Man gunned down in car, female friend wounded

Aug 24, 2016 News 0 Comments

A 23-year-old man was gunned down and his 22-year-old female friend wounded during a confrontation with another man in Perry Street Tucville at around 21.20 hrs last night.

Relatives said that the victims, Colin Perreira, of Barr Street, Kitty, and Gail Ann Chacoh, 22, were shot while sitting in a car that Perreira was driving.

Perreira, an excavator operator, was shot in the chest and stomach and died shortly after. Chacon was reportedly shot in the back and hands and was undergoing surgery last night at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.

Reports indicated that the two friends were shot by a resident of Perry Street, Tucville, shortly after they had reversed onto the resident’s bridge. The shooter has reportedly been detained.

Kaieteur News understands that Perreira had just left a popular Kitty bar, where he was hanging out with friends.

He then dropped off some people and then headed to Perry Street, where the shooting occurred.

His mother, Cerene Roberts, said that she received a call at around 21.20 hrs that her son, also known as ‘Malcolm’, had been shot. She said that she went to Perry Street, where she was shown the area where the shooting had occurred. She also saw a police rank driving the car that her son had used. The vehicle had a number of bullet-holes in the windscreen.

According to Mrs. Roberts, the rank indicated that he was taking the vehicle to the East La Penitence Police Station.

She said that her son succumbed after being taken by friends to the GPHC.

According to the woman, her son had no enemies that she is aware of.

Cross-dresser, accomplice rob Kitty hotel

Aug 30, 2016 News 0 Comments

A man, dressed as a woman, along with four accomplices robbed a Kitty, Georgetown short-time

The premises where the robbery occurred.

hotel around 12:20 hrs yesterday.
Kaieteur News was told that the cross dresser and another man approached security guard Mark Reid – who was working at the front desk of Mikel’s Plaza – under the pretence of renting a room.
When he opened the door, three other men rushed in and held up Reid.
Acting Commander of ‘A’ Division, Marlon Chapman said that the employee was robbed of his cellular phone, wrist watch and a small amount of cash.
When this newspaper visited the scene yesterday, one employee was at the hotel who claimed that she was not on duty when the incident transpired.
However, Kaieteur News understands that when the first two persons got into the building, the other three forced their way in and after stripping Reid of his valuables; they tied him and left him on the kitchen floor.
The bandits then ransacked the building while continuously asking the security guard for the location of a safe.
After they failed to locate the safe, they removed a television from a wall in the hotel’s waiting room and stole all the beverages that were in the fridge before escaping.
The entire ordeal was recorded on surveillance camera.

Gunmen beat, tie and force victim under bed before escaping with loot

Aug 30, 2016 News 0 Comments

A Tucville, Georgetown resident was beaten, tied and forced to lie under his bed by five bandits, who emptied his home around 22:15 hrs on Sunday. The incident occurred at 998 Critchlow Street.

Beaten, tied and robbed: Myron Christopher

After the ordeal, the victim, Myron Christopher was forced to seek treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital after sustaining injuries to his head.
According to information received, Christopher had just arrived home and pushed his door in a little—he was going to put his bag down then return to lock the door but instead, he stayed in his room a bit longer.
In an interview, the victim said that he was sitting on his bed when a man holding a gun forced his way into the room and demanded that he stand.
“Another one came in behind the first one and I could have seen two other persons who were wearing masks standing outside the room,” Christopher recalled.
He said that two of the five men were armed.
According to the victim, he was beaten in the head after which the men tied him and demanded that he lie under the bed. He said that the men first took his phone and then took a basket with his clothes.
Kaieteur News was told that while Christopher was under the bed, the men escaped with money and jewellery along with household appliances.
The victim’s landlord, Shawn Austin, said that while he was asleep, his family was watching television but heard no sound downstairs. He said that they only learnt of the robbery when Christopher ran up their steps and started shouting for thief. .
According to Austin, Sunday night’s robbery was the latest in a series of incidents that has been occurring in the community.
“On Sunday night, continuous efforts to get a patrol from East La Penitence station which is a mere five minutes away, took one and a half hours before ranks turned up. Calls were made to the station first at approximately 10:34pm when the incident occurred then again at 10:55pm,” he said.
After the police did not show up, Austin was forced to call the Commander of ‘A’ Division, Clifton Hicken, who is on leave.
Ranks turned up less than 10 minutes after a call was placed to the commander.

Mother among two remanded for cocaine found in suitcase of boy, 15

Aug 31, 2016 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News 0 Comments

Cora Towler and Ian Griffith, both of East La Penitence, Georgetown, were remanded to prison after over two pounds of cocaine were discovered in the handle of a suitcase carried by a juvenile, who was about to broad a flight destined for the United States via the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA).
Towler, 41, the mother of the boy and Griffith, 40, denied the allegation that on August 27, at the CJIA, they had 1.004 kilograms of cocaine in their possession for the purpose of trafficking.
They were charged separately after they appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
According to reports, the 15-year-old was apprehended at the airport moments before he was scheduled to board a flight destined for JFK, New York. It was reported that narcotic ranks stationed at the airport unearthed the illicit drug after inspecting the luggage.
A number of persons were reportedly taken into custody after the discovery. It is alleged that the mother of the juvenile admitted that she had hidden the cocaine in the child’s luggage. Griffith was reported to have been taken into custody after it was revealed that he had supplied the woman with cocaine.
Attorney Paul Fung-A-Fat represented Towler while Griffith was represented by attorney Peter Hugh. During a bail application, Fung-A-Fat told the court that his client and Griffith packed the suitcase together which was borrowed from someone else. According to the lawyer, his client assisted police with information which led to the arrest of Griffith.
Attorney Hugh said that the cocaine was found concealed in the handle of the suitcase.
Police Prosecutor Shevon Jupiter opposed bail for the duo. The prosecutor indicated that investigations are still ongoing in the matter.
They will make their next court appearance on September 13.

Police, bandits exchange fire after Enmore robbery

− 1 nabbed

Moments after committing a robbery on the R Ramlogan General Store, Enmore, East Coast Demerara, on Monday one man was apprehended while five others are on the run. The robbery reportedly occurred at about 17:00h by a group of men who were all armed with handguns

The car used by the men to commit the robbery

Reports are after committing the robbery the armed men boarded a pink Toyota Raum bearing registration PNN 334 and left the scene.

However, as the vehicle drove off, the Police gave chase but came under fire. In retaliation, the Police discharge several rounds at vehicle, one of which shattered the back windscreen.

The shootout reportedly started at Enmore and ended in Bare Root Village, ECD, which led to the arrest of one of the bandits. The others reportedly abandoned the car and ran into the bushy area in the backdam.

An unlicensed firearm was reportedly found in the possession of the man apprehended. He was taken into custody and is being grilled about the names of his accomplices. The car was impounded at the Cove and John Police Station.

Acting Crime Chief, Hugh Jessemy when contacted told Guyana Times that the men had committed a robbery in the area and with quick response by the Police one was arrested. While he did not have much information about the robbery, he noted that a team of investigators were up to late Monday evening at the store taking statements from the victims.

Attempts to contact the Ramlogams proved futile.

Meanwhile Guyana Times understands that this is not the first time the store has been robbed by armed men. One resident disclosed that only a few months ago gunmen stormed the establishment and carted off an undisclosed sum of money and other items. Police in C Division have launched a manhunt for the escaped bandits.

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Mother among two remanded for cocaine found in suitcase of boy, 15

Aug 31, 2016 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News 0 Comments

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Cora Towler and Ian Griffith, both of East La Penitence, Georgetown, were remanded to prison after over two pounds of cocaine were discovered in the handle of a suitcase carried by a juvenile, who was about to broad a flight destined for the United States via the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA).
Towler, 41, the mother of the boy and Griffith, 40, denied the allegation that on August 27, at the CJIA, they had 1.004 kilograms of cocaine in their possession for the purpose of trafficking.
They were charged separately after they appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
According to reports, the 15-year-old was apprehended at the airport moments before he was scheduled to board a flight destined for JFK, New York. It was reported that narcotic ranks stationed at the airport unearthed the illicit drug after inspecting the luggage.
A number of persons were reportedly taken into custody after the discovery. It is alleged that the mother of the juvenile admitted that she had hidden the cocaine in the child’s luggage. Griffith was reported to have been taken into custody after it was revealed that he had supplied the woman with cocaine.
Attorney Paul Fung-A-Fat represented Towler while Griffith was represented by attorney Peter Hugh. During a bail application, Fung-A-Fat told the court that his client and Griffith packed the suitcase together which was borrowed from someone else. According to the lawyer, his client assisted police with information which led to the arrest of Griffith.
Attorney Hugh said that the cocaine was found concealed in the handle of the suitcase.
Police Prosecutor Shevon Jupiter opposed bail for the duo. The prosecutor indicated that investigations are still ongoing in the matter.
They will make their next court appearance on September 13.

PNC fund raising gone bad. Very soon, travelers will not be allowed to have handles on their suitcases. What will they try next?

Police nab serial robber

August 31, 2016

Diamond woman shot during botched robbery

Sep 01, 2016 News 0 Comments

A Diamond, East Bank Demerara woman was shot by one of two bandits around 19:00 hrs yesterday during a botched robbery at the victim’s grocery shop located at Seventh Avenue.
Gomattie Ramrattan, 55, was shot just under her left ear during the incident. She was rushed to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre before being transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital.
According to information received, the woman had just reached home and opened her shop when the two bandits pounced on her.
They pretended to be customers for the first couple of seconds, but then one of them pointed a gun at the woman and demanded that she opened the grill on the door to allow them in.
When she refused to comply, they discharge a round—hitting her under her ear before escaping.
At the hospital, the woman’s sister, Rosita said that she was at a cremation when she received a call that the mother of two had been shot.
The woman said that she was only informed that her sibling was shot by bandits. “She is responding by showing signs, but she is not speaking.”
Investigations are ongoing.

Man riddled with bullets in North Ruimveldt

Sep 02, 2016 News 0 Comments

Mark Anthony, called ‘Q Q,’ was gunned down in North Ruimveldt shortly after 20.15 hrs last night.
According to reports, Anthony, 22, of North Ruimveldt, was sitting on a bench when two men approached him and drew handguns.
Anthony fled through a shortcut, pursued by the gunmen who caught up with him and riddled him before escaping.
Anthony was reportedly pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.
Kaieteur News understands that Anthony was freed just last April on firearm and ammunition charges.
Anthony, Andrew Davis Hescott, 35, of Middle Road La Penitence and 27-year-old Ryan Hescott had the charges against them dismissed after the prosecution had failed to tender the firearms to the court on several occasions.
The first charge had alleged that on December 5, last, at Robb Street, Georgetown, they had in their possession seven rounds of ammunition without being the holders of firearm licences.
It was further alleged that the men had two firearms in their possession, when they were not holders of licences.
The three men, along with now-dead Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Lance Corporal Aaron Eastman, were jointly charged with the offences.
Lance Corporal Eastman who had 10 years of service in GDF died on March 3, after he was burnt to death during the Camp Street Prison fire, which claimed the lives of 17 inmates. According to reports, on December 5, 2015 police ranks during ‘Operation Dragnet’ stopped a motorcar on Robb Street, after observing its occupants acting in a suspicious manner.
They conducted a search of the vehicle, which was reported to be bearing an obscure number plate. The lawmen allegedly unearthed the guns and ammunition hidden in various parts of the car.
It was reported that concerned citizens saw the defendants in a motor car on Robb Street, acting in a suspicious manner. Police were summoned and cornered the vehicle, driven by the soldier.
At the time the GDF rank was reportedly wearing a black ‘hoodie’.
The vehicle was searched and the police reportedly found a .32 revolver with matching rounds under the front passenger’s seat and a 12 gauge sawn-off shot gun from under the driver’s seat.
When the quartet made their first court appearance on September 8, 2015, Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan had remanded them to prison on the ground of ensuring the public’s safety and the need to prevent them from committing another offence.

Gunmen strike twice within hours at Vreed-en-Hoop businesses

Sep 02, 2016 News 0 Comments

Popular hangout spot Palm Castle

Gunmen struck at two New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara businesses yesterday within the space of just a few hours.
The two businesses are also near each other.
The bandits first struck at a Shoppers Choice at around 10:00 hrs. Three men, one armed with a handgun, invaded the supermarket and held customers and staff at gunpoint.
They relieved the customers of cash and valuables then proceeded to empty the cash registers.
After robbing the victims, the gang locked everyone in a room at the back of the

Chinese owned, Shoppers Choice mart

building. A delivery truck driver who walked in when the robbery was in progress shared the same fate.
The robbers then escaped in a waiting car.
A few hours later, two gunmen robbed the customers and employees of the popular hangout spot Palm Castle just a few doors away.
According to the proprietor, the bandits put a gun to the waitress’s head and emptied the bar drawer of cash before relieving the customers, one of whom claimed he lost some $80,000.
The bandits were apparently thirsty as they rummaged through the coolers. They then sped off in a waiting car.

upermarket owner claims cops acted uncaring after robbery

Sep 02, 2016 News 0 Comments

There is no doubt that the Guyana Police Force has been desperately trying to build a

The supermarket that was robbed.

relationship with members of the public, but it seems as if some ranks are not too interested in developing a relationship with the people who are paying them.
Take for instance, a businessman, his customers and staff were harassed and robbed at gunpoint by three men at Fresh Mart Supermarket in Covent Garden, East Bank Demerara around 19:30 hrs on Wednesday.
The businessman says that approximately 20 minutes after the robbery, provided images captured on surveillance camera of the suspects and a possible location of the gunmen, but this information was completely disregarded by the police.
Firstly, when the proprietor visited the Providence Police Station to report the robbery Wednesday night, he claims he was told that the station was “closed off for the night”.
Secondly, up until 14:00 hrs yesterday, the police did not visit the businessman’s premises in Covent Garden to take fingerprints—despite promising to do so at 08:00hrs.

One of the suspects (at left) is seen here on one of the business place’s surveillance cameras.

Wednesday night’s incident was not the first, but in fact a series of robberies that occurred there. “I get so fed up of the police at the Providence station that I stopped reporting when things happen but this time, too many people were involved,” the man said.
He explained that his numerous “horrifying” experiences with the Guyana Police Force have discouraged him in continuing business in Guyana.
“The Minister (Khemraj Ramjattan) said that he will regulate private security firms, but the police force needs to be regulated, because the police are not doing anything for the citizens and there is no protection for anyone,” the businessman stated.
He explained that immediately after the robbery, he was able to trace his stolen cellular phone (which has a tracking device) and related this information to the police. “The police said that they will send a patrol, but up to now, nothing was done.”
The proprietor is offering a $1M reward for any information leading to the arrest of the three suspects.
Recalling what transpired on the night of the robbery, the businessman said that they were just about to close the supermarket when two customers went in and requested to purchase a few items.
It was while the two staffers were attending to the customers that the three suspects rushed into the supermarket and demanded that everyone lie on the floor.
The men made off with an undisclosed sum of cash from the supermarket along with valuables from the staffers and customers.
While no one was harmed, the men did threaten to return and “kill a few people” if they called the police.
The businessman believes that the robbery might have been plotted by someone whom he had a confrontation with sometime last month. He is calling on the police to conduct a thorough investigation.

There is no doubt that the Guyana Police Force has been desperately trying to build a relationship with members of the public, but it seems as if some ranks are not too interested in developing a relationship with the people who are paying them.

 

upermarket owner claims cops acted uncaring after robbery, Sep 02, 2016 News 0 Comments

Perhaps, those ranks were expecting "a something".

Demerara_Guy posted:

There is no doubt that the Guyana Police Force has been desperately trying to build a relationship with members of the public, but it seems as if some ranks are not too interested in developing a relationship with the people who are paying them.

 

upermarket owner claims cops acted uncaring after robbery, Sep 02, 2016 News 0 Comments

Perhaps, those ranks were expecting "a something".

And thiefman Granger and cockeye Ramjattan claim crime has gone down. Not for Indians. 

Gunmen dress as women rob Bourda Market vendors

Sep 03, 2016 News 0 Comments

Four men dressed as women robbed four vendors who work the night shift along Robb Street, Bourda, between Alexander and Bourda Streets. The incident occurred around 01:00hrs on Thursday.

One of the grocery stalls that the perpetrators attacked.

According to one of the vendors, the men were armed with handguns and began pillaging the unsuspecting grocery sellers. She said that they used a car to make good their escape. It is unclear what type of vehicle was used or its registration number.
The vendor told Kaieteur News that her son was selling at the time, and was relieved of his cellular phone but the bandits were unable to take any significant sum of money.
Another stall owner said that she was the only person who went to the Brickdam Police Station to report the matter. She also said that it is not the first time the night vendors have been robbed. According to the woman, ranks of the Guyana Police Force need to beef up their presence in the area so as to curb the upsurge of criminal activity.
Male robbers disguising themselves in female attire seem to be the new mode of operation. Last Tuesday, one such individual along with an accomplice robbed a Kitty hotel. This publication was told that the ‘cross-dresser’ and another man approached a security guard, Mark Reid, who was working at the front desk of Mikel’s Plaza under the pretence of wanting to rent a room.
When Reid opened the door, three other men rushed in and held him up, robbing him of his cellular phone, wrist watch and a small amount of cash.

Police raid city night spots

September 3, 2016

Boys, 15 and 16, shoot, rob barber in Essequibo

Sep 04, 2016 News 0 Comments

– suspects captured

Two boys, aged 15 and 16, are in police custody for allegedly shooting 43-year-old barber Troy

Critical but stable:
Troy Hercules

Hercules after robbing him of cash and jewellery at his Henrietta, Essequibo home at around 03:00 hrs yesterday.
Hercules was shot in the stomach and groin just as he was about to close his gate after parking his car.
The robbers reportedly fled the scene in a vehicle, while their victim was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Suddie Public Hospital. His condition is reportedly listed as critical but stable.
Kaieteur News understands that the bullets that penetrated Hercules’ stomach exited through his back, while a bullet is still lodged in his groin.
Police arrested one of the teens just as he was about to board a speedboat which was destined for Parika. The other alleged accomplice was nabbed at Parika.
Police recovered a gun and some matching rounds.
Troy Hercules’ sister, Rhonda Hercules, told Kaieteur News that her brother, a father of two, went to a function at Queenstown and returned to his Henrietta home minutes after 03:00 hrs yesterday.
The sister said she then heard two explosions, and at first thought that someone had lit squibs, but it was in fact gunshots.
Hercules said that she peeped through a window and saw her wounded brother lying on the road. The woman ran to her sibling’s aid and recalled that he asked her to take him to hospital.

Mistaken for a thief, and beaten to death

Sep 05, 2016 News 0 Comments

– Ardell Haynes’ family still hopes for justice, eight years later

By Michael Jordan

Ardell Haynes was no criminal…just a law-abiding loving father and skilled tradesman.
But 42-year-old Haynes was also fond of the bottle. That weakness led to a senseless and deadly confrontation almost eight years ago.
Back then, Ardell Haynes, an electrician, lived in South Ruimveldt with his wife and their ten-year-old daughter.
On Monday, December 8, 2008, two seemingly unrelated events happened. Ardell Haynes got drunk, and a petty thief broke into a woman’s home in East La Penitence.
Sometime in the wee hours of Tuesday 9, 2008, the phone rang at Ardell Haynes’ residence.
The caller identified herself as a policewoman and asked a relative who answered if she knew Mr. Haynes.
Yes, the relative said, and the policewoman told the relative that Mr. Haynes was at the East La Penitence Police Station.
The relative heard someone groaning in the background, and wanted to know why Mr. Haynes was at the station. The policewoman responded “I can’t tell you, I can’t tell you,” then hung up.
At around eleven o’clock on the night of December 8, 2008, Haynes’ reputed wife, Sherie Sydney, had tried unsuccessfully to contact the electrician on his cell phone. She surmised that he was out drinking with friends, since he seldom answered his phone when he was imbibing.
Next, a nephew attempted to reach Haynes on the electrician’s phone and got a disturbing response.
A man, who was definitely not his uncle, answered. In the background, the nephew reportedly heard someone shouting: “Yuh’all doan  kill dat man.”

Ordock Reid

Keith Binns

Ardel Haynes

The man who had answered the phone reportedly tried to pass himself off as Ardell Haynes.
The nephew relayed this information to Haynes’ reputed wife, and at around three o’clock, a worried Sherie Sydney contacted ranks at the East La Penitence Police Station by telephone to enquire whether there had been reports of anyone who had been beaten.
No one answered, but when she rang her husband’s cellular phone, a man who identified himself as a police answered.
Mrs. Sydney was asked to redial the station’s number. A policewoman answered and told her
“they bring in a man and they say how is a thief.”
Mrs. Sydney, accompanied by two other relatives, went to the station. There they found a badly beaten and unresponsive Ardell Haynes lying in the station compound, while it rained.
Haynes was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.
No police rank reportedly accompanied the relatives to the hospital. Kaieteur News understands that Sydney was beaten by as many as a dozen people. His skull was fractured (he was reportedly struck on the head with hammer) and most of his internal organs were damaged.
What had happened was that at around two o’clock on Tuesday, December 9, a burglar had broken into the Pirai Square, East La Penitence home of a Mrs. Christine Canterbury.
The thief, who had entered through a window, was making off with the woman’s television set, when some residents saw him and raised an alarm.
The thief reportedly dropped the television set and fled through an alley, with a group of young men hot on his tracks.
Around that same time, an intoxicated Ardell Haynes was riding a borrow bicycle through the area. That was when a group of residents mistook him for ‘the thief’, even though the victim, Christine Canterbury, would later say that she could not recognize the burglar.
It is alleged that a woman in the mob struck him in the head with a hammer. A source close to the family alleged that some of Haynes’ assailants had been ‘smoking’ prior to the brutal assault.
The beating reportedly left Haynes unable to stand. His attackers then took him to the East La Penitence Police Station, where he was left to die in the compound.
The ranks reportedly failed to take statements, or the names of those who brought Haynes to the station.
However, a few days later, police arrested two East La Penitence men who were said to have been among the ‘vigilante group.’
On December 23, 2009, forty-eight-year-old Ordock Reid of 1969 Blue Mountain Road, Festival City and Keith Binns also called ‘Boogy’ of Lot A 76 East La Penitence, were charged with manslaughter.
The prosecutor objected to granting the accused men, on the grounds that the two might not return to court if their conditional freedom was granted
Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson ordered that the men be remanded.
But then years passed, and Ardell Hayne’s relative s aid they heard nothing more about the matter.  Mrs. Haynes said that she was told that the case had been put over to the High Court. This suggested that there was enough evidence for the two accused to face a trial.
But last week, the office of the Director of Public Prosecutors (DPP) told Kaieteur News that the case had been “nolle prossed” since 2009.
Kaieteur News was unable to ascertain why the prosecution apparently indicated that there was insufficient evidence to proceed with the case against the two.
“I do not believe that anything can come out of the matter now,” an individual close to the slain man said yesterday.
“But we are still angry over his death, and still upset over the actions of the East La penitence police, who just left him in the rain.”
At the time, it was reported that the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) had launched an investigation into the alleged negligence and misconduct of the ranks who were on duty when Haynes was taken to the East La Penitence Police Station. It is unclear whether any rank was disciplined.

Albouystown kidnapping…Victim reportedly stole diamonds, cash from abductors

Sep 06, 2016 News 0 Comments

An Albouystown man, who was dragged out of his home last Wednesday by a group of men, reportedly stole a quantity of diamonds and cash from his abductors.

Ryan Khan

The man has been identified as Ryan Khan, a fisherman, of 147 Cooper Street, Albouystown.
According to information received, Khan was allegedly abducted by eight armed men, who arrived at his home in four white cars.
Yesterday, a police source said that the man who was kidnapped has been described as a “serial safe-breaker,” and burglars would usually pay him to break their victims’ safes.
The source said that Khan along with others reportedly broke into someone’s house in Kitty recently and stole a significant amount of cash along with diamonds after breaking a safe.
It is alleged that it is as a result of that burglary that the Albouystown resident was kidnapped.
“This man is bad when it comes to breaking people safe. He can pass at a house and tell you how many safes you have in your house and then come back with his crew to steal from you later,” a source told this newspaper.
Kaieteur News was told that when the Kitty residents were robbed, they apparently did not bother to report the matter but instead decided to “take matters in their own hands”.
“Like these people had a lot of valuables in there and when these people (thieves) went into their home, they escaped with a lot of valuables. They (thieves) even started spending the people money. One person bought car and so, but we hearing that he sell back the car when he hear the people tracking them down,” a source said.
It is believed that Khan will be released after he hands over the valuables to the persons from whom he stole them.
Khan’s relatives told this newspaper that he was on his verandah when he was forced at gunpoint into a white, heavily-tinted Toyota Premio. The men then took him out of the car and back into his house to retrieve some clothing.
Kaieteur News was told that calls to Khan’s phone went unanswered until Thursday evening, when a man who answered said: “If I don’t get my diamonds, I’ll kill him.” That was the last time any contact was made to the man’s phone.
The relatives said that they heard Khan yelling in the background during the call. On the day he was kidnapped, he was wearing a yellow jersey, camouflage pants and hat and a pair of brown slippers.

Dredge owner succumbs after chopped by father and son

Sep 06, 2016 News 0 Comments

A 32-year-old father of four died at the Georgetown Public Hospital on Sunday morning, two days after he was attacked and chopped by a father and son at a backdam in Port Kaituma, Region One.

Dead: Ryan English

The dead has been identified as Ryan English, a dredge owner, of Port Kaituma.
A Post Mortem examination performed on the remains yesterday revealed that the victim died from hemorrhage due to multiple incision wounds.
Reports are that on Friday, English and one of the suspects (the son) were imbibing alcohol at a shop in Port Kaituma when an argument ensued, which later resulted in English sustaining a chop wound to the head.
Kaieteur News understands that the two men had a previous disagreement and while consuming alcohol, they were taunting each other about the issue—this resulted in the suspect getting angry and attacking the victim.
English’s wife, Lashana Nichols, said that when her spouse was chopped to the head, he went further up the backdam, less than a mile from where he was drinking, to meet with his attacker’s father and complain to him about what his son had done.
“When he reach to the camp to complain to the boy’s father, the man hold his two hands and his son come and start chop he (English). The workers dem who were in the camp run away because of how they were chopping Ryan,” Nichols said.
This newspaper was told that the older suspect, who is in his late 40s, sustained a chop wound to his hand in the process.
“When dey finish chop he, the son run away and the father stay back. The police arrest him and they are looking for his son,” the woman lamented.
Nichols also related that when her spouse was lying at the camp in a pool of blood, someone went in his pocket and stole four ounces of gold—the police are investigating this.
According to information received, English was taken to the landing by some of the camp workers after which he was rushed to the Port Kaituma hospital before being transferred to the Georgetown Hospital.
He reportedly died during surgery.

Cummings Lodge man shot during botched robbery

Taxi driver gunned down after delivering meal in Albouystown

Sep 12, 2016 News 0 Comments

Dead: Oswald Rambarran

Gunmen on a motorcycle executed a 007 Taxi Service driver at around 21.30 hrs last night in King Edward Street, Albouystown, minutes after a resident called him out to do a delivery in the area.
Oswald Rambarran, 37, known as ‘Downs’, of Middle Road, La Penitence, was shot in the head while drinking with the resident and two other men, who fled the scene unharmed.
According to reports, a resident of Lot 139 King Edward Street, Albouystown, called Rambarran, a father of four, at around 21.30 hrs, requesting that the taxi driver drop off a meal at his home.
It is alleged that after dropping off the meal, Rambarran sat at a table outside the house with the resident and two others. They were reportedly drinking with two men rode up on a motorcycles, drew guns and opened fire, hitting Rambarran in the head.
Rambarran’s companions fled and when they returned, they found him lying on the ground. He died shortly after at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Dolly Yarde, his reputed wife, said that she last heard from him Saturday, when he brought some money for one of their children.
She said that she received a call from someone who said that Rambarran was shot and was at the Georgetown Hospital. On arriving there she went to the Accident and Emergency Unit where she saw her reputed husband, who was bleeding from a head wound. Yarde said that she left her husband for a few minutes to get the money for the CT scan, and when she returned she was told that he had succumbed.
The killing comes just a few days after 22-year-old Mark Anthony, called ‘Q Q,’ was executed in North Ruimveldt.

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September 12, 2016

Gunmen storm 3 homes in Eccles

Different groups of bandits on Wednesday invaded three homes in the Young Professional Housing Scheme in Eccles, East Bank of Demerara (EBD).
Registrar of Deeds, Azeena Baksh, was terrorised by two armed bandits at about 13:30h. Baksh explained that the bandits entered the yard and held up her security guard along with several workmen before entering the house, where she was alone at the time.
“They tied the guard up, they tied the contractor up. Then they pointed the gun to the guard and told him to call up to me to ask for water. So I came downstairs to give him the water and that’s how they came into the house,” she told Guyana Times.
The men held her at gunpoint and demanded jewellery and other valuables, but after being robbed last year, she had none at home.

The perpetrators who were captured by the Police

After realising that there were no valuables in the home, Baksh reported that the gunmen threatened to kill or kidnap her if she does not hand over something valuable.

At this point, her brother-in-law arrived at the home and this startled the bandits, who fled the scene empty-handed.

The window through which the bandits gained entry into Attorney Paula Nicholson’s home

Registrar of Deeds, Azeena Baksh

“I think they got scared and they jumped the back fence. By then, my sister called the Police to come… the bandits had already gotten away by the time they arrived,” she stated.
Another group of bandits stormed the home of Attorney Paula Nicholson.
Prompt response from the Police resulted in the perpetrators being captured as they were ransacking the house. Speaking to Guyana Times, the Attorney explained that her daughter was at home alone when she noticed that two armed men were attempting to break into the house.
“I got a call from my daughter and she said that there were some suspicious activities taking place at the back of the fence. I told her if she believes she’s under threat to secure herself in a room, which she did. In addition to doing that, she called 911 and the Police responded immediately,” she related.
Nicholson said when the Police arrived at the home, the bandits attempted to flee the scene but were apprehended. The Attorney expressed gratitude to the Police for their quick response.
Guyana Times was reliably informed that another house in the area was robbed. In July, the Vice Chairman of the Community Policing Group, as well as his neighbour, was robbed by armed bandits.
Just last week, thieves gained entry into another resident’s home by drilling a hole through the wall.

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