See Bharat jewelry, 3 posts up. The Indians continue to bear the brunt of PNC fund raising activities.
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This trend of Indos being robbed, brutalized and murdered just because they are Indos is a reminder of PNC part One.
This administration is taking Guyana to destruction with their corruption, theft and wholesale racist attitude and policy towards Indos. It will only get worse.
Those who supported the AFC will live to regret because of their mistakes. Moses is now a piece of trash for Granger. Trotwman was recently chosen over Moses to chair an investigation. This speaks volumes of what Granger thinks of Indos in the PNC.
More is yet to come. Indos who are smart enough should leave now. It will become dog eat dog under the PNC crooks.
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Murdered: Devanand Sanichar
Teen chopped, beaten to death âduring âwedding-houseâ brawl
August 16, 2016
By Michel Outridge
DEVANAND Sanichar, 13, of Plantain Walk, Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was reportedly chopped and beaten to death by a group of men following an argument at a âwedding houseâ in the village on Sunday night.The incident reportedly occurred at approximately 23:30hrs at the Plantain Walk Access Road, in Triumph, not far away from where the lad lived.
Devanandâs grieving parents and siblings
According to the police, Sanichar, who was at a function in the village, had earlier had an altercation with some men over a girl. He reportedly left the function and returned with a cutlass, whereupon the argument continued.
Reports are that one of the persons with whom he had the argument took the cutlass away from the teen and dealt him a chop to his head; and that whilst on the ground, he was given a severe beating with a stick.
The Guyana Chronicle has learnt that three persons are in custody, assisting with the investigation but the primary suspect is currently on the run.
11 HOUSES AWAY
Mother of the deceased, Sookdai Sanichar told this newspaper that she, along with other relatives and her son, were at a wedding some 11 houses away from theirs, when at around 23:00h, she saw him leave.
Reports are that the teen had been drinking beers before he left the âwedding houseâ with a friend who frequented their home.
The grieving mother of four said that within 15 minutes of his leaving, she was informed that he was lying lifeless on the street.
She said she immediately left the wedding and went to verify what she had been told, and upon arrival, found that he was indeed lying in a pool of blood on the street, with a gaping chop wound to his head.
According to the woman, her sonâs body bore other marks of violence.
She said it was based on the information given the police by another teen, who reportedly saw what happened, that three persons are now in custody.
The Sanicharâs home
The teenager reportedly saw a group of men, all of whom reside in Beterverwagting, chopping Sanichar as he attempted to defend himself with a piece of wood. It is believed that while the teenager was attacked by five men, the prime suspect is still at large.
NEW TO COMMUNITY
And according to sources, he not only recently moved to the community and befriended the teenager, but would invite him out from time to time.
âI need justice for my son,â the ladâs mother said, âbecause he was a good person. He didnât drink a lot, didnât tâief nor smoke; and whoever killed him should face the full force of the law.â
As she told the Guyana Chronicle, Devanand, who was her âfirst-bornâ, attended Lusignan Secondary, but due to circumstances, she was forced to take him out of school.
His father, meanwhile, said he was not around when the incident occurred, and is at a loss as to why anyone would want to kill his son.
The teen would have turned 14 on September 23.
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Valas Mootee
âMai Mai Damâ altercationâĶ Alleged gunman flees, leaving severed wrist
August 15, 2016
âhe and cohorts hospitalised after chopping spree
By Jeune Bailey-Van Keric
AFTER his left hand was severed at the wrist, eyewitnesses say, Ashton Simon fled the scene, leaving it behind, fluttering on the ground where it fell, silver ring still intact.The 42-year-old father of five, of Sheet Anchor, East Canje, was amongst three persons who went to âMai Mai Damâ, a squatting area on the eastern fringes of the township of New Amsterdam, on Sunday afternoon ostensibly to settle an old score. According to eyewitnesses, Simon was the first to mount the stairs of the home of the Gildaries, the family with whom he and his two friends had a misunderstanding.
It was around 17:30hrs, they said, and Rohit Gildarie was seated on the front stairs having a meal, when Simon, along with Valas Mootee Boodie and Jason Wilson exited a motorcar driven by one AndrÃĐ Lewis of Palmyra Village.
Ashton Simon
QUICK AS A FLASH
Reports are that it was Simon who pointed a gun at Rohitâs neck, when, quick as a flash, one of the latterâs siblings, who was armed with a cutlass, fired a chop, severing Simonâs left hand, which was in an upraised position in the vicinity of his neck. He also sustained other injuries about the body.
His two companions meanhile, who had accused the Gildharies of being police informers, were also dealt several chops during the melee, which saw curious neighbours and passersby flocking the scene to get a first-hand glimpse of the incident.
Wilson lost his left ear, and suffered lacerations to his back and chest, while Boodie, a fisherman, was chopped in the region of his right side rib.
All three men remain patients in the male surgical ward at the New Amsterdam Hospital.
NO BUSINESS
During a visit to their home late yesterday, Simonâs relatives were overheard quarreling, saying that he had no right to be in other peopleâs business.
âI keep talking to he, but he does not hear. He got five children, and one on the way. He keep following people and their nonsense. Now he lost he hand; dis boy nah ah hear,â said a woman who said she was his cousin.
Meanwhile, Boodie, aged 25, denied either of them having a gun in their possession. He however opted to remain silent when asked the reason for he and his friends being in the area.
Eyewitnesses said that after the cutlass attack, the men fled the scene, leaving behind a trail of blood and Simonâs wrist, which a plain-clothes detective subsequently took away.
A father and two sons have since been arrested, and are assisting police with their investigations .
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Businessman narrowly escapes death during brazen robbery
Aug 16, 2016 News 0 Comments
â elderly couple fearful after suffering similar fate
Police on the West Coast of Demerara are investigating two daring robberies that have left business
A distraught
Khemraj Persaud
-oriented families not only traumatised, but contemplating the future of their income-earning endeavours.
In fact, a victim of one of the robberies, Khemraj Persaud, is currently counting his lucky stars that he is still alive to talk about the ordeal. The 49-year-old man, during an interview with this publication, revealed that one of the two armed bandits who invaded his home yesterday morning fired a bullet that missed his head by mere inches.
âI felt this thing pass me and I couldnât believe was a bullet pass me head like thatâĶI coulda lose my life this (yesterday) morning,â Persaud reflected.
Persaud, who operates a small supermarket called âVincentâ, at 100 New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara, disclosed that the business, which is situated in the bottom-flat of his two-storey home, has been in his wifeâs family for a number of years.
This is not the first time that the business has been the target of bandits. But the incident yesterday, he recalled, was particularly traumatic.
âThis is the third time we get robbed, but this is the first time for this year,â related Persaud.
He recounted that he opened his business place around 06:00 hours yesterday and had gone into a kitchen situated at the back of the shop to squeeze oranges and feed his bird. But what he wasnât aware of was that someone had trailed him into the kitchen.
Persaud said that he only realised he had company when he was struck behind his head and instructed to lie on the ground. After instinctively turning around to see who had hit him, Persaud said that he complied with the intruder. âHe had this small gun in he hand, and is this gun he use to hit me in my head,â said Persaud of his attacker.
Persaudâs shop was the early morning target of bandits.
Almost immediately, another gun-toting man appeared in the kitchen, Persaud said, and ordered him not to holler, after which he started to make demands for money.
âI tell them the money in the shop, and they run into the shop and grab up all the money there (in a drawer),â Persaud disclosed. But this was not before one of the unmasked men fired a shot at Persaud who was still in a lying position.
The man said that after the shot rang out and the men left to secure the money, he used another exit and ran out of his yard. From a safe location he saw the men checking their weapons and shortly after a car picked them up.
Police ranks who arrived on the scene were furnished with a description of the vehicle and its registration plate, although it is suspected that the latter might be false. Persaud said the police also removed a spent shell from his premises.
According to Persaud, the incident has left his entire family traumatised, including his wife and children. âWe were thinking to expand our business, but this thing just scare me so much I thinking about putting a for sale sign,â Persaud added.
YET ANOTHER BUSINESS
And Persaudâs family was not the only one to suffer at the hands of bandits over the weekend. The night before, another business place at Lot 4, Nouvelle Flanders Village (Crane), West Coast Demerara was robbed.
The premises belonging to Lennox and Verna Albert that was invaded by bandits.
The business place is operated by an elderly couple, Lennox and Verna Albert. They are both 69 years old.
Speaking to this publication yesterday, the woman said that she and her husband were about to close their shop around 20:00 hours Sunday when their premises was invaded.
She explained that her husband had just closed the gate that leads to their shop and was about to secure a shed when two young men scaled their gate and held her husband up at gunpoint.
The woman said that the men, one with a long gun and the other with a short gun, took away her husbandâs licenced firearm and forced both of them (she and her husband) into their home where they ransacked all the rooms.
âThey kept asking âWhere is the gold? Where is the money?â They said they wanted everything. These were good looking boys, but they were rough,â recounted Verna Albert. In addition to relieving them of more than $500,000 in cash, the woman said that the men also carted off colognes, male underwear, a cellular phone as well as a gold ring â the only jewellery Mrs. Albert had.
The couple is troubled about the loss of the firearm since, according to the woman, âwe waited five years to get this gun licence and just like that, the firearm gone.â
According to Mrs. Albert, over the number of years she and her husband operated their business they have been robbed multiple times, and therefore her husband had applied for a firearm licence.
Police in a statement indicated that Lennox Albert was relieved of a .32 pistol with five rounds of ammunition.
The couple is hoping that with the evident threat to their livelihood that they will be given permission to obtain another firearm
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Car abandoned, drugs found following police roadblock
Aug 17, 2016 News 0 Comments
The police in Corentyne on Monday evening found an abandoned vehicle which was suspected to have been abandoned by drug dealers after they were cornered by police.
The seized car in which Berbice police reportedly found a stash of marijuana and a passport on Monday evening.
According to reports, around 18:05 hrs on Monday, last, the police received information that a vehicle was travelling with a large quantity of drugs destined for the Upper Corentyne area.
The police subsequently set up a roadblock along the Corentyne highway.
During that time, a vehicle which was suspected to be a taxi and fitting the description, came rolling up toward the roadblock. However upon seeing the police, the driver of the vehicle made a sudden about turn and headed back in the direction of New Amsterdam. The police boarded their vehicle and gave chase, but were unable to locate the gateway car.
Conducting further investigations, the cops received information that an individual had disembarked a car fitting the description of the vehicle being sought, and had boarded another vehicle.
The cops later came upon a parked Silver Grey Toyota Carina, HC 5277, which fit the description of the second vehicle, and was apparently abandoned by the occupants.
The vehicle was searched and a multi-coloured shopping bag was found in the trunk. A black garbage bag was found in that bag which also contained four transparent plastic bags with what appears to be leaves, seeds and stems of the marijuana plant.
The vehicle was transported to the Number 51 police station where it was lodged. The substance was tested and weighed and was found to be 5769 grams of marijuana.
A passport, camouflage jersey and cell phone were also found in the vehicle.
Investigations are ongoing.
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Two in custody following robbery of elderly woman
Aug 17, 2016 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News 0 Comments
The bandits are merciless in their pursuit to take from persons what is not theirs and would pick on anybody. So much so that two thieves from the Central Corentyne area on Monday, last, robbed an 81-year-old woman and another female.
According to reports, around 19:30 hrs on the said day, octogenarian Malwattie Ramcharran and 57-year-old Jas Tyrel called âGirlieâ were relaxing in hammocks at their Lot 301 Ankerville, Corentyne, Berbice residence, when two bandits scaled the fence and accosted them.
The intruders assaulted the two women before robbing them of their finger- and ear rings before escaping. The police were summoned and responded promptly.
Acting on information two men fitting the description of the two bandits were arrested in the Ankerville area. They are in custody and assisting with investigations.
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Looks like once again the Guyanese public are left to enact justice for themselves as the pnc police are always absent.
Bandits given sound beating after botched robbery
August 17, 2016
A BARBER who is known for wearing a thick gold chain attracted the wrong attention when two bandits on a motorcycle visited his North Ruimveldt home Wednesday afternoon and attempted to rob him.The barber has been identified as 37-year-old Roger Lovell. According to reports, one of the bandits acted as a lookout at the manâs residence while the other made his way into Lovellâs home and woke him up by beating him with a gun.
Startled, the barber was questioned about the specific gold chain. As the beating continued at gunpoint, Lovell used his bed sheet to wrap it around the banditâs arm, tugging it towards a window.
Both bandits were caught by the residents and beaten severely.
âPolice come here in time because they would of dead,â one man said.
âI never see thief happy to see police,â another resident noted.
Police recovered a .32 pistol and live rounds at the scene. Both bandits were admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital and one is reported to be in a critical condition.
Lovell has also been hospitalized.
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Guard shot during attack on female mining firm boss
Aug 20, 2016 News 0 Comments
Mining company owner Shelly Singh was left traumatized after gunmen shot a security guard and wounded one of her employees after cornering the victims in Mrs. Singhâs pickup outside her Eccles, East Bank Demerara
Shelly Singh (left) with detectives at the scene.
residence at around 15.00 hrs yesterday.
But the two gunmen and their driver were forced to flee empty-handed after the wounded guard discharged several rounds at the attackers. According to a source, the guard believes that he may have wounded at least one of the gunmen, since the shootout occurred at relatively close range.
A relative of Mrs. Singh said that a bullet grazed the back of the head of one of Mrs. Singhâs employees. He was treated but was not admitted.
Kaieteur News understands that Crime Scene ranks found two warheads lodged in one of the door panels of Mrs. Singhâs pickup. At least eight spent shells were found close to the driveway.
Relatives believe that the gunmen trailed Mrs. Singh from a city commercial bank.
Kaieteur News was told that Shelly Singh, accompanied by an employee and a guard, had conducted a transaction at Demerara Bank Limited on Camp Street. They then headed to Singhâs home in Eccles. But just as they entered the driveway, a grey car stopped nearby and two men exited. Both reportedly had handguns.
There was a brief exchange of gunfire between the bandits and the security guard, who had armed himself with Mrs. Singhâs handgun.
The gunmen eventually retreated, while the injured were taken to a hospital.
Singhâs relative who spoke to Kaieteur News said he was upset that investigators had asked the mining company owner to hand over her firearm. However, a police source said that this was a routine aspect of such an investigation.
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Chain snatcher caught hiding in womanâs bedroom
Aug 20, 2016 News 0 Comments
A thief was captured hiding in a womanâs bedroom yesterday, minutes after he grabbed a chain from a man in Bourda market, Georgetown. This occurred around 14:15 hrs yesterday.
The suspect arriving at the GPHC yesterday.
The suspect has given his name as Gonsalves also known as âWhite boy.â
According to information received, the suspect grabbed a manâs chain in Bourda market and ran through an alleyway and managed to sneak into a womanâs bedroom through an open window at a house at Robb and Light Streets, Georgetown.
This newspaper was told that when the victim lost his chain, public-spirited persons gave chase.
A resident on Robb Street informed the group of men that she noticed a young man jumping through a window in the apartment beneath her.
âWhen we went in, the two women who live there said that no one was there, but as we were leaving one of them started screaming, and we run back and see the man in the bedroom,â a source said, while adding that the suspect was beaten by the angry mob.
Kaieteur News was told that when the suspect spotted the cops, he started screaming for them to rescue him from the group of men. He was eventually taken to the hospital where he remains a patient.
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Boyfriend gets life sentence for killing teen
Aug 20, 2016 News 0 Comments
Twenty-four year-old Shieldstown, West Bank Berbice resident Shazam Khalil, the man who was on
Life imprisonment: Shazam Khalil
trial for the January 2015 murder of his girlfriend, has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
Khalil stood before Justice Jo Ann Barlow and a Mixed Jury in the Berbice High Court. He was found guilty of murdering Shazina Mohamed, 19, of Edinburgh Housing Scheme East Bank Berbice. The woman was brutally stabbed about her body around 19:00 hrs on Saturday January 17, 2015 outside the Yang Yi Chinese Restaurant in Rosignol, West Bank Berbice.
Khalil was given the sentence following a probation report which was read by Probation and Social Service Officer Adessia Semple.
Attorney at law Stacy Goodings had told the court that the woman was ambushed and stabbed by the accused who then fled the scene.
Mohamed was picked up and rushed to the Fort Wellington Hospital from where she was subsequently transferred to the New Amsterdam Hospital where she succumbed.
The attorney had related that Mohamed was at the restaurant with two friends when the incident occurred. She had journeyed to Rosignol to collect a phone and decided to go to the Restaurant with her friends to eat some food when she was attacked by the suspect.
During the trial, the prosecution had called a number of witnesses, including their two main witnesses who were on the scene when the incident occurred.
Vishwa Sukhdeo had stated that he and the now dead woman had shared a casual relationship. He had bought food for his sister who was in the restaurant eating, while he and Mohamed were outside talking. He had just left Mohamed and gone to his sister when he heard Mohamed scream. Upon looking around he saw Khalil hugging Mohamed and apparently cuffing her. He shouted at the man who looked at him before releasing Mohamed and darting from the scene.
The young woman was bleeding profusely. She subsequently collapsed. Sukhdeo assisted in taking her to both hospitals.
Latchmi Sukhdeo had testified that on the day in question she accompanied her brother to the Ritz Mall at Rosignol to unlock a cell phone. They subsequently met Shazina Mohamed and after a while they walked to the Restaurant where her brother bought some food. Subsequently Shazina was attacked by the accused.
Murdered: Shazina Mohamed
State Prosecutor Attorney at Law Stacy Goodings had urged the jury to believe the stateâs case which had two eyewitness and the doctorâs testimony.
Defence attorney Tajenarine Ramroop in his presentation pointed to some inconsistencies in the prosecutionâs case and urged the jury to believe the defenceâs case of self-defence and accident.
Justice Barlow had subsequently summed up the evidence to the jury and directed the panel on the law. A probation reported was then asked for. The judge had then granted the request. Attorney Ramroop had told the court that his client was just 24 years old, he is not married, has no children and lives with his parents. It was the first time he was charged for any offence of any sort.
The probation report had outlined that Khalil was the product of poor upbringing. He was the second of 10 children. He left school at the age of nine to seek employment. The home environment was rundown and was described as a one-flat dilapidated building with a makeshift kitchen. The toilet facilities were situated outside.
The house lacked the basic amenities and the home environment seemed to be overcrowded, with no privacy. There was no electricity. They used gas lamps and candles to light the house.
The relationship with Shazina Mohamed was his third. His first companion took her own life while the relationship with the second ended after her parents disapproved of it.
Justice Barlow before passing sentence told the accused she had listened to the contents of the report and the mitigation of his attorney, but she would disregard the report.
âPoverty is no excuse to kill,â the Judge stated.
She mentioned the fact that he had spent one year in jail, then sentenced him to life in prison with no parole before 24 years are served.
The accused had given an unsworn statement from the dock.
During the trial the prosecution called a number of witnesses including Dr. Vivekanand Brijmohan who gave the cause of death as shock and hemorrhage due to multiple stab wounds.
The court also applied Section 95 of the Evidence Act to have the deposition of the deceased womanâs father Shafique Mohamed admitted in evidence.
The state called a number of witnesses to support its application including Police Sergeant Alexis Adams of the Central Immigration and Passport Office, Fazia Mohamed, daughter of Shafique and sister of Shazina, and Legal Clerk attached to the Fort Wellington Magistrateâs Court Ophelia Marques.
Shazam Khalil and Shazina Mohamed had reportedly met by accident. She had mistakenly dialed a wrong number which happened to be Khalilâs. After that they started to communicate.
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Two remanded for murder of boy, 13
Aug 20, 2016 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News 0 Comments
Two men were yesterday remanded to prison for the murder of 13-year-old Daveand Sanchar, whose body was found with a chop wound to the head on Sunday last, at Plantain Walk, Triumph, East Coast Demerara.
Kevin Sahoy, 20, of 64 Agriculture Road, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, and Raymond Wong, 27, of 110 Agriculture Road, Triumph, East Coast Demerara, were not required to plead to the indictable charge of murder read to them by Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul.
Police Prosecutor David Goodridge told the court that on the day in question, the 13-year-old and the two accused were at a wedding house in the area. He said Sanchar became annoyed at Sahoy dancing with his aunt and subsequently left the wedding house for home.
According to Goodridge, Sanchar returned with a cutlass and an argument ensued between him and the accused, which resulted in Sahoy lashing him to the head with a piece of wood. Goodridge added that Wong was the one who chopped the teenager to his head with a cutlass.
Goodridge stated that Sanchar was picked up and transported to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Attorneys for the accused told the Magistrate that their clients have no pending or previous matter before the courts.
Prosecutor Goodridge indicated that investigations into the matter have been completed, and also, advice was sought from the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Sahoy, a mason, and Wong, an electrician, were instructed to return to the Sparendaam Magistrateâs Court on September 13, for disclosure of statements.
According to reports, Sanchar was at a function in the village and was involved in an altercation with some men over a female. It was reported that Sanchar left the celebrations and returned with a cutlass. A further argument ensued and it was alleged that one of the men took away the cutlass from the teen and dealt him a chop to the head, while another man gave him a severe beating with a stick.
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Seon Clarke called âCash Moneyâ
Man shot dead by vigilantes
August 21, 2016
âĶfriend beaten in suspected attempted robbery
By Rabindra Rooplall
A MAN was killed Saturday evening and another badly beaten after residents of Pearl, East Bank Demerara, suspected them to be bandits and meted out vigilante justice. It is the second such incident to have occurred in recent days and authorities are concerned about this trend, which they fear can lead to a breakdown in law enforcement. Dead is 26-year-old Seon Clarke, called âCash Moneyâ of Old Road, Land of Canaan, E.B.D. Police said investigations have revealed that Clarke and another male associate were beaten by public-spirited citizens from the community of Pearl Village, E.B.D., about 22:30hrs on Saturday. Police said that about 14:00hrs on Saturday, Clarke and a male companion visited a grocery store at Sarah Johanna, E.B.D, and was observed by the proprietor âbehaving suspiciously.â
The proprietor, police said, made his way to the public road and alerted a policeman who
The second suspect in the incident being escorted by police (Mondale Smith photo)
was passing at the time. The policeman responded and in the process summoned other policemen. The word quickly spread to surrounding villages. âThe men fled into the bushes, and during the process, two loud explosions were heard. A search was conducted but they were not found,â the police in the statement.
Again âabout 22:30hrs on Saturday night, members of the community spotted the men on the Pearl Public Road and apprehended them; during the process, it was alleged that one of the public-spirited citizens shot Clarke and inflicted a beating on his accomplice. The men were handed over to the police, who rushed them to the Diamond Public Hospital, where Clarke was pronounced dead on arrival, whilst his accomplice was treated and sent away. He has since been taken into police custody and is assisting with the investigation.â
The father of the dead man, Godfrey Clarke, said that he last saw his son two weeks ago in Georgetown since they do not live together. He said his son had previous brushes with the law and had been released from prison four weeks ago after being on remand for simple larceny. He had spent four months on remand. The senior Clarke said he heard of the incident at âAron Shopâ at Pearl, EBD, but had no idea it involved his son. âI hear that police shoot behind someone, but is now I actually hearing that is he. The last time he come home here he told me he had some construction work at Vega on the West Coast and when I saw him the next day, I ask him if he get paid and he said yes, but his money finished on the sea wall.â
The senior Clarke said he had advised his son to attend church and had asked him to change his life and get a job. Adding that his sonâs mother died over a decade ago, Mr Clarke said he had spoken to his son on numerous occasions about his intentions and plans for his life. The elder Clarke said his son never took his guidance and the end result was death.
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Bandit shot by accomplice after robbing Berbice family
By Editor Guyana Times -
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A bandit was accidentally shot and killed by his accomplice while making their escape after robbing an East Bank Berbice family during the wee hours of Sunday.
The dead bandit has been identified as Odan Lallbeharry called âStewâ, 45, of New Forest, East Canje, Berbice.
According to reports, âStewâ was among five armed men who invaded and robbed the Edinburg Village home of shop owner Nankumar Datt and it was while they were escaping that he was shot and left behind by his accomplices.
âDuring (the robbery) one of the suspects received gunshot injuries in the process of exiting the premises and was later pronounced dead on arrival at the New Amsterdam Hospital,â a Police report said.
According to the Police, the incident occurred sometime around 01:30h.
Dattâs eldest daughter, Kelly, related the ordeal to Guyana Times on Sunday when she explained that she was awoken by the sound of persons walking on the zinc shed attached to their two-storey house and shortly after her father shouted that bandits were coming, they should run.
âBut when he shouts that, the bandits hear and so they hurry and break the window to my sisterâs room and come in the house. She was trying to open the room door to get out but she was having a hard time so they catch and start beating her,â the traumatised Kelly related.
The 21-year-old said that she was then confronted by two men and tried to prevent them from getting to her father, who escaped to seek help. Their mother was in hiding at the time.
She said that the men began shouting for her father by his call-name âBall Headâ and after they were unable to locate him, they began beating her and her 19-year-old sister. At time there were five men in total, all of whom were masked, she stated.
âThey beat us badâĶ they were hitting us with a cutlass; then they told us to put on the lights, and asked for money,â the young woman recalled.
She went on to say that three of them remained upstairs with her sister while two of them forced her downstairs into the shop, where she handed over some money, while they picked up a quantity of phone cards.
âThey bring down my sister and continue to beat her and after some time took us back upstairs and asked for more money. So I tell them they have to search the place but then my mother came out and give them the money ($100,000) because they start beating me and my sister again,â she recounted.
Kelly further told this newspaper that the men also took away her motherâs gold bracelet and some artificial jewellery that she and her sister were wearing, before escaping.
âThey told us not to move from the upstairs so they stay right there and then we hear two gunshots in the downstairs and we get scared because we thought was my father get shoot,â she stated.
The young woman said that they remained upstairs for a few minutes until they heard noises from neighbours and came downstairs. She noted that when they came down and got outside, they saw a man lying outside on the bridge, while her father was with the neighbours who were gathering around. The Police then arrived at the scene.
In a subsequent statement, the Police said that they arrived on the scene at about 02:00, and found the injured bandit on the businessmanâs bridge, clad in dark clothing and a pair of construction gloves.
The Police added that the suspect was taken to the hospital for treatment but succumbed to his injuries.
Police say they managed to extract some vital information from the bandit before he succumbed.
That information led to the arrest of two individuals who are currently in custody assisting with the investigations.
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The injured 21-year-old
âThief on wheelsâ stabs and robs woman on Camp St.
August 22, 2016
By Svetlana Marshall
HAVING been stabbed and robbed, a 21-year-old North Ruimveldt female resident who asked to remain anonymous is alerting pedestrians to the presence of âa thief on wheelsâ who is roaming the North Cummingsburg ward, particularly in the vicinity of Camp Street.The young woman said she was proceeding north of âthe Avenueâ bordered by Camp Street at approximately 21:30h on Sunday when she noticed a dark-skinned man on a red racing bike.
âHe ride past me at first but when I was about to cross Church Street he came close to me, but I moved away,â she recalled. Scared for her life, she said, she decided to walk a bit faster but the man decided to follow her. He asked her a number of questions, including the location of Popeyeâs and whether she was heading in the same direction. âI told him I was not heading in that direction but he kept asking more and more questions,â she recalled.
She said that just as she was about to pass Ultra Waters on Camp Street between Church and Quamina Streets, the man snatched her two cellular phones but she held on to his cycle.
âI know he would not have left without his bicycle, so I held on to it and I started to scream,â she said. The commotion attracted a couple who was passing in a car and they decided to intervene.
âWhen he saw the man coming, he said, âlook back your phone!â and he throw one of them at me and ran away. The people ran after him but they didnât catch him,â she recollected.
During the ordeal, she said, the thief stabbed her with a sharp object to the left side of her abdomen and on her left hand, leaving her dripping blood on the public road. She said some good Samaritans placed her in a taxi and sent her to the Georgetown Public Hospital where she was treated and sent away.
She said she received eight stitches for the injuries sustained to her hand, but reported the incident at the police outpost at the hospital.
POLICE FOOT PATROLS
She is emphasizing the need for police to conduct foot patrols at nights in key areas such as North Cummingsburg. Camp Street, particularly between New Market and Quamina Streets â areas known for lurking thieves waiting to pounce on passersby.
Over the years, there have been calls for the police to heighten security in that area. However, Guyana Chronicle was told on Monday that there are usually motorcycle patrols along Camp Street between Regent and Lamaha streets.
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Shears-wielding bandits nabbed after robbing couple
August 21, 2016
TWENTY-year-old Anthony Dharamraj and 18-year-old Anisa Issehani of Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara were walking on the University of Guyana Access Road at about 00:30h on Sunday when they were attacked by two men, one of whom was armed with a pair of shears.Besides dealing their victims several lashes, the men robbed the duo of a cellular phone valued $60,000 and $20,000 in cash.
The matter was reported to the police, whose swift action led to the arrest of the men with the stolen items and the shears allegedly used during the commission of the crime.
Police also escorted the victims to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where they were treated for their injuries and sent away.
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Dead: David Ramkissoon
Trio in custody following death of Better Hope pensioner
August 22, 2016
GUYANA Chronicle understands that Annand Ramkissoon, his employer and another person are being held at the Sparendaam Police Station in connection with the death of 76-year-old David Ramkissoon, a Better Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD) pensioner who was, on Sunday evening, found dead in his home by relatives.Nalini Ramkissoon, wife of the suspect Annand Ramkissoon, who is a son of the deceased, told Guyana Chronicle on Monday that she and other relatives went to a creek on Sunday as part of a family outing, but her father-in-law opted not to go. Upon their return from the outing, she and her husband found their rooms ransacked and the pensioner lifeless on a chair in the living room.
âWe left around 12 on Sunday to go to the creekâĶ When we left, my father-in-law was rocking in the hammock,â the woman said. She noted that because the pensioner had opted not to go to the creek with them, several calls were made to him to ensure he was ok, but unfortunately, those calls went unanswered. She claims that neither she nor her husband had found the unanswered calls suspicious, as the elderly Ramkissoon would usually take afternoon strolls.
She said family returned home at Better Hope at approximately 7:30pm on Sunday, and noticed that the lights in the house were off and the doors open.
âWhen we go inside, my husband (Annand Ramkissoon) went upstairs to check the rooms, but found them ransackedâĶ When he come down now, he saw his father in a pool of blood on the chair with his throat slit,â she recounted.
Neighbours were alerted and the police were called. The elder Ramkissoon was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).
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Pensioner found with throat slashed
Aug 23, 2016 News 0 Comments
â Son, two others arrested
The son of a 76-year-old man who was found with his throat slashed in his Lot 61 Better Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD) home on Sunday night, has been taken into custody, as police continue to investigate the pensionerâs
The house in which David Ramkissoon (inset) body was found.
death.
The body of David Ramkissoon aka âShortmanâ, a father of five, was discovered in a pool of blood in the living room by his son, around 19:30 hrs on Sunday.
The younger Ramkissoon had just returned home after spending the day at a creek on the Soesdyke/ Linden Highway with his family. He and two other persons have been arrested.
Initially, detectives were looking at a theory in which the pensioner was killed during a robbery since the house was ransacked and money was reportedly stolen. However, after carefully examining the property, the cops found no forced entry.
A number of other factors caught the copsâ attention, one of which was the fact that a number of envelopes, in which Ramkissoon would have received his pension money, were found in a refrigeratorâas if someone was trying to hide something.
The pensioner shared the home with his son, daughter-in-law and the coupleâs two children.
One of the motives the police are looking at is that the pensioner was killed over his property. They seemed convinced that the manâs death was not linked to a robbery.
The daughter-in-law recounted that she and her family left home around 11:00 hrs on Sunday to go to the creek.
âWe left late and he was telling us is best we stay home and eat lunch then go to the creek, because the traffic to go to the creek gone be bad. He was sitting in the hammock when we left home.â
She added that when they returned home, they noticed that the house was in complete darkness which was a bit strange.
âMy husband went in the yard and opened the door and went inside to put on the light and he go in his father room and called for him, but he see the room ransacked and his father wasnât there, so we went in the other rooms and they were ransacked,â the woman said.
She said that it was when her husband was heading back downstairs that he noticed his father lying in blood and started screaming.
The daughter-in-law said that she and several neighbours rushed into the house and saw Ramkissoon on the floor. She said that she has no idea as to why the police would take her husband in custody since he is innocent and would in no way harm his father.
When asked if she has any idea as to who may want her father-in-law dead, the woman responded in the negative, but claimed that there are a number of young boys who do not work and would frequent the streets.
The police are looking at other motives.
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14-year-old Câtyne boy murdered
Aug 23, 2016 News 0 Comments
â found with gaping wound to back of head
The body of 14-year-old Akeem Grimmond was found around 13:00 hrs yesterday at Number 61 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, two days after he went missing.
Grimmond of 53 Section âBâ Number 61 Village was last seen alive around 17:30 hrs last Saturday when he left his home to go and tend to some cows.
According to his mother, 32-year-old Parbattie Takurdyal, her son would usually tend to a villagerâs cows which he would round up in the afternoons.
The woman stated that the lad left home as usual to go to the Number 62 backdam to collect the cows, but failed to return home. After she did not see him around 20:30 hrs she made a report at the No. 62 police outpost.
Search parties were then organized and the body was found with a gaping four- inch wound behind the left ear. He was clad in the same clothes that he had left home with- a green short pants and red and white vest.
Investigations are continuing and several persons have been detained for questioning.
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Yimochi Melville
Thieves raid Lethem store
August 23, 2016
A YOUNG Lethem businessman, who said he acquired loans to start a photography business from scratch, is now counting millions of dollars in losses after thieves broke into the shop on Monday night. Yimochi Melville, 34, who was born and raised at Lethem, closed up his business, Melvilleâs Photoshop, around 19:00hrs Monday, only to discover the next morning when he and his three staff members showed up for work about 08:30hrs that several items were missing.
The business, which offers such services as printing, photocopying, typing, events photography, and computer repairs, is located at Lethemâs airstrip, which usually has no security.
Melville told the Guyana Chronicle yesterday that the effects of the robbery are quite adverse, as, among other things, many of the laptops which were stolen belonged to his customers.
Other items stolen include three high-powered desktop systems (which he had built specially for video editing); two Canon Rebel XS Camera with assorted lenses; one Canon XA10 video camera, including bag and assorted lenses; four external hard drives (with many hours of work); flash drives, SD cards, 3-12v to 110 Realtree camouflage inverters, two point-and-shoot cameras, one Canon SX50 Camera, and even his fatherâs leathercraft that he was selling for him.
âThis morning I opened my store to discover that it was broken into, and a quantity of equipment and goods stolen. Access was gained by cutting a padlock on a grilled window,â Melville explained.
The businessman is worried about how he will manage to pay his loans at monthend. To the best of his knowledge, the police have not found any leads so far. âPlease, if anyone has information that could help with the recovery of these items, please help me,â Melville plead.
He can be reached on telephone number 685-3997.
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