City businessman Marlan DaSilva remains in prison as the court continues preparations for a Paper Committal (PC) into the fatal shooting of his partner, 27-year-old Kenesha Vaughn. The matter was most recently called on May 12, 2025, before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Diamond/Golden Grove Magistrates’ Courts. During the brief hearing, the prosecution served […]
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“Too Cute” granted bail after months on remand for multiple armed robberies
Two remanded, one on bail over Lombard St cocaine bust
Two men were on Friday remanded to prison for possession of cocaine, while another was placed on bail for aiding in the trafficking of narcotics. The accused 47-year-old Colin Alfred of La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara (WBD), 28-year-old Terrence Bentinck of Lot ‘M’ 52 Guyhoc Gardens, Georgetown, and 27-year-old Jason Defreitas, also known as […]
Kitty man remanded for allegedly threatening his infant with knife
A 34-year-old construction worker has been remanded to prison after being accused of threatening his infant child with a knife during a domestic dispute. Ricardo Caleb of Lot 68 William Street, Kitty, Georgetown, appeared before Principal Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. He was charged with threatening behaviour stemming from a May 6, […]
Meten-Meer-Zorg man sentenced to life for setting his wife on fire in front of twins
A West Coast Demerara (WCD) man who brutally set his wife on fire in 2020 has been sentenced to life imprisonment and must serve 24 years before being eligible for parole. Gowkaran, 54, had earlier pleaded guilty to the capital offence of murder when he appeared before Justice Simone Morris at the Demerara High Court. […]
GRA wins $2.1B tax case against SOL Guyana over misapplied fuel exemption
In a ruling issued on Friday, the High Court of Demerara ordered SOL Guyana Incorporated to pay over $2.1 billion in excise taxes to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), after finding that the fuel importer had improperly withheld a large quantity of tax-exempt fuel intended for ExxonMobil’s local operations. Justice Nareshwar Harnanan delivered a 14-page […]
Jamaican man fined for false declaration to obtain Guyanese birth certificate
A Jamaican national was fined $75,000 on Friday after pleading guilty to making a false statutory declaration in an attempt to fraudulently obtain a Guyanese birth certificate under a fictitious identity, with the intent of facilitating travel to Europe. Adrian Anthony Williamson appeared before Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, where the […]