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Golden Grove Woman Acquitted of Manslaughter in Reputed Husband’s Death

September 11, 2025 Staff Reporter

After nearly three years before the courts, 32-year-old Aquiella Abrams has been cleared of all charges in the fatal stabbing of her reputed husband, Michael Wilson, after the High Court accepted that she acted in self-defence. The ruling was handed down by Justice Priscilla Chandra-Hanif at the Demerara High Court, where the judge upheld a […]

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Judge orders ‘Melly Mel’ to pay over $38M in defamation damages to Dr Balwant Singh’s Hospital

September 11, 2025 Staff Reporter

Judge orders ‘Melly Mel’ to pay over $38M in defamation damages to Dr Balwant Singh’s HospitalUS-based social media commentator Melissa Ann Atwell, better known as “Melly Mel”, has been ordered to pay in excess of $38 million to Dr Balwant Singh’s Hospital Inc. and its principal, Dr Madhu Singh. The order follows a Demerara High […]

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Defence wants dangerous driving charge dismissed

August 27, 2025 Staff Reporter

The attorney for Dion Richards, the truck driver accused of causing the death of Curtly Christopher Cambridge in a road accident, is asking the court to drop the charge, arguing that the police have failed to prove their case. The matter is being heard before Magistrate Abigail Gibbs at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court. The accident […]

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Former GTU President Colwyn King sentenced to 19 years for child rape

July 17, 2025 Editor

Colwyn King, former president of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), was on Thursday sentenced to 19 years in prison for the rape of a six-year-old girl. King, 61, was unanimously found guilty by a 12-member jury last month at the High Court in Georgetown. The offence stems from two separate incidents in April 2021, during […]

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Man pleads guilty to 2022 murder of pregnant ex-girlfriend

July 13, 2025 Editor

Terrence Thomas, also known as ‘Oosh,’ has pleaded guilty to the brutal 2022 murder of 28-year-old Loretha Simon, who was fatally stabbed at her mother’s Sophia, Greater Georgetown residence in front of her nine-year-old sister. The 36-year-old accused appeared recently before Justice Priscilla Chandra-Hanif at the High Court in Demerara, where he formally entered a […]

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Father granted bail after denying assault on child’s mother

July 13, 2025 Editor

Tony Nelson, a 23-year-old inventory clerk and father of one, was charged with assault causing actual bodily harm to the mother of his child, Alicia Daily. Acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty granted him $20,000 bail at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Friday. The incident reportedly occurred on June 27 at La Penitence, Georgetown, during a […]

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Driver involved in Bel Air hit-and-run accident remanded 

July 11, 2025 Editor

A driver was remanded to prison on Friday after being charged in connection with the fatal accident involving 16-year-old Kimberley Jones of Bel Air Village. Paul Mahabal, 33, a businessman from Montrose, East Coast Demerara (ECD), appeared before Magistrate Michelle Matthias at the Weldaad Magistrates’ Court. Mahabal faces two charges: failing to render assistance and […]

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Cleaner granted bail after allegedly smuggling SIM cards into Camp Street Prison

July 10, 2025 Editor

A 29-year-old cleaner from Albouystown, Georgetown, was granted $50,000 bail on Wednesday after she was charged with attempting to smuggle SIM cards into the Camp Street Prison. Shevaghn Samuels appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, where she initially pleaded guilty with an explanation. However, based on her account, the […]

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Policeman sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing Orin Boston

July 10, 2025 Editor

A former member of the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit, Sherwin Peters, was on Thursday sentenced to 25 years’ imprisonment after being unanimously convicted of manslaughter for the 2021 fatal shooting of 29-year-old Dartmouth businessman Orin Boston. Justice Sandil Kissoon, who presided over the trial at the Essequibo High Court, […]

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Woman freed of killing husband after judge upholds no-case submission

July 10, 2025 Editor

Thirty-five-year-old Melissa Cylus has been freed of a manslaughter charge, more than six years after her common-law husband, Julian Anthony Reberio, was found dead at their Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home. Cylus, who had been accused of unlawfully killing Reberio, faced a jury trial before Justice Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the High Court in Demerara. […]

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