Crime / Security
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16 years in jail for taxi driver who raped schoolgirl
Feroz Shakeer, the 36-year-old taxi driver who was found guilty last month of raping a schoolgirl, was on Friday, sentenced to 16 years’ imprisonment ... -
Ex-soldier remanded for attempting to murder girlfriend
A former member of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), who is accused of stabbing his girlfriend seven times was on Thursday charged with attempted ... -
Skeleton remains suspected to be those of Answar Stoll found; to be sent for DNA testing
Police have discovered the skeletal remains of a man in the Kuru Kururu Backdam located on the Soesdyke-Linden highway. The discovery was made at ... -
Friendship man handed life sentences for raping, robbing woman
A 37-year-old man who was found guilty of raping a woman at her home after threatening to harm her baby and robbing her of ... -
Two Vigilance station corporals under close-arrest in torture probe
Two policemen from the Vigilance Police Station on the East Coast Demerara have been placed on close arrest and as the Police Office of ... -
‘Slight’ changes in Divisional Command Structure
L-R Assistant Commissioner Simon Mcbean (on leave), Assistant Commissioner Simon , Assistant Commissioner Pareshram There has been a slight switch of places between a ... -
Brazilians arrested after landing plane with cocaine in Guyana’s interior
Two Foreign Nationals were on Sunday taken into the custody of the Guyana Police Force after they illegally landed a Plane-N5470Z on an airstrip ... -
‘Hot Skull’ gets life sentence for killing pensioner in home invasion
Sherwin Clarke called “Hot Skull” was on Friday sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a pensioner during a robbery at the elderly man’s home ... -
Cop to stand trial for killing Essequibo businessman, Orin Boston
The Police Constable who is accused of fatally shooting Dartmouth, Essequibo businessman, Orin Boston at his home last year, was on Thursday committed to ... -
18 years in jail for man who murdered fellow villager
Phillip Jhagroo, who was found guilty last month by a mixed 12-member jury of the May 2019 murder of Leguan resident Mark Narine, has ...
