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Security guard accused of assaulting partner granted $100,000 bail

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A 25-year-old security officer was granted $100,000 bail on Friday after being charged with grievous bodily harm allegedly committed against his partner, in what police describe as a troubling history of abusive and controlling behaviour. Kevon French, of La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara (WBD), appeared before Magistrate Annette Singh at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. […]
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Homeless man accused of cheque forgery remanded to prison

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A 24-year-old homeless man who allegedly altered a cheque to inflate its value by $100,000 has been remanded to prison. Romario Benjamin, who has no fixed address, appeared before Senior Magistrate Fabyo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Wednesday to answer two forgery-related charges. Police allege that Benjamin forged a Bank of Guyana cheque […]
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‘Monkeyman’ sentenced to four years for $10M burglary

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Ralph Pollard, also known as “Monkeyman,” a 29-year-old formerly of Lot 29, Diamond New Housing Scheme, and Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was sentenced to four years in prison on Thursday for theft. Pollard appeared virtually from Lusignan Prison before Magistrate Abigail Gibbs at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court, where he pleaded guilty to the charge […]
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Ryan Sookdeo
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‘Scarface’ handed three-year jail sentence for break-and-enter-and-larceny

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Ryan Sookdeo, also known as “Scarface,” a 21-year-old fisherman from Lusignan, East Coast Demerara (ECD), has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to break-and-enter-and-larceny. Sookdeo, who was arrested on June 1, 2025, by ranks from the Vigilance Police Station, was charged under Section 229(a) of the Criminal Law (Offences) Act, Chapter […]
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Melisha Cylus and Julian Anthony Reberio
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Woman to be tried for 2018 killing of common-law partner

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Thirty-five-year-old Melisha Cylus is set to face a jury trial before Justice Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the High Court in Demerara, more than six years after her common-law husband, Julian Anthony Reberio, was found dead at their Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara home. Cylus, who is charged with manslaughter in connection with Reberio’s death, formally pleaded not […]
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Sean Lindore
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Miner sentenced to two years for killing co-worker

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A backdam confrontation that spiralled into deadly violence has ended with a two-year prison sentence for 28-year-old miner Sean Lindore, who admitted to fatally chopping a co-worker during a heated altercation at a mining camp in Sand Hill Backdam, Region Seven. Lindore, known by several aliases including “Samuel,” “Leather,” and “Tallman,” was initially charged with […]
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