Marijuana in eggs defendant remanded
MAGISTRATE Hazel Octave-Hamilton yesterday remanded Michelle Sancho to prison on a drug trafficking charge.
The defendant, 36, of Lot 472 Third Street, Turkeyen, pleaded not guilty to being in possession of 280 grammes cannabis (marijuana) for the purpose, on May 13 at Ogle Airstrip.
According to Police Corporal Shellon Daniels, prosecuting, Sancho went to the terminal to […]
Arrest warrant issued for fugitive March murder accused
ACTING Chief Magistrate, Melissa Robertson-Ogle, yesterday, issued an arrest warrant for murder accused Jermaine Conway alias ‘Red Man’.
The accused, who was not arrested since the charge was laid, is alleged to have unlawfully killed Sherwin Jansen on March 3 in Joseph Pollydore Street, Lodge, Georgetown.
Police said the victim and the fugitive had an argument that […]
Carol Ann Lynch back in Court
BEAUTY Queen Carol Ann Lynch, recently freed of the charge that she murdered her Swiss House Cambio boss husband, Farouk Razac, was back in Court yesterday, for the case in which the two were jointly charged for illegal possession of firearm and ammunition.
The 35-year-old woman, of Lot 106 Ireng Place, Bel Air Park, Georgetown, is […]
Farmer charged with axe murder of drinking companion
CHEDDI Ramchandra Brijlilas, of Lot 130 Third Street, Mibicuri South, Black Bush Polder, Corentyne, Berbice, was yesterday charged, before Magistrate Tejnarine Ramroop, with the murder of Armanath Dhanraj.
The accused, 31, from the same agricultural community, appeared at Albion Court, Corentyne, accused of unlawfully killing the victim with an axe after the two of them had […]
Skeldon Sugar Modernisation Project murder suspect for psychiatric evaluation
THE suspect detained in the Monday murder of security guard Mahendi Hussain, at the Skeldon Sugar Modernisation Project (SSMP), will be sent to the National Psychiatric Hospital for evaluation.
This is on advice from the chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), where the Police had forwarded the file of statements.
The 43-year-old prisoner is suspected […]
Concurrent jail terms for cocaine, marijuana trafficker
A TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD man, who was found with a quarter gramme of cocaine and half a gramme of cannabis (marijuana), has been jailed for a total of six years.
Magistrate Geeta Chandan imposed the custodial punishment on Imran Ali, of Lot 5 Reliance Abandon, West Canje, at New Amsterdam Court, also in Berbice, yesterday.
Police on mobile patrol […]
Two facing charge for raping recently murdered woman Deokalie Peters
TWO men charged with raping recently murdered Deokalie Peters called Tina will know their fate on June 6.
Haroon Pamessar and Cordel Ellis, both of Rosignol, West Bank Berbice, appeared before Magistrate Geeta Chandan, at New Amsterdam Court yesterday, but were remanded to await the tendering of a death certificate for the victim.
The woman was found […]
Whispering Mabel
Mabel remembers well when the condition of most roads in Georgetown was in such a state of disrepair with potholes being described as craters and interspersing the entire surfaces. It became a genuine complaint of the owners of minibuses to cry out for increases in the fare they are charging the commuting public, with some […]
Good HIV workplace programme
I was very impressed to see in the Stabroek News, May 16 edition an article reporting that the International Labour Organisation has named Guyana as one of five Caribbean countries with a good HIV workplace programme.
HIV is a worldwide phenomenon and many countries are making significant strides in stigma and discrimination awareness, especially in the […]
Transparent ploy to break law
Leader of the main Opposition Party, Robert Corbin claims that he respects and obeys the laws of Guyana . However, yesterday during his planned protests the police did not grant permission for this exercise to continue.
Mr. Corbin, nevertheless, gave his followers this information then proceeded to say that, since his driver had left he would […]
