of the January 30, 2022, murder of cattle farmer Parmanand Lakeram called ‘Fancy’ and...

Dec 3, 20222 min read

IDPADA-G files lawsuit against government over $8M monthly subvention

The International Decade for People of African Descent-Guyana (IDPADA-G) has moved to the High Court seeking to compel the government to...

Dec 1, 20223 min read

Former murder accused sues State over breach of his fundamental rights

Former murder accused Jones Raymond, who was incarcerated for in excess of nine years without a trial, has slapped the State with a $3...

Nov 28, 20221 min read

Man pleads guilty of killing ‘Chicken’

Fifty-two-year-old Hemraj Bramdeo, called ‘Rickey Scrawley,’ on Monday pleaded guilty to the unlawful killing of 25-year-old Dellon...

Nov 24, 20221 min read

‘Ratty’ gets 17 years in jail for repeatedly raping 9-year-old girl

A 42-year-old man who repeatedly raped a nine-year-old girl in 2018 and threatened to kill her mother if she ever told anyone was...

Nov 23, 20221 min read

16 years in jail for Corentyne man who fatally beat wife in 2017

A Corentyne man who beat his wife to death in 2017 was sentenced to 16 years imprisonment. Raywatram Mooloo, called ‘Adesh’ and ‘Cow...

Nov 21, 20221 min read

Woman fined for assaulting ‘Guyanese Critic’

A British citizen was on Monday hauled before the Sparendaam Magistrate's Court to answer an assault charge committed on social media...

Nov 19, 20221 min read

Venezuelan national charged for murdering associate who had breakfast with his fiancé

Twenty-seven-year-old Carlos DaSilva, called ‘Carlos Rodrigues,’ has been charged with the murder of Ravindra Alfred. DaSilva, a...

Nov 19, 20221 min read

‘Gold teeth’ remanded for fatally stabbing man during row over bush weed

A Mason was on Friday slapped with a murder charge and remanded to prison over the fatal stabbing of 32-year-old Sherwayne Underwood....

Nov 18, 20222 min read

Taxi driver freed of Kescia Branche’s murder files $50.3M lawsuit against State

Matthew Munroe, who was acquitted of the 2017 murder of school teacher Kescia Branche, has filed a $50.3 million lawsuit against the...

Nov 17, 20221 min read

Bail refused for man who stole ducks, chickens, and other items, from farmer

A 45-year-old labourer, who is accused of stealing ducks, a pig, and other items from an Essequibo farmer, was charged and remanded to...