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Construction worker wrestles carjacker in trench


 

… as accomplice escapes with car
An alleged carjacker was arrested yesterday after a 54-year-old construction worker had wrestled him into a trench at Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara, and then tied him to a utility pole around 12:30 hrs.

Garfield Griffith

Garfield Griffith

As the two men were fighting, a second accomplice escaped with Garfield Griffith’s car, bearing registration number, HB 4955.
Griffith, a father of three, recalled that he was having lunch in his car that was parked in front of a construction site when two young men rode up to him on a bicycle and asked if there was any vacancy, to which he responded in the negative.
“The car was on, because I was charging the phone. The other construction workers were at another building sheltering from the sun and then these guys come. I tell them that it doesn’t make sense I hire them and I don’t have money to pay them,” Griffith said.
He recounted that the men then left and a few minutes later, he spotted one of them heading in his direction on foot.
“He come and ask me for a crescent (adjustable spanner) and I tell him that I don’t have, and he walk and go behind the car. I was looking at him (through the rear view mirror) to see what he was doing. In that (mirror), I see the next one come back on the bicycle, and both of them come and ask back for work,” the victim related.
He added that the men told him that they badly needed a job.
“While talking to one of them, the next one walked on the bridge and he took a bottle with liquid out his pants and rushed up to me and throw it in my face. Like he was aiming for my eyes, but it go in my mouth.”
Griffith said that he immediately jumped out of his vehicle and grabbed the suspect next to him and the two of them started fighting. They ended up in the trench.
“I choked him in the trench, but while I had he, the other one jump in the car and drive away. I couldn’t loose the one I had, because I woulda risk losing both of them,” the Crane, West Coast Demerara resident said.
He explained that when he overpowered the suspect in the trench, the man tried to make a deal with him—let him go and he would tell him where his accomplice took the car.
“When we in the trench, people start coming out and we tie he to a post when I bring he out,” the man said, while adding that the residents dealt the young man several lashes with nearby cement blocks. “I never see block (cement) loose up like how it loose up on that man.”
Griffith says that he lost money, his driver’s licence, bank card and other documents.
A report was made at the Vigilance Police Station, where the suspect remains in custody.

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Linden man found dead with multiple stab wounds

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The house in which Mark Stellingburg was found dead

A 49-YEAR-OLD resident of Blue Berry Hill Squatting Area, Linden was on Thursday found with multiple stab wounds about the body and the knife stuck in his abdomen in his home.The body of Mark Stellingburg, known as Dilon, was discovered by a neighbour who also happens to be a very close friend. Stellingburg lived alone and according to neighbours he was discovered around 6:00h on Thursday.

“If he wake up first, he would go across by Dilon, if Dilon wake up first he would go across by he but this morning when the boy go across he saw him dead with a knife in he laying on the floor in front and everybody start rushing and the police was called,” a neighbour related.

According to Inspector Chabinaught Singh, no one has been taken into custody for the murder and investigations are ongoing. This newspaper understands that nothing appears to be missing from the house and police believe that the perpetrator (s) had easy access to the house.

According to neighbours, it was only on Wednesday that Stellingburg’s sister returned to the United States. The man was an employer of Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC). He leaves to mourn two children and neighbours described him as a peaceful and quiet man who “doesn’t mix, mix” and they are shocked that someone would have committed such a gruesome act.

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Gold miner’s body found in shallow grave


 

The body of a 24-year-old man was found buried in a shallow grave at 14 Miles, Port Kaituma, Region One, on Wednesday.
The dead man has been identified as Abraham Mohamed Khan of Bartica.
Police suspect that the young man was killed during a robbery, since his motorcycle and other belongings were missing.
One man has been arrested as the investigation widens.
A police source explained yesterday that ranks received information on Wednesday that a body was discovered at 14 Miles, Port Kaituma. When the ranks got there, they found Khan’s body in a shallow grave. On examining the body, a wound was discovered on the head. It is suspected that the man had been struck with an object.
Reports are that the incident occurred around 17:00 hrs on Monday.

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Look how innocent he look, Granger might just free him as he so sweet.

CCTV footage of man attacking Montrose granny shown in court


 

Video footage of a man sneaking into the home of Danrasie Ganesh and attacking her on the day

MURDER ACCUSED: Collin Alleyne

MURDER ACCUSED: Collin Alleyne

she was found dead in her home was shown to the court, when the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the matter continued in the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court.
Collin Alleyne, 23, of Timehri Cemetery Road, East Bank Demerara is currently on remand for the capital offence
The battered body of 77-year-old Ganesh also known as Carmen was found in her Montrose, East Coast Demerara home, on August 1, 2015, by relatives who went to check on her after she failed to answer neighbours’ calls.
The gruesome murder was captured on surveillance camera.
It was reported that Ganesh’s killer, believed to be Alleyne, clubbed her on the head with a tyre wrench and dragged her into a corner, where she collapsed.
It was then that the killer wrapped a hand-towel around her neck, kicked and stomped the old woman until she lay motionless.
Alleyne was captured three weeks after the murder at Guyhoc Park, Georgetown. He reportedly told detectives that a male relative of Ganesh made him $700,000 to kill the old woman and steal documents pertaining to her property.
At the court hearing, Detective Sergeant Julio Jonas, who is stationed at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters, Eve Leary, Georgetown was called to tender footage of the gruesome murder which was captured on Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras. He was also called to tender video footage of Alleyne confessing to the crime at CID Headquarters, Eve Leary, Georgetown.

MURDERED: Danrasie Ganesh

MURDERED: Danrasie Ganesh

The unrepresented accused, who in the past had behaved disorderly in court, sat calmly in the prisoner’s dock as the videos were being played during the morning session. However, the case was adjourned to the afternoon session after the Magistrate documented minutes.
During the afternoon proceeding, the accused was visibly upset at the evidence being shown to the court and did not hesitate to show his objections. Alleyne blurted out a series of expletives.
Magistrate Ally-Seepaul then ordered that the accused be escorted out of the courtroom , and adjourned the PI until January 9, 2017.
At the last court hearing, Detective Inspector, Cedric Gravesande was called to testify. Inspector Gravesande gave evidence in relation to a confrontation he had with Alleyne at CID Headquarters, Eve Leary, Georgetown. At the time of the murder, the police witness told the court that he was the Officer in Charge of crime at the Sparendaam Police Station.
Upon completion of the witness’s testimony, Alleyne declined to cross-examine him.
Police Prosecutor David Goodridge has since indicated that Detective Sergeant Rodwell Sarrabo would be his final witness.

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Bartica resident robbed, shot dead

An investigation is ongoing regarding the death of a 24-year-old man who was found dead at 16 Miles, Bartica, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) at approximately 17:30h on Monday.
Reports indicate that Abrahama Mohammed Khan was in the process of transporting a large quantity of raw gold for his employer, when he was robbed of the gold and the motorcycle he was travelling on.
According to a foreman attached to the mining operation that was travelling with Khan, the gunmen then shot him to his neck. However, as they began to fire gunshots in his direction, he fled the scene.
A source close to the investigation told Guyana Times that the foreman was apprehended by the Police for three days following the incident.
Khan leaves to mourn his wife, two-year-old son, unborn child and other family and friends

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Brazilian killed during robbery

Less than a week after the body of a Bartica miner was found in a shallow grave at 16 Miles Issano Landing, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), suspected to have been killed and relieved of a quantity of raw gold, another miner was on Thursday found dead in Port Kaituma, North West District (NWD).
Dead is Brazilian national Jose Pozzer, 43, also called “Goodie” and “Hilary”.
Guyana Times understands that Pozzer might have been robbed and shot by the perpetrators.
Based on reports received, Pozzer left his mining camp at Mazawini, Port Kaituma, after a “wash down” and he was paid in gold by his employers. He reportedly had eight ounces of gold in his possession when he ventured out to Port Kaituma centre.
Investigators who travelled up to the area believe the man might have been beaten, robbed and fatally shot since there was evidence of lacerations about the man’s body and a gunshot wound to his abdomen.
A team of investigators has travelled to the area to launch a probe.
On Monday last, the body of 24-year-old Abraham Mohammed Khan of Third Avenue, Bartica, Region Seven was found in a shallow grave along the 16 Miles Issano trail.
Reports are the now dead man and another man were reportedly transporting a quantity of raw gold for their employer when they came under attack. The father of two was shot to his neck and relieved of the gold, after which the attackers made good their escape on his motorcycle.
The other employee who reportedly claimed that he managed to evade the gunmen was arrested and remains in custody.

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Baramita miner stabs friend to death during drinking spree

A resident of Baramita, North West District (NWD), Region One (Barima-Waini) was fatally stabbed by a friend with whom he was imbibing at a popular drinking spot on Wednesday. Dead is Abraham Wilson, 30, of Cassique Creek, Baramita, NWD.
Based on reports gathered, the two men were consuming alcohol when an argument broke out and quickly turned into a scuffle. It was during the altercation that the suspect whipped out a knife and stabbed Wilson several times to the body. The man reportedly collapsed and died almost immediately.
The suspect on the other hand, escaped from the scene. Divisional and Branch Commander of F Division (Interior Locations), Senior Superintendent Ravindradat Budhram, confirmed that the stabbing incident occurred on Wednesday, October 12, 2016, but the body was brought out of the interior the following day.
He however noted that the suspect is a well-known individual in the area and was being sought by the Toshao of the village and members of the Guyana Police Force who had travelled into the area to investigate the stabbing incident.
Earlier in the month, a miner was stabbed to death during an argument at Sand Hills, Puruni Area, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).
It was reported that the deceased and another man were consuming alcohol when an argument ensued. The argument quickly escalated into an altercation during which the suspect, armed with a sharp object, dealt the man several blows to the body. The injured man collapsed and died immediately. The suspect is still on the run.

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Businessman nabbed with 2kg cocaine at Albion

A popular businessman of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, was on Saturday morning nabbed at Albion, Corentyne, Berbice, with just over 2kg (2000g) of cocaine.
The businessman, 44, who was a passenger in a minibus bearing registration plate BMM 3323 was reportedly heading to Springlands, Berbice.
Based on information reaching Guyana Times, the Police stopped the vehicle during a routine roadblock in front of the Albion Police Station at about 09:30h. During the exercise, Police ranks observed the businessman acting in a suspicious manner and subsequently asked him to disembark with the haversack he was carrying. A search of the haversack unearthed two well wrapped parcels.
The businessman was immediately arrested when the substance was tested and proved to be cocaine. It was weighed in his presecn and amounted to 2000 grams.
He is expected to be charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

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Guyanese on edge over perceived crime spike – NACTA poll

The population at large feels like sitting ducks, with a crime contagion raging through the country, despite the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) continued reports of a significant decrease in criminal activities.

 Dr Vishnu Bisram

Dr Vishnu Bisram

This is one of several findings of an ongoing opinion poll being conducted by the North American Caribbean Teachers Association (NACTA) on current issues.
The poll is being conducted by New York-based political scientist, Dr Vishnu Bisram, who has been conducting opinion polls in Guyana, Trinidad and the greater Caribbean region since 1990.
The Police’s claim that crimes are down is of no comfort to the Guyanese population which reported feeling a sense of unease and insecurity.
According to the respondents in the poll, crime is the number one problem facing the nation.
“Many say “people are falling like flies” or “by the wayside” over what is viewed as a rise in murders, robberies, and violent criminal attacks. They also express concern over the increase in drug use. And the business community, in particular, is fearful of the crime situation, saying it has impacted on their business activities; they do not agree with Government figures showing crime on the down side,” Dr Bisram analysed.
He explained that people in general are worried, constantly looking over their shoulders, thinking whether they will be the next victim of a robbery.
The latest survey interviewed 710 registered voters of which 43 per cent were Indians, 30 per cent Africans, 17 per cent Mixed, nine per cent Amerindians and one per cent others at random. The poll’s margin of error is four per cent.
Almost everyone (90 per cent) said crime is the most important problem facing the nation and some 70 per cent said Government measures have not been effective at combating crime.
Many people say a lot of crimes go unreported because of a lack of confidence in the Police Force and their purported slow response to reported criminal acts as well as an extremely low detection rate.
People do not feel that the Police will protect them and are of the view some Police are themselves involved in criminal activities.
Also, because of the socio cultural stigma, certain crimes are not reported.
In a recent VoxPopuli conducted by Guyana Times, persons expressed that they feel unsafe even in their own homes because of the worrying crime situation.
On the other hand, the GPF recently announced that serious crime deceased by 21 per

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Customer wrestles with gunman during robbery in restaurant


 

The display of courage and bravery by two victims of an armed robbery at a Chinese Restaurant in La Parfaite Harmony, West Bank Demerara (WBD) on Saturday led to the capture of one of the suspects.
The firearm and one of the victims’ wallets with cash was recovered.
According to information received, around 23:30 hrs, two customers were dining at the restaurant when the two unmasked suspects, one armed with a gun, entered and demanded their valuables.
A shot was fired but no one was injured.
Kaieteur News understands as one of the customers wrestled with the gun-toting robber, the magazine for the firearm fell.
The robber then tossed his weapon to his accomplice who attempted to escape but was apprehended by members of the public. He was then taken into custody.
The suspect is 23 and is from Middle Road, La Penitence.
Efforts are being made to apprehend his accomplice.

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Woman shot in mouth denies lover was gunman


 

A 26-year-old woman has come out to defend her lover, who is being accused of shooting her in the mouth two Saturdays ago at John Fernandes Squatting Area.
Shevon Harry was hospitalised at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation for almost a week after being shot.
Some had identified the woman’s lover as the shooter.
Neighbours insisted that they saw her lover fleeing the scene after shooting her. One woman even alleged that the man broke her bridge as he was escaping on his motorcycle.
But in an interview yesterday, Harry claimed that the gunman was someone she has never seen before.
She described him as a “light skinned man” who was wearing a blue jersey. But she has no idea why someone would want her dead.
The 26-year-old victim is claiming that her neighbours who implicated her lover are only gossiping.
Shevon Harry alleged that shortly after 12:00 hrs on October 08, her ‘child father’ called and asked if he could come by for lunch, to which she agreed.

Shevon Harry

Shevon Harry

“He eat and then he left. Me and my daughter were eating and then she went in her room. I went in her room to see what she was doing and when I was coming out I see this man standing on my landing and I jumped because no one was there before.”
She said that before she could have said anything, the suspect fired a shot at her and then escaped.
“I didn’t know I was shot and when I saw blood, I didn’t even know where I was shot.”
Neighbours claimed that after the shooting, Harry’s estranged partner told her to wash out her mouth under a tap.
But she claimed that after she was shot, she took a taxi and went to the hospital.
She claimed that her lover did not visit her while she was hospitalised. However, he called to find out how she was doing after she was discharged.
“He called and ask me how I was doing and he said that he want to come but the news that he shoot me was all over and he asked me is what I put him in now,” the woman said.
According to Harry, the man did not tell her where he was at the time and is yet to visit her.
Kaieteur News was told that the near-fatal confrontation allegedly occurred after the victim, a security guard, accused her spouse of impregnating another woman.
Neighbours said that around 14:50 hrs, the man visited Shevon Harry, and an argument ensued in the yard.
He then allegedly shot her in the mouth and escaped.
Residents told this publication that the woman has been a constant victim of domestic violence. A neighbour said that she was sitting outside when the suspect passed on his motorcycle.
She added that about 10 minutes later, she heard an ‘explosion’, but didn’t pay too much attention since she thought children from the neighbourhood were playing.
But then her son came and said that Harry’s ‘child father’ had shot her in the mouth.
“I see he tek off with a speed on the motorbike. He fly pass me house and headed through the dam for Shirley Field. He even break my bridge”, the neighbour recalled.
She said that the suspect’s younger brother went into Harry’s yard and “washed down” the blood.
Another woman noted that the suspect is a very abusive and controlling individual.
This newspaper was told that the police are still trying to question Harry’s partner as it relates to the shooting.

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Shallow grave murder…Cops locate slain miner’s ATV, release colleague


 

Investigators from the Guyana Police Force (GPF)’s Major Crimes Unit have taken over the case of a 24-year-old man who was shot dead during an alleged robbery at 16 Miles, Bartica last Tuesday and then buried in a shallow grave.
Abraham Mohamed Khan of Third Avenue, Bartica was slain around 18:000 hrs while he and a colleague were on their way to Bartica with gold they had ‘washed down’ from their camp earlier in the day.
The colleague who has been identified as Albert Junior Abrams was released from police custody on Saturday.
According to information, the two men were on their way to Bartica on an ATV when two gunmen came out of the bushes and opened fire at them.

The ATV that was recovered

The ATV that was recovered

Dead: Abraham Mohamed Khan

Dead: Abraham Mohamed Khan

Khan, who was the rider, allegedly fell off the bike after a bullet struck him to the neck.
According to reports, the survivor claimed that the two bandits collected the bag with gold and tied him up to a tree.
“He claimed that when they tied him in the bush, he hear when they leave on the ATV. He said that a lil while later, they come back and loose he,” a police source said.
The source further explained that the bandits untied him and told him to continue his journey on foot.
Kaieteur News was told that the ATV, in which the men allegedly escaped on, was found abandoned the following day about six miles from Bartica.
Investigators are said to be double checking the story provided by the survivor.
Both men were working with a gold miner identified as Roy Kissoon

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Man knifes reputed wife to death


 

Police in B’ Division are currently on the hunt for a 40-year-old cane harvester of Skeldon Estate, identified as Winston Benjamin called ‘Blood’, after he allegedly stabbed his former fiancée to death yesterday afternoon, another-murderaround 14:00 hours, at a shop in Ulverston Village, Corentyne, Berbice.
Dead is 38-year-old Yansen Brush, a mother of four and a canteen operator of 20 Ulverston Village. The woman reportedly worked at the Alness Primary School.
When Kaieteur News visited the scene yesterday afternoon and spoke to Beverly Green, the proprietor of the shop where Brush met her demise, the woman confirmed that the incident happened on her premises.
“Yansen came into the shop and less than a minute Benjamin walk in and I see Yansen move aside. So me ask wha happen to y’all two and Yansen reply and said “Girl meh fed up quarrel and sin meh soul…God and the law gon deal with he.’”
This apparently incensed Benjamin who whipped out a knife and plunged it several times into Yansen.
Green said that she grabbed on to the man through an opening in the shop counter in a bid to keep him from escaping, while a bleeding Yansen staggered to the side of the shop.
Benjamin managed to wriggle free from Green’s grasp with the weapon still in his possession and flee the scene.
Meanwhile, the sister of the now dead woman, Roxanne Brush, who lived with her sibling, disclosed that her sibling left to go to the nearby shop.
“I was going upstairs when I heard screaming and I start to run because I recognized my sister’s voice. When I run in the shop I saw the shop lady holding on to Winston and I saw my sister at the side standing and bleeding and I hold on to her and she told me she na gon mek it, and she collapsed.”
Residents in the area told Kaieteur News that Brush and Benjamin, who were not living together, shared a turbulent relationship. It was revealed that three weeks prior to the stabbing, Benjamin had threatened Brush with a cutlass after she refused to give him $2000.
She eventually gave into his demands and he left.
According to police sources, the attacker fled into the Ulverston Backdam.

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Female shop owner murdered in Mahaicony


 

– Bound body found in bedroom
– 14-year-old helper arrested
By Romila Boodram

Bibi Nesha Shairoon (inset) home.

The bound body of a 56-year-old woman was found in her Lot 4 Novar Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara home around 06:30 hrs yesterday, almost two days after she had been killed during what police say was a robbery.
The victim has been identified as Bibi Nesha Shairoon, a mother of three. She had been living at the property for more than 25 years. Up until her death, she was operating a grocery at the two-storey building where she lived alone.
A teenager, who was sent to the property to check up on Shairoon after neighbours informed her relatives that they had not seen her on Sunday, found the woman’s swollen body in a pool of blood on her bedroom floor with her hands and feet tied.
The woman was last seen around 20:00 hrs on Saturday.
A police source said that after examining the body, it seemed as if the woman was killed Saturday night. Investigators suspected that she was struck to the head with an object after she put up a fight. mu
A hammer which was found at the scene was sent to the crime lab for testing to determine whether it was used in the murder.
While it is not clear how many persons committed the act, the cops believe that it might have been two suspects, who gained entry into the building by ripping a few boards from the lower section of the shop, which is attached to the front of the house.
Kaieteur News understands that a number of valuables were missing from the shop, some of which include cellular phones, music sets, phone cards, and money among other items. The entire house was ransacked.
A 14-year-old boy, who assisted the woman in her yard and shop, was taken into police custody after the discovery was made, since he was the only one who was familiar with her home and her movements.
Apart from that, this newspaper was told that someone broke into the woman’s home about four months ago and stole a quantity of phone cards from her microwave—for that robbery, the woman had suspected that it was her teenage helper, since he knew where she hid the cards.
Relatives suspect that the person who robbed her months ago might have been the one who killed her Saturday night.
“A random person won’t just go in the microwave and take the cards. He had to know that she usually hide the phone cards there,” the woman’s relatives claimed yesterday.
When this newspaper arrived at the scene, detectives were still gathering evidence and interviewing neighbours.
The dead woman’s sister, Shauna Ally explained that a neighbour called her yesterday morning and informed her that they had not seen her sibling since Sunday. She did not open her shop and a padlock was on her gate.
“I sent a lil boy and tell him to call for her and if she ain’t answer, let him jump the gate and go in. And when the boy jump the fence, he walked at the side and saw the back door open. When he go into her room, he see her hands and foot tied,” Ally recounted.
She said that the teenager ran out of the house and went straight to her home, which is located a short distance away and informed her.
“When we come, we see her lying there. Her body was swollen and it didn’t even look like her,” the woman related.
One of the victim’s sons, Zaheer Waheed, explained that he was on his way to a worksite in the city from Timehri when a relative called and informed him that something had happened to his mother.
“I know she was a little sickly, so right away I drive towards Mahaicony and saw her body,” Waheed related. He recalled that he last heard from his mother a few days ago and everything was fine with her.
Meanwhile, shock, disbelief and anger were some of the emotions that were expressed by residents of the village yesterday when they learnt that the woman had been murdered.
“Imagine I live right next to her and didn’t hear anything. Nothing at all, no screams, no knocking or anything,” one woman, who asked to remain anonymous, said.
She explained that they would usually see Shairoon feeding her ducks and watering her plants, but when they did not see her on Sunday, they suspected that something had happened to her.
“When she is going out, she would lock the gate from outside, but we see the padlock on the inside so right away we suspect that something had happened to her,” the neighbour said.
As the investigation continues, the cops are looking for a second suspect, and an individual who was involved in an argument with the woman a few days ago.

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Gunmen raid Diamond supermarket


 

Five armed bandits robbed the Hua Supermarket located on the Diamond Housing Scheme main road at Lot 521 Section ‘A’ Block ‘X’, taking an undisclosed sum of cash, phone cards and other personal items, yesterday.chiney-rob
One staffer, who wished to remain anonymous, told Kaieteur News he was reading a newspaper in the yard of the supermarket around 11:00 hours, when the gunmen, who arrived in a white Toyota Corolla motor car, entered the yard and shouted “this is a robbery”.
The staffer further explained that he and another employee dropped to the floor as the gunmen entered the building. The man added that one of the armed intruders instructed all the employees to go in to a bond located in the premises.
The bandits then took cell phones, money and jewellery from the employees.
The employee said that they then began to ransack the storage bond, adding that he was not sure what they were looking for. The man said that the employees were then locked in the bond where they remained for about 45 minutes.
During that time the bandits began to assault a Chinese national, who they felt owned the store. The victim, the employee disclosed, was just a friend of the owner who is also a Chinese national.
The man said his boss was conducting business in Georgetown at the time of the robbery. Eventually the location where some cash was kept was disclosed.
The five armed men, before making good their escape, attempted to cover their tracks by removing a recording device for the security cameras at the supermarket.
The employee noted that the police responded promptly.
Investigations are ongoing.

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Bandits rob Woodlands Hospital

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Two gunmen escaped with an undisclosed sum of cash after they robbed Woodlands Hospital on Monday

TWO gunmen escaped with an undisclosed sum of cash after robbing Woodlands Hospital at about 07:00hrs on Monday.A cashier attached to the hospital was reportedly carrying a bag with the money to the hospital’s Accounts Office when she was held up by two men, one of whom was armed with a gun.
Eyewitnesses said the men, who initially posed as patients, took away the cash and made good their escape on a CG motorcycle that did not have a number plate.

A taxi driver who saw the ordeal attempted to pursue the bandits, but they quickly sped away and eluded him.
No one was reportedly hurt, but police have launched an investigation into the robbery.

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Cops probe West Dem gun robberies

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POLICE in ‘D’ Division are probing two separate armed robberies on the West Coast Demerara corridor where a business place and a rice farmer, his wife and daughter were relieved of valuables by two gun-toting men on Tuesday night and on Wednesday.On Tuesday night at about 19:30 hrs. two gunmen who pretended to be customers robbed the patrons and owner of the Sun Beam Bar located at New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara. The owner, Yodeshwar Chetram reported that two men came into the handout spot and bought cigarettes and soon after brandished their handguns, relieving the patrons of all valuables and carted off with money, and quantity of liquor from the store.

The robbers escaped with the booty which amounted to an undisclosed sum in a waiting heavily tinted 212 white motorcar of which they did not make out the number plate on Tuesday night. Meanwhile, in the other armed robbery which took place at about 11:00hrs on Wednesday two men, one armed with a gun took away several bags from a family, who were in their rice field at Crane Public Road, West Coast Demerara.

The victims have been identified as rice farmer, Ramkissoon Ramnarine, 57, of Canal No.1, West Bank Demerara, his 56-year-old wife, Indira Ramnarine and their 26-year-old physically challenged daughter.
Ramnarine and an employee were doing some work on the field when two men came up on a motorcycle and one described as a ‘Rastafarian man’ pulled out a gun and came under the makeshift tent they had erected and took away their bags.

Indira Ramnarine, her daughter and an employee were relaxing in hammocks at the time of the incident. The bandits rode off with the bags, which contained important documents, money, and newly purchased medications among other things. The Ramnarines said it is the second such armed robbery they have encountered and the first one left their daughter unable to speak as a result of being tramautised. Police said no arrests have yet been made but the robberies are under investigations.

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Two brazen bandits walked into bar, rob 10 men


 

Less than a month after Commander of ‘D’ Division (ag) Leslie James announced that plans were put in place to combat the increase in criminal activities in Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara (WCD), two brazen gunmen walked into a bar and robbed 10 persons.
This recent robbery has left businessmen along New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop questioning the Guyana Police Force (GPF)’s ability to combat the spike in robberies in that division.
At around 19:00 hrs on Tuesday, two armed bandits stormed the Sun Beam Hangout Bar located at New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop and held up 10 men, including the proprietor of the establishment.
The men escaped with more than $100,000 in cash, phones, identification cards, licences, alcohol and at least one car key.
One of the victims, who asked for his name to be withheld, said a group of men were standing around the pool table when a man walked into the bar and purchased $100 in cigarettes.
“Before I coulda tell the man at the bar that this man look suspicious, the one with the gun walk in and tell everybody to lie on the ground,” the victim said, while adding that his experience with the bandits has left him traumatized.
“These men were patting down people from the foot up like they had experience. They took $30,000, my car key and personal items,” the victim said.
Meanwhile, at around 11:00 hrs yesterday at Crane, West Coast Demerara, two bandits robbed a family while they were working on their rice field. They escaped on a motorcycle with $90,000 in cash, medication, cosmetics and other personal items.
The victims have been identified as 57-year-old Ramkissoon Ramnarine, his 56-year-old wife, Indira Ramnarine and their disabled daughter.

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Now you cyant even shit in peace.

Five bandits pounce on household from outhouse, kill man, tenant arrested


 

Five armed bandits stormed a Herstelling, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home, where three overseas-based Guyanese were staying and shot a 44-year-old man to the neck when he put up a fight in the wee hours of yesterday morning.herstelling-robbery
Abdool Ameer Subrati, a father of one of 21 Back Street, Peter’s Hall, EBD, died while undergoing surgery at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) in a release said, that an investigation has been launched into an alleged robbery committed on an overseas-based Guyanese around 02:00 hrs during which a Peter’s Hall resident was shot to the neck. The 44-year-old man subsequently died.
Investigations so far have revealed that the family, who arrived in Guyana on Tuesday, had a reunion at the Herstelling property. Shortly after guests left, the five bandits, two of whom were armed, pounced on the family.
The gunmen who were hiding in a bathroom at the back of the family yard, escaped with the visitors’ passports, money, jewellery and other personal items.
Kaieteur News understands that investigators have arrested a 21-year-old man who is renting the lower flat of the two-storey house where the robbery occurred.
Yesterday, the victim’s brother, Abid Subrati said that he is convinced that it was the tenant who set up the robbery since he recognized one of the bandits and that individual had visited the tenant, who has been renting the apartment for a year now.
Subrati, his wife and daughter arrived in Guyana on Tuesday.
“This morning (yesterday) my brother (Abdool Ameer Subrati) and my cousin were having a little conversation and then we went to buy food and we come back. They (brother and cousin) were leaving. My brother was going to drop my cousin in Diamond and then he was going home,” the man said.
He further explained that he told his sibling that he would accompany him to Diamond since he didn’t want him to drive out of the scheme all by himself.
“I call my wife and she said she will go for the drive too. Then (Abdool) said that he gun just drop home our cousin and then go straight home. My wife asked him to stay 10 minutes more until we done bathe,” the overseas-based Guyanese recalled.
He said that he went upstairs while his wife proceeded to go to the bathroom at the back of the house.
“When she go to the bathroom, she observed the door like it pull in as if someone was inside and she go to pull it and they (bandits) pushed it and come out and she started screaming and she fall down,” the man said.
He further added that he ran to the back after he heard his wife screaming and when he saw the men, he ran back to get a chopper.
“I fall down the step and one of them telling the other one to shoot me. When I run up, my cousin say is a lot of us and we can give them a fight but after they start shoot, we had to back down,” the man said, adding that approximately six shots were fired.
According to the overseas-based Guyanese, his brother was shot when he tried to put up a fight.
“These people were sent here because when we come here on Tuesday, the tenant was sitting (outside) and my wife had a white bag and when they come, as soon as they got that white bag, they runaway,” the man said.
The gunmen escaped on foot.
The wounded man was rushed to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre before being transferred to the GPHC where he later succumbed.
Investigators are expected to revisit the family home to check surveillance footage in the neighbourhood.

FM

Lone gunman robs vendor at Merriman’s Mall


 

A vendor at the Merriman’s Mall was yesterday attacked and robbed of his gold chain and band worth

Colin Henry

Colin Henry

in excess of $1M by a lone gunman.
This occurred around 07:15 hrs just after Colin Henry finished packing his stall. It would be his first encounter with an armed bandit in his 20 years of doing business at that location.
According to the businessman, after packing his stall, he sat on a chair at the entrance to his business place and was about to pick up a bottle of water when someone instructed him not to move.
“I thought that one of my friends pulling a prank on me, so I picked up the water and then I feel something on my neck,” the businessman said.
He explained that the lone gunman took away his chain and band before escaping in a waiting car. “From how this thing happened, I would say it was a set up with the timings and everything. I went to the market to buy a water and he (gunman) wait until I come back before he come.”
Henry said that his experience with the gunman was terrifying but when he went to seek assistance from the City Constabulary at the market and the Alberttown Police Station, he did not get the support he needed.
He accused one of the female City Constabulary ranks of singing when he proceeded to give her colleague a written statement.
Investigations are ongoing.

FM

Banks employees robbed, locked in delivery truck


 

Salesman Trevor Thom, of West Ruimveldt, and two porters, all employees of Banks DIH Limited, were allegedly robbed of an undisclosed sum of cash.
The alleged robbery took place at about 19:00hrs Wednesday night at Beterverwagting Public Road, East Coast Demerara, by three men, one armed with a handgun.
It was reported that the driver and porters were in the company’s vehicle proceeding west, when they were allegedly intercepted by a dark-coloured motor car. The car suddenly stopped in front of the delivery truck, causing Thom to slam on the brakes.
The men subsequently exited the motor car, approached the Banks DIH delivery truck and relieved the occupants of the day’s earnings which was in the truck.
The employees were placed at the back of the truck and bound with duct tape. Kaieteur News was informed that the trio was subsequently freed by a passer-by who heard them banging the walls of the truck which was parked at Enmore Railway Embankment.

FM

Gunmen rob rice farmer, family

A rice farmer and his family were left traumatised after bandits on Wednesday carried out a daring robbery in their rice field in Crane, West Coast Demerara.

Rice farmer Ramkissoon Ramnarine and his wife, Indira, recounting the terrifying ordeal of being robbed at gunpoint on Wednesday

Rice farmer Ramkissoon Ramnarine and his wife, Indira, recounting the terrifying ordeal of being robbed at gunpoint on Wednesday

The farmer, Ramkissoon Ramnarine; his wife, Indira and their 26-year-old special needs daughter reside in Canal Number One Polder, West Bank Demerara; however, on the morning of the incident, the mother and daughter were resting in hammocks under a makeshift shed when the gunmen attacked.

According to information gathered, the two men pulled up alongside the shed on a motorcycle, got off and approached the trio. One of the men, who was said to be dreadlocked, reportedly pulled out a gun from his waist and ordered the rice farmer and his family not to raise an alarm.

The family told Guyana Times that the man picked up the bags which were under the makeshift shed and ran back to the motorcycle where his accomplice was waiting. The two men then rode away.

“I was ploughing some rice land and one workman was sitting not too far from the camp; one of the persons from de motorbike run under de shed, pull out a gun and he scramble me wife’s three bags and he escape on the bike where a next guy was waiting for him,” the distraught farmer noted.

Ramnarine further told this publication that the bags contained $90,000 in cash, medications for his wife and daughter, cosmetics, as well as his driver’s licence and Identification Card.

The man said this was the third time that he has been robbed. He revealed that it was during their first encounter with bandits in 1995 that his daughter stopped speaking. Ramnarine added that his wife was unwell.

“Meh wife is a sickly person; she had all she medication in one [bag],” the farmer noted. The Police were contacted and have since launched an investigation into the matter.

Crime has drastically increased in the Vreed-en-Hoop area over the last few months, with 20 robberies being recorded in a one-week period. In response, acting Commander of D Division (West Demerara), Leslie James had met with concerned residents and businesspeople and he had committed to providing more Police ranks and patrols in the area.

FM

Crime woes trigger Private Sector response

… to continue lobbying for VAT exemption on security equipment – GCCI

Escalating security woes across the country have triggered a Private Sector-led confab aimed at bringing together stakeholders for a security engagement, even as business leaders question the statistics being released by the Guyana Police Force, which points to a 21 per cent decrease in crime.

GCCI President Vishnu Doerga and GCCI Junior Vice President Nicholas Boyer at the press conference on Wednesday

GCCI President Vishnu Doerga and GCCI Junior Vice President Nicholas Boyer at the press conference on Wednesday

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce (GCCI) will on Wednesday formally open its inaugural Security Forum and Expo, where, according to GCCI President Vishnu Doerga, an opportunity will be afforded to the several stakeholders to provide security proposals and solutions, including the tackling of cyber threats.

Speaking to the genesis of the security confab, GCCI Junior Vice President Nicholas Boyer, who also chairs the entity’s Security Sub-Committee, spoke of the fact that security provisions now take up a significant portion of a business’ operational expenses.

The seminar, he said, is an activity to demonstrate to companies, those who have solutions to make lives and businesses more secure.

GCCI President Doerga during a media engagement at the entity’s Waterloo Street, Georgetown, office on Thursday, spoke to the fact that security concerns rank high when it comes to potential investors making a decision to do business in Guyana.

He used the occasion to lament that Guyana still ranks as one of the more unattractive places for doing business internationally and security concerns did form a key element of any investment decision.

Doerga said it is for this very reason the GCCI was looking to showcase to its membership what options are available to them with respect to making themselves and the business environment a safer one.

Security apparatus

He disclosed too that it is in this vein that the GCCI will continue to lobby the Administration to place a Value Added Tax (VAT) exemption of security apparatus to serve as an incentive to business people.

Doerga in making the pitch for VAT exemptions on security appliances pointed to the use of efficient Closed Circuit Televisions systems which have recently been aiding the Guyana Police Force more and more in the apprehension of, and prosecution of criminals – many of whom would have committed armed robberies on local businesses.

Meanwhile, on the matter of the recent reportage by the Guyana Police Force that crime was in fact down by 21 per cent, the GCCI representatives questioned the accuracy of this and also pointed to the fact that there is a big difference between released statistics and public perception.

Doerga told media operatives that members of the GCCI only recently met with officials in the public security spectra and the matter of the Police statistics was raised.

The situation, according to Doerga, is compounded by the fact that there is significant under reporting of criminal activities.

He said an objective analysis of the under reporting could not be had at this time since any such would only be a ‘guesstimate.’

Boyer told media operatives that the GCCI was also unaware of the methods used by the Guyana Police Force to compile its statistics, and as such, could not give an informed opinion on its accuracy.

Doerga told media operatives that in many cases, it is possible to be assured and still fearful.

He pointed to members of the business community being presented with statistics pointing to a decrease in crime, only to be confronted with the news in the dailies – documenting incidents such as the recent robbery at a supermarket at Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara.

Doerga said in his meetings with potential investors, among the concerns was the matter of security and the security of their investments.

On the matter of the Police’s response to crime locally, Doerga contended that there has been some positive movement.

“All of us would want this to happen much faster but this is the reality of what we’re dealing with,” said Doerga.

He said the GCCI is heartened by some of the positive movements witnessed, such as action being taken against rogue Police ranks.

Security confab

Meanwhile, on the matter of the active participation of its membership with respect to exploring different security solutions including cyber threats, Doerga told media operatives, “one can only lead a horse to water, we created the event and it’s up to them to take advantage.”

The GCCI’s inaugural Security Forum and Expo will be hosted throughout Friday at the Roraima Duke Lodge in Kingston, Georgetown.

The Chamber is of the view that security concerns continue to rank high as a barrier to investment, and in response to this, it has organised “this important event as a means of empowering business owners to be proactive in safeguarding themselves against criminal threats.”

The Chamber said it recognises the growing need for business owners to gain knowledge on security strategies, and has put together an impressive array of notable speakers, industry experts and security professionals who will deliver information packed presentations on the latest trends.

The Security Forum and Expo is slated to cover both traditional concerns in addition to cyber security.

FM

Man robbed of $1.2M at Electronics City

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– security guard shot to abdomen

A SECURITY guard is nursing a gunshot wound to his abdomen after he confronted a bandit during a robbery at the Electronics City store inside the Fogarty’s building on Friday.
The injured man’s last name was given as “Daniels.”Reports are that around 11:15 am, an employee attached to Unique Apartments in the city had moments earlier completed a business transaction at Republic Bank on Water Street and he assumed that he was being watched by persons. The man decided to enter the Fogarty’s building to allay his fears; however, he was soon confronted by the bandit.
The man, who was seen on CCTV footage wearing a blue top, with short pants and white hat, whipped out a firearm and grabbed a package the man was carrying. The package contained $1.2M.
The gunman then fired a shot as he exited the building and in the process, a bullet struck the security guard.
The wounded man was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital and was later transferred to a private medical institution. The police are investigating the incident.

FM

Man shot dead during fight with bandits

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The house where the incident occurred.

A FAMILY “lime” at Herstelling, East Bank Demerara,(EBD) turned deadly when five armed bandits invaded the Lot 320, Third Street property and shot 43-year-old Abdool Ameer Subrati in the neck, after he tried to fight with the gunmen on Thursday morning.Subrati, of Peter’s Hall, EBD was rushed to the East Bank Demerara Regional Hospital and was subsequently transferred to the Georgetown Hospital, where he died hours after undergoing surgery to remove the bullet.

Dead: Abdool Ameer Subrati
Dead: Abdool Ameer Subrati

This newspaper understands that the bullet ricocheted to his spine and punctured his lung in the process. According to reports, three overseas-based Guyanese returned to Guyana Tuesday last and met with other relatives Wednesday night at the Herstelling house to plan a family reunion
The planning went into the wee hours of Thursday morning and when most of the relatives had left, the armed men emerged from a bathroom in the yard and pounced on Amika Appiah, who is visiting from the United States.
The men then rushed into the house, grabbed a bag containing three passports, green cards, cash, jewellery and cellphones. During the ordeal, a scuffle ensued between the bandits and Subrati, who was then shot in the neck. The gunmen fled the scene on foot.
In an interview with this publication, Appiah recalled what happened.
“We were going to call it a night at 1:45AM and some people started going home. We were then planning to go in Diamond Housing Scheme and Ameer who was shot was supposed to drive us there,” she said.
The traumatised woman said, “When I came downstairs one of the bandits came out of the toilet, then I screamed and the other four came out of the bathroom that is in the yard. They were all dressed in black and had white gloves, they had topes on their heads and kerchiefs across their faces, my husband was upstairs at the time getting ready to come down,” she explained.
Noting that her husband then rushed downstairs after hearing her scream, the distraught woman said two of the bandits who had handguns were told by the others to shoot her husband.
“He then ran back upstairs, his cousins and his brother who were outside then run into the yard after noticing what was going on, then they had a fight and one of them shoot Ameer. Two shots were fired. They then stick the others up and told them put the bottles they had in their hands down,” she said.
Appiah further said that the bandits then fled on foot and her brother-in-law was taken to the hospital.
“I never came to Guyana and was robbed before, now this happens.”
The police have since detained a 21-year-old man who is a tenant in the lower flat of the house. This newspaper was reliably informed that the same man is facing the court on a robbery charge.
One relative said that before the robbery occurred, the tenant and his wife who lived in the lower flat packed their belongings and moved out.
“After the robbery they came back to check and see what happened, when we come back from the hospital we see them here, this man does have all sort of thieves and drug smokers coming to him,” the relative said.

FM

Suspected thief shot after botched robbery

Following a robbery attempt on a security guard at a city bank, members of a patrol attached to the Professional Guards Service shot a teenage suspect early Friday morning.
According to reports, a female security guard was on duty in the compound of Republic Bank Limited at Waterloo and New Market Streets, Georgetown, around 04:00h when she observed the suspect in the compound in possession of her handbag, which was left on a table.
The guard raised an alarm and the suspect dropped the bag and escaped by scaling the fence. However, the guard alerted her supervisor at the Professional Guard Service office and shortly after a patrol was dispatched.
A young male fitting the description of the suspect was subsequently seen in the area and confronted by the patrol. During the intervening process, a round was discharged from the shotgun that was in possession of one of the patrol members, hitting the suspect to his face and body.
The injured teenager was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he underwent surgery and is recovering under Police guard.

FM

Police unearth 24.4kg of ganja

Within hours, Police ranks were able to arrest two suspects after a quantity of cannabis was found in their respective homes during separate searches.

The 13 parcels of cannabis found at the Prashad Nagar house

The 13 parcels of cannabis found at the Prashad Nagar house

A 69-year-old businessman of South Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, was arrest late Friday night after Police found over 400 grams of cannabis during a search at his shop located along the Konawaruk River, Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni).

Reports reaching Guyana Times indicate that sometime around 23:30h, acting on information received, Police ranks swooped down to the suspect’s business place at Takuba Lodge Backdam, Konawaruk River, where a search was conducted.
During the search, the ranks unearthed 410 grams of the illegal substance.
Meanwhile, Police in A Division (Georgetown) received certain information and went to a house in Prashad Nagar, Greater Georgetown, where they discovered in excess of 52 pounds of compressed cannabis.
A 60-year-old male was arrested after ranks conducted a search at his home and unearthed 13 taped parcels of the illegal substance, which was later weighed and amounted to 24 kilograms.

FM

Businessmen arrested

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Firearm and Ammunition found in ‘B’ Division

…as police seize guns, ammo, marijuana in raids

Firearm and Ammunition found in ‘F’ Division
Firearm and Ammunition found in ‘F’ Division

FIVE persons have been arrested, and a number of guns, ammunition and marijuana have been seized in separate police raids conducted between Friday night and Saturday morning.

A police release detailed that at about 18:30h on Friday, an alert member of the Rural Constabulary in the community of Wismar, Linden observed a 32-year-old male from Bartica carrying several bags and acting in a suspicious manner. A search was conducted on the suspect and a number of spent shells and live ammunition were found in his possession. These include six empty cartridges (casing), 31 spent .32 and 9 mm shells, and 21 live .32 and 9mm rounds.

Cannabis found at Prashad Nagar, Georgetown
Cannabis found at Prashad Nagar, Georgetown

And at about 23:30h on Friday, ranks arrested a 69-year-old businessman of South Turkeyen, ECD at his place of business after 410 grams of cannabis were found on his premises.

Additionally, a 41-year-old driver of Palmyra, East Berbice, was arrested early on Saturday morning with an unlicensed handgun and 13 rounds of ammunition. According to the police release, an alert police patrol spotted the suspect driving his motor car on the Palmyra Public Road at about 01:30h. Upon seeing the patrol, the suspect attempted to speed away, but was intercepted and searched; and the police found on his person the 9mm pistol and ammunition.

Also, on Saturday, ranks acting on information conducted a search in a shop at Black Water Backdam, Konawaruk River, and found an unlicensed .32 revolver with three matching rounds and three spent shells. A 56-year-old businessman of Diamond Housing Scheme, EBD, who claimed ownership, is in custody.

Meanwhile, a 60-year-old male of Prashad Nagar, Georgetown was early Saturday morning taken into custody, after in excess of fifty-two pounds of compressed cannabis were found in his house. Ranks, acting on information received, went to the suspect’s house and conducted a search, unearthing 13 taped parcels of the illegal substance, weighing 24kg.

FM

Bandits rob Berbice businessman

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The Mootoo shop that was robbed in the wee hours on Sunday

THE HOME of businessman Jacob Mootoo of Alness Village, Corentyne in Region Six was invaded by two armed and masked men in the wee hours of Sunday, and an undisclosed sum of money and two cellphones were taken away.Mootoo, who operates a grocery and off-licence shop, said that at about 02:00h on Sunday, the men gained access to his home through a front window on the upper flat of his two-storey home by smashing out the grillwork.

“I was in bed, and got up to close the side window — since it started to rain and I usually leave that one open — when I heard a loud sound by the front window. I done know is thief, so I tried to holler and run downstairs,” he said.

Mootoo related that as he ran downstairs, his wife followed him, and he picked up a cutlass to confront the bandits. As he was making his way up the stairs in the dark, he fired several chops in the direction of the bandits, who retaliated by firing two shots, both of which missed him.

Mootoo said the men then turned around and left through the very window from which they gained entry into his home. They carted off an undisclosed sum of cash and two Sumsung Galaxy cellphones.

Mootoo’s (reputed) wife, Vimla Motee, said that when she heard the noise, she ran to awaken her sister who was in the next bedroom. However, the sister was not responding, and she ran downstairs to hide. Moments later, she explained, her sister opened her door but was confronted by the two men, who took away her cellphone. She also ran and hid in the shop.

Motee said that as her sister came to hide in the shop in the lower flat of the building, she opened a window and yelled: “Thief! Thief!”
Her screams alerted neighbours and the police were contacted. They arrived in less than 10 minutes, but the bandits had by then already escaped.

No one was injured during the ordeal, and police have since launched an investigation into the robbery.

 

FM

Remigrant nabbed with gun and ammunition, remanded


 

The remigrant Guyanese man who was nabbed on Saturday after a high speed chase by a police patrol, has been charged with possession of arms and ammunition and remanded to jail.car-kevin
Kevin France, a 51-year-old self-employed resident of lot 55 Palmyra Village appeared on Monday before Magistrate Alex Moore in the New Amsterdam Magistrate Court.
He is charged with being in possession of one 9 mm pistol and 13 live rounds without being the holder of a firearm licence. It was approximately 01:00 hrs on Saturday at Palmyra, East Coast Berbice.
According to information around 01:00 hrs ranks of the Police Mobile Patrol acting on information stopped motor car PVV 2423 which was being driven by France in the vicinity of Vryheid Road, West Canje, Berbice.
France however did not stop, but sped away sparking a high speed chase along the New Amsterdam public road. He was caught when he arrived at his Palmyra home and was about to exit the vehicle.
He was subsequently searched and the gun and ammunition were discovered.
The firearm was seized whilst the car with France was escorted to the Central Police Station, New Amsterdam.
The car was lodged along with the firearm.
He pleaded not guilty and was remanded to jail until November 14.

FM

Another Corentyne businessman robbed

Armed bandits on Sunday morning attacked and robbed a Corentyne businessman, firing two shots at him. The incident took place at Alness Village, Corentyne, Region Six (East Berbice/Corentyne).

Jacob Mootoo

Jacob Mootoo

According to reports Jacob Mootoo, the proprietor of J Mootoo Grocery Store was awakened when he heard a loud banging and went to investigate. Speaking with this publication Mootoo said after retiring to bed, he got up shortly after it began to rain to lock up the windows when he heard a crashing sound.
He explained: “I hear someone lashing my room window and trying fa lash out the glass and grill so I run downstairs fa’ me cutlass and me wife run somewhere and hide.”
According to Mootoo, after he grabbed his cutlass and was making his way back up to the steps, two gunshots were fired in his direction which stopped him in his tracks. The man immediately ran back down the steps but heard his sister-in-law, who was staying with them at the time, scream for help.
The businessman said he remained downstairs as he heard the men demanding cash. According to sister-in-law Devena, the bandits ransacked the upper flat of the two-flat building. She explained that they tore stuffed animals apart in search of cash.
Moments before Police arrived the two masked men exited the building and made good their escape. An undisclosed sum of cash and two Samsung Galaxy S5 phones were taken.
Police recovered two spent shells and the wood used to break into the building.
No arrests have been made as investigations are ongoing.

FM

BM Soat son shot, robbed

A city businessman was late Tuesday afternoon robbed and shot at his office on Croal Street, Georgetown by bandits who seemed to have laying in wait for him outside.

Rameez Mohammed

Rameez Mohammed

Guyana Times understands that 29-year-old Rameez Mohammed, whose father owns BM Soat Auto Sales on Croal Street, Georgetown, was approached by bandits, robbed and then shot. The two men, who were on a motorcycle, reportedly took away a bag with an undisclosed sum of cash.
At the business place on Tuesday, the security guard, Granville Gill, told Guyana Times  that he was upstairs standing at the door of the office after Mohammed had descended the stairs.

“We were standing on the landing there closing off and his mother was at the back coming. So I keep the grill open for her to pass out. Same time we hear “BLAM!”, and I just kicked back the grill,” Gill said, as he along with another colleague immediately rushed to see what was happening. They then found Mohammed crouched on the ground, while the two men jumped on the motorcycle and rode away.
The security guard said he could not see the face of the men, since the one who was riding the motorcycle had his face fully covered with a helmet and his accomplice was wearing a cap and turned his face when they rode off.
Mohammed was picked up and rushed to a private hospital in the city. Police have launched an investigation into the incident.

FM
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Another Corentyne businessman robbed

Armed bandits on Sunday morning attacked and robbed a Corentyne businessman, firing two shots at him. The incident took place at Alness Village, Corentyne, Region Six (East Berbice/Corentyne).

Jacob Mootoo

Jacob Mootoo

Bandits rob Berbice businessman

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The Mootoo shop that was robbed in the wee hours on Sunday

THE HOME of businessman Jacob Mootoo of Alness Village, Corentyne in Region Six was invaded by two armed and masked men in the wee hours of Sunday, and an undisclosed sum of money and two cellphones were taken away.Mootoo, who operates a grocery and off-licence shop, said that at about 02:00h on Sunday, the men gained access to his home through a front window on the upper flat of his two-storey home by smashing out the grillwork

 

You making up numbers,not the same incident you posted a few days ago.

Django

Indos are being robbed, looted and murdered under this ruthless criminal AFC/PNC administration.

Miss Danyella, D2 must be Jumping for Joy as Indos are being humiliated by the AFC/PNC thugs.

 

FM

The illuminati is controlling the mind of the negro negatively with dancing money due to exchange which reflect the dancing of the Indian conscience as the money circulates. The negroes see the dancing money as a threat to their complacency and this is why they attack Indians. The negroes are thinking why do Indians have more money and they can dance freely to the music with more happiness and restrict our thought process in this process of joy. I have to sympathize with the negro and I hope that this explanation will cause the negro to stop harming Indians because Indians don't know that this is happening. ILLUMINATI COMMAND: STOP MONEY DANCE-Ron October 26, 2016. Who has more money in the world? Anna stepped in to give me the letter shown in the photo.

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Sophia man gunned down — friend injured

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Dead: Kevin Inniss

AN altercation that occurred two weeks ago on Thursday night has resulted in the shooting death of a ‘B’ Field Sophia resident and the injuring of another. Dead is 23-year-old Kevin Inniss called “Old Dawg” of ‘B’ Field Sophia, Georgetown.
Inniss was shot four times about the body and was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Public Hospital. Hospitalised is Shane Carter, 22, also of Sophia. He was shot thrice in the leg.
Police said an investigation has revealed that the shooting occurred about 21:00hrs Thursday night.

 The house where the shooting occurred
The house where the shooting occurred

The victims, Kevin Inniss and Shane Carter, both of Ramsingh Street, ‘B’ Field, Sophia, were conversing in company with several others at the time.
Suddenly, a dark-coloured motor car with registration number unknown drove up and three armed, masked men approached and began discharging their firearms, hitting Inniss and Carter.
After committing the act, the gunmen re-entered the vehicle which sped away in a western direction. Investigators have retrieved 10 .32 spent shells and 13 warheads fragmentation at the scene. No arrests have been made as yet.
Other reports have revealed that Inniss, who is a part-time mechanic and also works as a mason, was hanging out at a friend when a Toyota Spacio car drove pass and opened fire on him and several friends who were in the yard at the time.
Inniss was at the time sitting in a chair when he was shot. Many scaled the fence and lay on the floor to escape the gunfire. Several bullet holes were left on the house, roof and fence.
One of the dead man’s friends noted that on many occasions over two jeep loads of policemen would visit the house to inquire about marijuana sales, but, when the shooting happened, only one vehicle with two policemen visited.

In trying to explain a motive to the murder, the man said two weeks ago “the man that did the shooting was driving his Spacio talking to a girl and he pass and jam ‘Old Dawg’ and they had an argument and his windscreen end up getting damage; and from since then the man passing here every day for the last two weeks looking for him.”
He said the driver passed the house on the first occasion Thursday night and after seeing Inniss, decided to turn around his vehicle, returning to the house where gunshots blazed.
“I just want to know if a man go at the police station and tell the police he going and kill somebody what is the police supposed to do,” one of the dead man’s friends questioned.
“The police was supposed to arrest that man right there and then before anything happened, they allowed the man to do what he wanted,” he said.
One resident said when she heard the gunshots, she thought they were firecrackers but later learned that someone had been killed.

FM

Woman robbed at gunpoint outside La Penitence market


 

A middle-aged woman was robbed of $25,000 at gunpoint yesterday by two bandits. One of the robbers was armed with a gun. The incident occurred at around 15:25hrs, as the woman was leaving the La Penitence market.
According to witnesses, the woman had just left her son’s stall after collecting the sum of money. She then proceeded to the front of the market with the aim of joining a short drop car to the bus park.
It was at this point that one of the bandits, who persons say was the lookout, passed the woman, shortly after the second bandit rode up, stopping a short distance way. The man then parked his bicycle at the side of a parked truck and proceeded to advance to the woman, before snatching her bag.
He then fired one shot into the ground sending persons running, before he and his accomplice made good their escape.
The driver of the taxi said he was surprised by the attack. The man said that when he tried to help the woman, the gunman told him to “stay back before I kill you”.
Shortly after the incident, one live round was discovered in the vicinity.
It was noted that there were no city police in sight before or after the robbery. One stall holder alleged that the ranks are usually “doing their own thing” during the day.
An official of the city constabulary said that city police ranks are at the market on a daily basis to assist with security.

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8-year-old shot in Berbice

Investigators in New Amsterdam, Berbice, are trying to ascertain how an eight-year-old girl was shot on Friday afternoon in her leg.
Reports are that the school girl, Sarah Mohair, who lives at the New Amsterdam Technical School compound, was sent by her mother into the yard at about 16:00h to close a bathroom door and on her way a loud explosion was heard and the primary school student started to scream. Divisional Commander Kevin Adonis said currently investigators are trying to determine where the gun would have been fired from and to determine how the child was hit by the apparent stray bullet.
Meanwhile, doctors at the New Amsterdam Hospital were able to remove the bullet from her leg. Up to press time, her condition was listed as stable.
According to Adonis, ballistic tests will be done to determine the type of weapon used.
Residents say there has been a series of loud explosions believed to the sound of fire crackers throughout the day and into the evening.
The use of such explosives have become prevalent but these explosives are illegal in Guyana. (Andrew Carmichael)

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Gunmen rob Rubis Gas Station at Mahaica

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TWO masked gunmen stormed the Rubis Gas Station at Mahaica, ECD — located a mere five minutes’ drive from the police station at Helena, Mahaica — on Sunday at about 10:30 hrs, and carted-off an undisclosed sum of money and valuables after terrorizing staffers.Staffers at the service station, an agency of Rubis which trades under the name Ramotar Service Station, have said that a heavily-tinted white car pulled up at the outlet, and two masked men emerged and barged into the gas station’s office while another remained in the car. Both armed, the men demanded the valuables that staffers had, while emptying the drawers of the service station.

“They asked for more than what they found, and we handed over change and my phone,” a representative of the gas station told this publication.

The day’s earnings were taken in the process, after which the men calmly walked out of the facility and grabbed valuables from a female pump attendant before fleeing the scene.

No one was harmed during this robbery, but staffers told this publication that the incident caught them off-guard.

Persons in the area have said that the car, which one person partially recalled as having a “PMM” number plate, was seen at least twice circling the area prior to the attack.

Police later visited the scene, and were taking statements from staffers when this publication arrived.

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Alleged gang rape after night club outing…Three questioned, cops seek legal advice


 

Police have questioned three young men who allegedly gang-raped a 20-year-old girl while taking her home from a Berbice night club a week ago.
A senior police official said that police are seeking legal advice to ascertain if the trio can be charged.
The girl, who was not fully dressed,  ran into a police station early last week Sunday and told a police rank she had been sexually assaulted.
Ranks from the Force’s Sexual Offences Unit investigated the case.
Residents in the vicinity of the station helped clothe the victim, after hearing her screaming outside the building. They took her first to a hospital, and then to two other police stations.
According to reports, the 20-year-old had visited a popular Berbice night club on Saturday night. She told relatives she then left with three male friends, who had a vehicle and had promised to drop her home. Kaieteur News understands that she was in an intoxicated state at the time.
However, during the journey, the men allegedly said that they had to take someone to the Corentyne. Then, instead of taking her home, allegedly took her to a house, where they threatened and sexually assaulted her.
She claimed that she managed to flee from the house and flag down a truck driver, who took her to a police station.
A police official said that the young woman recounted that she came out of the night club at around 04.30 hrs. She was reportedly under the influence. Her three male friends, who were going further up the Corentyne, offered to drop her home.
“They (allegedly) drove to the Corentyne and had sex with her against her will. She reported the matter, and we are making efforts to locate the suspects.”
A resident who lives near to the station where the alleged victim made a report said that he heard her screaming in the station at around 06.00 hrs. She had apparently become hysterical after the lone rank there indicated that he could not leave the station.
According to the resident, the young woman, who was not fully dressed, ran out of the station. Two women helped to ensure she was decently clothed before assisting in taking her to a private hospital. Staff there informed them that they would have to take her to a public hospital, and this was done. She then made a report at another police station after being medically examined.

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Looks like the PNC punishing PPP supporters via "mo fiah slow fiah" a slogan coined by the PNC during their time in opposition when they used fire as a tool to terrorize the Indian population.

Arsonist may have started Cummings Street drug store fire


 

– cops say man in black fled scene

An arsonist is believed to have started Saturday night’s fire, which gutted several businesses housed in a building on Cummings Street.
Police and fire fighters shared this view, after finding evidence of forced entry at the building.
Reports have revealed that persons in the vicinity smelled gasoline, just before the fire started at Ram’s Pharmacy. ‘A’ Division Commander, Assistant Commissioner Clifton Hicken said police ranks chased a man dressed in black who was seen running away from the building. The man escaped.

Several business destroyed by Cummings street fire

Several business destroyed by Cummings street fire

Ram’s Pharmacy where the fire originated

Ram’s Pharmacy where the fire originated

Police Officials said there is evidence of forced entry to the lower flat of the building as two holes were found in the concrete wall aback Ram’s Pharmacy and another leading from the drug store into a clothing store.

The hole where lawman believe alleged arsonist gained entry.

The hole where lawman believe alleged arsonist gained entry.

Kaieteuer News spoke with the owners of a cell shop which was also gutted by the fire. This business is also housed in the same building. The owners said the fire started around 23:00 hrs Saturday night. The owner added that she was unable to estimate her losses at the moment and revealed that the business was uninsured.
“This is the second time we have had a fire, the first one was a small fire,” the business owner lamented.
Operations Officer at the Guyana Fire Service (GFS), Compton Sparman said the GFS responded with four tenders and were able to extinguish the blaze. Sparman commended the Guyana Water Incorporated which increased water pressure to the area.

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Carpenter found dead on Berbice public road


 

– Relatives suspect foul play

A 26-year-old carpenter was found dead yesterday afternoon on the No 70 Public Road.

Dead: Faiyaz Narinedatt [inset) and the clothes reportedly worn by the carpenter.

Dead: Faiyaz Narinedatt (inset) and the clothes reportedly worn by the carpenter.

Dead is Faiyaz Narinedatt, of 36 No. 70 Village, Berbice. Narinedatt reportedly left his home early yesterday morning.
According to reports reaching Kaieteur News, the victim’s lifeless body was found at approximately 15:45 hrs, with what appeared to be marks of violence about the body and head.
Kaieteur News during a visit to the dead man’s home, spoke to his grieving mother, Bibi Shakera Aziz, who told this publication that her son left home yesterday at approximately 11:35 hrs, and she saw him later in the day at a shop nearby.
The woman stated, “meh son get up and ask meh wha wrang and me seh nothing na wrang ,and he go away, but me see am later at the shop opposite me hay, and after that me nah see he back”. She stated that she received a call stating that her son ‘met with an accident’ and was dead.
Meanwhile, Chandra Datt, an uncle of the now dead man, told Kaieteur News that his nephew’s death was not caused by an accident as they were told previously by police. According to Datt, his nephew was at a party in the village where a fight broke out, he disclosed that his nephew was allegedly beaten with pickets and thrown in a nearby drain located one lot away from where the party was being held. He stated that his nephew was allegedly beaten and then dumped on the public road.
When this publication visited the area where Narinedatt was allegedly beaten, some neighbours were tight-lipped on the situation, while expressing fear if anything was said.
One neighbour stated that “they beat the man and dash he pon the road”. He stated that he heard arguing outside the house where the party was being held, but didn’t think much of it.
As the investigation continues, there are rumours that persons who were at the party, hosted by an overseas-based businessman, could be responsible for the death of the young man.
During further investigation by this publication, broken pickets were seen thrown nearby a drain located not far from the businessman’s home. A shirt allegedly belonging to Narinedatt was also discovered on the parapet nearby. However, one of the businessman’s bodyguards is claiming that the shirt belongs to him, but relatives of the dead man are denying it is, as they indicated that it was the said shirt Narinedatt left his home with.
The body of the father of two was found on the public road, located a street away from where the alleged beating took place.
Meanwhile Divisional Commander Kevin Adonis confirmed that no-one has been arrested, as investigators are still taking statements. He also divulged that they are awaiting a Post Mortem to be conducted to determine whether or not it was a murder or it was indeed an accident.
Investigations are ongoing.

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Gunman trails and robs woman outside Grove home

A Grove, East Bank Demerara woman was left in a state of shock after a gunman in a heavily-tinted car robbed her in front on her home at around 19.00 hrs on Monday.
Dolores Thompson says she was held at gunpoint minutes after exiting her vehicle outside her Block Y residence. The robber relieved Thompson of a bag containing $90,000, her driver’s licence, bank card and other documents.
Thompson works in Georgetown, and had driven home from her place of employment. She is unsure whether the robber trailed her from the city.
It was when she was in her street that she realised that a vehicle was behind her. Thompson said that when she arrived home, the occupants of the heavily-tinted white Toyota Premio drove past her and stopped on her neighbour’s bridge.
Thompson said she opened her gate and drove into her yard. She was about to close her gate when a slim, brown-complexioned man, with a flop-hat pulled down in his face, exited the parked car. The man walked up to Thompson, pointed a gun at her, and ordered her to hand over her valuables.
“I was caught off-guard. I never expected to be robbed. I was cold, I was numb,” Thompson said.
The robber then headed back to the car and escaped. Thompson said that the bandit had an accomplice, who was driving.
She said that police later told her that the vehicle was fitted with false number plates.
The attack on Thompson occurred even as police officials insist that there has been a drop in serious crimes.

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Cattle farmer survives home invasion


 

A resident of Catherina’s Lust, West Coast Berbice, is happy to be alive after what is believed to be an attempted robbery, was thwarted by his neighbours on Monday night last.

A wounded Raymond Walters [inset) and his house.

A wounded Raymond Walters (inset) and his house.

Fifty-year-old Raymond Walters, a livestock farmer, who also works as a security guard at the Blairmont Sugar Estate, lives alone at Catherina’s Lust South, aback of a rapidly developing Hopetown Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society housing scheme.
According to Mr. Walters, it was about midnight when he went outside to use his detached toilet and was returning to the house. He was nearing the top of the stairs when three men suddenly pounced upon him, raining blows, while one man held him by the throat as they dragged him into the house and demanded money.
Walters recalled being bitten on the ears by the man who was choking him, and he was able to push him away during the struggle to be able to shout for help.
His neighbours responded promptly, and the approaching lights were enough to force the attackers to beat a hasty retreat, leaving their victim bleeding from the head and the ear.
The matter was reported at the Fort Wellington Police Station, and Walters was taken to the Fort Wellington Hospital where he was kept overnight.
A traumatized Walters disclosed that he was robbed twice before in recent times, but the police were never able to solve the cases. He however claims that he was able to recognize one of the attackers in this reported incident.
The police are investigating.

FM

Bandit shot dead in Diamond home invasion

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One of two armed bandits was shot and killed by a licensed firearm holder, early Wednesday morning as they attempted to break into his 5th Avenue Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara home.

Investigations revealed that about 02:15h, the 38-year-old miner was awaken by a loud noise coming from the lower flat of his house, and upon investigating saw two males one armed with a handgun, attempting to gain entry into a southern door.

He made an alarm and during this process, discharged his firearm in the bandits’ direction, hitting one of them who fell, whilst his accomplice with the firearm managed to scale the fenced yard and escaped.

The matter was reported and ranks of a mobile patrol responded promptly and rushed the shot bandit, who was clad in a three quarter pants and a black vest tied around his neck, to the Diamond Diagnostic Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

He sustained two suspected gunshot wounds to his neck. His identity is yet to be ascertained. The body is presently at the Lyken Funeral Home. A 27-year-old male from West Ruimveldt who was arrested in the vicinity of the crime scene, is assisting with the investigation.

 
 
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Bandits rob, burn Cane Grove store

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The gutted building which stored millions of dollars in supplies that went up in flames Wednesday morning

BANDITS in the wee hours of Wednesday morning robbed a pharmacy and hardware store at Lot 38, Virginia Village, Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara before setting the building on fire.The building located next to a police station was under construction and had commenced business some two years ago.

The owner, Dr Shivaram Itwaru, who is also a businessman, said the bandits entered the premises and torched the building using diesel after stealing his supplies. He was unable to save any item in stock and estimated his losses at $30M.

A depressed Dr Shivaram Itwaru being comforted by his wife in the aftermath of the fire
A depressed Dr Shivaram Itwaru being comforted by his wife in the aftermath of the fire

The medical doctor employed at the Georgetown Public Hospital and who has been practicing for over a decade, said he was out of the country for three months and only returned to Guyana Tuesday last.

“Last night, I was sleeping and my brother-in-law came to my house and started rapping on the door like 03:00 hrs and he told me the building was on fire. When I rush to the scene, I saw a lot of villagers assisting in putting the fire out and the fire truck came a little after that,” he recalled.

The doctor noted that there are cameras at all corners of his premises but noted that some of their positions were moved.

He also noted that the robbers burnt the camera’s DVR system in a bid to cover their identity.

“The investigators said the fire didn’t happen in one place, it happened in multiple places and diesel was used since bottles with the flammable liquid were found,” he said.

The bandits knocked out a grill from a window on the western side of the building to gain access to the business, Dr Itwaru said, pointing out that inside the building investigators also found coconut shells soaked with diesel.

The building stored groceries, confectionaries and hardware, as well as pharmaceutical supplies.

The doctor has since given a statement to the police and has related to them his suspicions.

His business is not insured and he related that it was too expensive at the time since he had to his repay creditors.

 
 
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Man goes berserk, decapitates neighbor

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Undertakers removing the body of Bhulmattie Delall called "Mommy Gold", 53, from her home

BHULMATTIE Delall called “Mommy Gold”, 53, of Belvedere Squatting Area, Corentyne, Berbice, was on Wednesday decapitated by a berserk man.At the time of the incident, the woman was at home relaxing with her two-year- old grandson, who was not hurt in the vicious attack.

Dead: Bhulmattie Delall called
Dead: Bhulmattie Delall called “Mommy Gold”
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According to information, the suspect Jainarine Balgobin called “Payo” had gone over to the woman’s house and threatened her.

Soon after he returned and committed the gruesome act.

Payo had also threatened three other neighbours before returning to Delall’s house where he severed her head with two chops.

“He went over by Mommy Gold and then he go over by them other people house and cuss them up and then he went over back by she with the cutlass in he hand and chop she and like he corner she by the fireside and how he chop she the head fall and left pon one side,” one neighbour related.

Payo was released from the Albion Police Station lockups on Tuesday after spending three days there for allegedly stealing his mother’s money.

He reportedly tripped out Wednesday morning and threatened several neighbours before going to Delall.

Delall is said to be very close to Payo’s mother and would rescue her whenever he abuses her.

The man, soon after committing the act, was arrested and taken into police custody.

According to residents, Payo had tripped out once before.

“Yesterday when he come he went over by (Bhulmattie) and touch she up and she holler for he mother. His mother come over and had to carry he home. When he drink he does behave really bad and treat he mother bad. One time before he trip out too but this me can’t believe he kill that lady so this thing mek everybody shock — that was a good lady. She does be the one to help out he mother,” another resident at the scene related.

Residents converged on the scene of the murder
Residents converged on the scene of the murder

Delall’s daughter, Purinima Nandram, 27, who was traumatised by the incident, said she was at work in New Amsterdam when she received a call informing her to go home immediately.

Nandram said she left only to come home to find her mother dead.

“I can’t believe this. Why he had to do this to mommy? She is a good lady always want to help people, she never like see advantage tek pon people,” the daughter cried.

Nandram said when she left home earlier her mother was in good spirits. Her two elder children ages seven and eight went to school while her two-year-old grandson stayed with Delall.

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Bandits beat, rob owner of Chinese restaurant

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The Hing Fa Restaurant which was robbed by bandits who pretended to be customers

FIFTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD Chinese national Caa Aza Huo who operates the Hing Fa Restaurant at Garnett and Republic Streets in Newtown, Georgetown was on Thursday assaulted during a robbery at his place of business.Police say that at approximately 23:30hrs on Thursday, three men posing as customers entered the restaurant and made an order. While waiting on their food to be served, two of the three robbers instructed the proprietor to open the counter door, whereupon they held him at gunpoint.

Caa Aza Huo complied with the armed bandits’ order, but was beaten in the face with a gun while the bandits entered the heart of his business and carted off an undisclosed amount of cash, one laptop computer and two Samsung Galaxy cellphones.

After the robbery, the restaurant owner reportedly tried to summon the police via 911, but calls for assistance went unanswered by the police.

Neighbours recalled hearing loud screams for help when the Chinese national was being beaten by the bandits. They reported that they wanted to assist him, but were afraid to venture out of their homes because a gunshot had been discharged by the robbers, who fled the scene unchallenged.

Having received injuries to his mouth, the restaurant owner was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC), where he was treated and sent away.

Police say the bandits were not masked, and the building was not outfitted with surveillance cameras. By the time the police arrived the men had already escaped.

When the Guyana Chronicle visited the restaurant on Friday, the business remained closed until further notice.

FM

Brazen bandits tie up, beat, rob Black Bush gas station owner


 

Two brazen bandits yesterday terrorised a Yakusari North, Black Bush Polder, Berbice businessman before escaping with cash and phone cards.

The robbed business place at Yakusari North, Black Bush Polder, Corentyne, Berbice.

The robbed business place at Yakusari North, Black Bush Polder, Corentyne, Berbice.

According to residents of the farming community, the businessman was tied up and badly beaten and left in his shop during the high noon ordeal.
The businessman, 71, whose name was given as Jhodan but is known as ‘Django’, operates a gas station, drinking spot and general store. He apparently lived alone.
A resident who went to the business to purchase gas found the place deserted.
After calling for several minutes, the resident reportedly heard muffled sounds and pushed open a side door and found the businessman tied up and on the floor.
He was gagged, his hands were tied behind his back and he was bloodied from having been badly beaten on the face.
According to reports, the two young bandits had a cutlass and a knife.
They escaped with over $150,000 in cash, phone cards and cell phones.
Residents expressed surprise at the brazen act as the business place is located on a busy road that is traversed by vehicles all day long.
Yakusari North, Black Bush Polder, is located about seven miles in from the Corentyne Public Road at Number 43 Village.

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Robbed three times in four months…La Grange gas station offers reward for information on bandits


 

The D and L Gas Station at La Grange, West Bank Demerara (WBD) Public Road is

The two bandits [in hoodie) harassing the two pump attendants.

The two bandits (in hoodie) harassing the two pump attendants.

offering a reward for any information that would lead to the arrest of two bandits who pounced on two staffers at the company last Thursday.
Surveillance footage showed one man, armed with a firearm entering the Gas Station. He grabbed a bag from a female pump attendant and then started to punch a male employee, who was standing in front of the pump.
By this time, another gunman entered and grabbed the female’s chain and took the cap that the male was wearing.
Both men then ran out of the gas station.
Kaieteur News was told that the gas station opened last June and was robbed twice in that same month. Last Thursday’s attack was the third since the gas station opened.

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Gunman shoots money changer in fast food outlet


 

– bike bandits rob gas station

In the latest brazen acts by criminals, an unmasked gunman walked into a Popeye’s outlet in Water Street at around 16.00 hrs yesterday and pumped a bullet into a money changer who was dining with his girlfriend.
Hours later, bandits on a motorcycle robbed the Atlantic Petroleum filling station at Eccles, East Bank Demerara.
Shot and in a critical condition is money-chager Vishwahnauth Nouwbat, also known as ‘Vishal’, 36, of ‘C’ Field Sophia. He underwent emergency surgery at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.
Reports are that the father of one and his girlfriend were having a meal when the gunman, who reportedly had an accomplice waiting outside, approached Nouwbat and ordered him to hand over money.
The man’s girlfriend said that he refused to comply, and the gunman shot her partner to the left side abdomen.
The woman, who was not injured, said that bandit fled without taking anything.
Eyewitnesses alleged that the bandits had to have been watching Nouwbat, who has been plying his trade outside the restaurant for a number of years.
Police investigators were on the scene trying to review CCTV footage. However, staffers were reportedly unable to locate sections of the footage linked to the botched robbery. Family members of Nouwbat told this publication that this is the second time he had been shot during a robbery.

Public spirited citizens assisting with carrying the injured man to an ambulance

Public spirited citizens assisting with carrying the injured man to an ambulance

SHOT: Vishwahnauth Nouwbat

SHOT: Vishwahnauth Nouwbat

It was just two months ago that another money-changer, Mahendra Deonarine, was shot in the abdomen just as he had disembarked from a boat at the Georgetown Ferry Stelling.
The robber relieved Deonarine of a haversack which contained an undisclosed sum of local and foreign currency, before fleeing on a motorcycle.
And at around 22.00 hrs last night, two men on a motorcycle, which bore no number plates, reportedly escaped with cash after a robbery at the Atlantic Petroleum filling station at Eccles.
When Kaieteur News arrived at the scene, the business was shut and employees declined to give details, beyond confirming the robbery.
The attacks occurred even as police and Government officials face increased criticism about what appears to be a rise in similar brazen attacks.
But lawmen and Government officials have insisted that there has been a decrease in serious crimes, while stating that efforts are being made to reduce the number of unlicensed weapons, while putting more stringent screening in place for persons who apply for firearms.

 

 
 
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Thieves escape with $3.5M from Bartica Deputy Mayor’s store

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Bartica’s Deputy Mayor Kamal Persaud, owner of Kamal’s Gift Centre, is counting her losses after thieves in the wee hours of Sunday broke and entered her business, which has been in operation for over a decade. Reports are that sometime between 03:00h and 05:00h, bandits made their way through a window on the upper flat at the WK Shopping Mall, Bartica, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) and made off with jewellery, watches, mobile phones and portable DVD players. This follows another robbery committed on the store in September when mobile phones, to the value of $1.2 million, were stolen.

Bartica’s Deputy Mayor, Kamal Persaud
Bartica’s Deputy Mayor, Kamal Persaud

According to preliminary investigations, this latest robbery is similar in nature to the previous incident. Speaking with this publication on Sunday evening, Persaud expressed much frustration over being robbed twice in less than three months. The Deputy Mayor also explained that the lock on the door to the boutique was broken, while the showcase inside the establishment was also damaged.

The store’s showcase was vandalised
The store’s showcase was vandalised

She explained that while she appreciated the quick response of the Police, more needed to be done to restore safety to the nation’s newest town. The Deputy Mayor pointed out that this was the fourth time she has been robbed in 12 years since the establishment of her business. Persaud further explained that the first incident was in 2006, and the second occurred shortly after in 2007, and she has lost millions of dollars cumulatively.
“Bartica was the safest place in Guyana, but over the years, there have been a lot of criminal elements harbouring themselves here,” Persaud expressed. She added too with a population increase and movement of people, there has been an increase in crime.
Police are continuing their investigations.

FM

Bandits attack car importer office, escape with $15M cash


 

Bandits, in an early morning raid, yesterday, attacked the head office of a car importer in Kingston, escaping with millions of dollars in local and foreign currency.

The robbed headquarters of Yokohama Trading, Kingston.

The robbed headquarters of Yokohama Trading, Kingston.

Staffers of the Yokohama Trading were left traumatized during the 10 minute ordeal in which the security guard was gun-butted.
Yokohama, a prominent Suriname-based car importer that set up operations here several months ago, had only recently opened a stockyard on the Rupert Craig Highway, East Coast Demerara, signlling intentions to expand operations here.
According to police sources as well as staffers, the Barrack Street headquarters had only opened for business for a few minutes when the bandits struck yesterday.
It was around 08:15hrs.
A security guard had left his post to get a cup of coffee in the outside office located in the lobby area when he felt a sharp pain at the back of his head. He had been using the water cooler. As he slipped to the floor, he saw a gun man hovering over him threateningly.
Another staffer, who acts as a cashier, was reportedly attending to her duties when she heard the commotion.
Suspecting something was amiss, she ran into the inner office to inform other staffers. They came back hurriedly and saw a man with a gun pointed at the head of her colleague, a Customer Service representative.
He demanded she open the door leading to the cashier area.
The two bandits, who were not masked, appeared to know what they were doing. They locked the entire office and it appeared as if a third person was outside on the lookout.
They demanded cash and led one of the staff members to a safe. The cash, said to be almost $15M in local and foreign currencies, was dumped in a bag and the staffers were ordered to lie on the ground.
The bandits, said to be in their 20s, quickly exited the Barrack Street building into a waiting car, said to be a Toyota NZE sedan.
The escape was reportedly captured on surveillance cameras.
Kaieteur News was told that the bandits may have cased the office on Saturday as two men were seen acting suspiciously in the office. One had been seen peering into the cashier cage and around the customer services area.
He had wanted a quotation on a vehicle but later changed his mind after receiving a call.
The police were yesterday called in and were said to be investigating the matter.

FM

Berbice joiner beaten, robbed


 

Mohamed Azad Boodram, called “Haribold” 56, a joiner and father of three of No 19, East Coast Berbice was on Sunday brutally attacked and robbed by three men, one of whom he knew. This occurred around 14:30 hrs.

Beaten and robbed: Mohamed Azad Boodram

Beaten and robbed: Mohamed Azad Boodram

He was badly beaten about his body with a cutlass and relieved of the money he had.
Boodram identified the mastermind as someone of mixed ancestry with whom he has been acquainted for about two year and had spoken to a few minutes earlier. The man’s parents also bought furniture from him in the past.
According to Boodram he would deliver furniture on a ‘hold over’ basis. Persons would subsequently deliver money to his home or he would go around and make collections on weekends.
He left home around 12:30 hrs to make some collections and was in the Fyrish area when he encountered the mastermind on the road. They had a conversation and he left to go into the village to collect money from debtors.
Whilst in the village he saw the same suspect and two other guys sitting on a stall. One had a cutlass. He did not pay them much mind since he knew the mastermind. He subsequently stopped to buy a snow cone from a vendor when he felt a hand in his pocket. He held on to the hand and upon looking around he noticed it was the same suspect.
Thinking it was a joke, he asking the man if he needs a ‘small piece’. With that the man began broadsiding him. He was struck several times about his body including his head, back and belly.
He was then relieved of the $35,000 he had collected so far as the culprits made good their escape.
Boodram collapsed and was subsequently assisted by a resident to the Albion Police Station where a report was made. The police subsequently arrived and scoured the area, but the suspects had disappeared.
Boodram, who also cultivates a cash crop farm behind his home, saw his entire three acres of cultivation completely destroyed by fire. The man, who has been planting and cultivating the area for over 10 years, grew permanent crops that included oranges, tangerines, limes, lemons, guavas and sugar apples. He had over 500 bearing trees.
That fire had emanated from the rice field behind the farm owned by one Ravi of No19 Village. Boodram had made a report to the relevant authorities including the police, fire service and the Ministry of Agriculture, but got no help.
Again this year his entire crop was burnt by the said perpetrator and nothing is being done.
Boodram, who lost a son in 1994 in a road accident on the No19 Public Road due to the careless use of the road by a recalcitrant driver, said he received nothing from that incident.
The man plans to contact the Commissioner of Police with his plight.

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Man busted with 130lbs ganja


 

… Thought he was transporting dry coconuts
-court hears

One of two men, who were allegedly held with almost 130 pounds of marijuana concealed in (salt) bags, after police intercepted a car at Kitty, Georgetown, during a high speed chase, is claiming that he thought dry coconuts were in the bags.
The man, Fawad Hamid, also known as ‘Not Nice’, 22, of Blairmont Estate, Berbice and Mark Douglas of Number Three Village, West Coast Berbice, are accused of having 58.843 kilogrammes of marijuana in their possession for the purpose of trafficking on March 12, at David Street, Kitty, Georgetown.
Hamid and Douglas who are represented by Attorneys Mark Waldron and Clyde Forde respectively are out on bail.
Police acting on information travelled to the vicinity of Subs and Salads, Sheriff Street, Georgetown, where two vehicles were seen. Hamid, who was the driver of one of the vehicles, turned into David Street, Georgetown after seeing police ranks. Ranks intercepted the vehicle after an exchange of gunfire and conducted a search during which a quantity of compressed marijuana was found in five bags in the trunk of the vehicle.
Last week, Hamid was called on to lead a defence after trial Magistrate Judy Latchman ruled that a Prima Facie case was made out against him based on evidence led by Police Prosecutor Vishnu Hunt.
Guided by his Attorney, the defendant elected to give a sworn testimony, during which he told the court that Douglas had given him five white salt bags and told him that dry coconuts were inside.
According to Hamid whilst leaving his home on the day in question, Douglas approached him at a park at Rosignol, Berbice and asked if he wanted a taxi to Georgetown. Hamid recalled that Douglas told him he had some bags to take to the city. He said that Douglas left and returned with five salt bags and placed them into the trunk of the vehicle.
“He (Douglas) tell me the bags got to go to Georgetown and he gave me a phone number to call somebody. I put it (the phone number) in my cell phone. He said when I go on Sheriff Street call the (phone number) and a man will come and collect the (salt) bags.”
The witness said that he drove the car from Berbice and called the cell phone number given to him while on Sheriff Street, but got no answer which resulted in him calling Douglas who told him he would be there in two minutes.
Hamid said, “When Mark Douglas arrived he parked behind my car. When I stepped out my car to talk to Douglas I see a burgundy 212 (motorcar) pull up alongside Douglas car with four plainclothes policemen.”
The defendant stated that he rushed into his car and sped off after police ranks with guns approached his co-accused. He stated that police chased after him firing gunshot and he surrendered; stepping out of the car.
Hamid told the court that he was taken to Police Narcotics Branch, Eve Leary, Georgetown, where police ranks opened the salt bags in the presence of Mark Douglas and disclosed that the bag contained marijuana.
Hamid related that he told police that the drug belonged to Mark Douglas and they promised to send him home if he testified against Douglas.
In spite of the promise, Hamid told the court police later informed him that he would be charged for the offence.
This matter is continuing.

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Cricket Coach’s wife robbed at knifepoint

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Wife of current coach of the National Cricket Team Guyana Jaguars, Esuan Crandon was on Monday robbed at knife point on Sheriff Street, Georgetown.
Lestra Crandon was in the company of her two daughters when two men pounced on her as she stopped to make a purchase at a fast food outlet.
One of the men reportedly exited a car and grabbed onto the woman’s bag, while another attempted to relieve her of the keys to her car.
Although she resisted, the men made good their escape with her handbag containing a cheque worth $300,000, $140,000 in cash, debit cards, passports, mobile phones and other important documents.
In tears, the traumatised woman related that she stopped to purchase pizza for her daughter who celebrated her birthday on Monday. When she stopped, a man confronted her and held onto her bag and soon after the other joined in and attempted to relieve the car keys from her.
At the time, she noted, she was fearful for her life and that of her two daughters.
She explained that prior to the robbery, she did a bank city transaction and believes that she might have been followed by the men. “I don’t know where these guys came from… they came onto me suddenly but I tried to fight them off… one of them remain in a car and the two others were fighting with me,” she added. An alarm was raised and persons around ran to her rescue but by then the men had already taken her handbag.
However a man was subsequently arrested but has since denied his involvement in the robbery, although the woman has positively identified him. He was not found with anything in his possession, leaving detectives to suspect he handed over the bag to his accomplices. He was taken into custody and is assisting with investigations as Police launched a manhunt for the two others.

 
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Bandits nabbed in Republic Park hideout

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Caught! Robbery convict Eon Godfrey Lynch

ROBBERY convict Eon Godfrey Lynch was among two wanted men cornered and arrested by police in the Eccles Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, as they attempted to escape lawmen who discovered them hiding out in an abandoned house in Republic Park, EBD, on Tuesday afternoon.

The other man arrested is a 22-year-old resident of Georgetown’s Costello Housing Scheme, who is a prime suspect in two recent robberies committed on gas stations in Georgetown and Eccles.

Superintendent Jairam Ramlakhan, in a statement from the Guyana Police Force, said the 19-year-old Lynch has given his places of abode as Agricola, East Bank Demerara and Lot 16 Second Bridge, Cow Dam, Diamond, East Bank Demerara.

Magistrate Judy Lutchman has sentenced him in absentia to a five-year term of imprisonment after finding him guilty of robbing Yvonne Moe of $13M at gunpoint on April 25, 2016 at Republic Park, East Bank Demerara.

On the day in question, Lynch, while in the company of another, allegedly held Moe at gunpoint and robbed her of the cash, jewellery and a pistol, all property of Harry Narine.

Lynch has had several other brushes with the law, the Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Jairam Ramlakhan, has said.

It is also alleged that on February 18, at Agricola, East Bank Demerara, while being in the company of another, and armed with a gun, Lynch robbed Dexter Richards of one Jialing motorcycle valued at $175,000, property of Shondell Mars. Lynch was also accused of robbing Richards, on the same day, of one gold ring worth $50,000 while brandishing a gun.

According to police facts, Richards was riding his motorcycle in Agricola when it encountered some mechanical problems. As he stopped to check, Lynch, with an accomplice who was armed with a cutlass, confronted him at gunpoint. They relieved him of the bike and gold ring, as stated in the charge, before escaping. The teen was later caught and positively identified by Richards during an identification (ID) parade.

Lynch was also charged with escaping from the lawful custody of Police Constable Boyce on March 1, while he was arrested for allegations of sexual assault.

He also was before the Providence Magistrate to face another robbery charge.

In yesterday’s dramatic afternoon confrontation, one of the men was caught in a residential compound while the occupants of the home were not at home. The other was cornered and arrested a block away, after they had both sprinted away in their failed attempt at escape.

At about 15:00 hours yesterday, police promptly responded to a call received from a public-spirited citizen, informing them that the men were seen acting suspiciously in the unoccupied house. The due, on seeing the police, reportedly fled, but were captured in Eccles.

“The Guyana Police Force wishes to acknowledge the excellent support it is receiving from members of the public in its crime-fighting strategies,” the police have said.

FM

Bandits snatch Alesie payroll in Harbour Bridge ambush


 

The Ruimzeight Rice Processors Incorporated (Alesie), is once again counting its losses after one of its staffer and a taxi-driver, were robbed at gunpoint yesterday afternoon in the vicinity of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Bus Stop on the eastern side of the link.
According to reports, the staffer – who requested anonymity – had just uplifted the company’s payroll from a City bank. The staffer hailed a known taxi driver to transport her to the company’s headquarters on the West Coast of Demerara.
It was some time around 16:30hrs at the bridge when the duo was robbed. An eyewitness reported that a motorcar bearing licence plate number PSS 7213 pulled up to the taxi where a lone gunman exited the vehicle and began his assault on the taxi-driver.
The driver was reportedly gun-butted several times to the head as the gunman specifically requested the “envelope with the US$”.
The matter was reported at the Vreed-en-Hoop Police station and investigations are still ongoing.
Back in April this year, six heavily armed gunmen managed to gain entry into the Alesie compound minutes after midnight, overpowered the two on-duty guards and carted off $3M and other valuables. The guards were duct-taped and beaten during the ordeal.

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Armed bandits invade Rohee’s house – Maids beaten, tied up

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PPP General -Secretary Clement Rohee speaks with the media after investigators had left his Eccles, East Bank Demerara home

– Car used in robbery found abandoned in Georgetown

LAW enforcement officers are in search of three men who Wednesday robbed the Eccles, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home of Clement Rohee, a former Home Affairs Minister and the current general-secretary of the opposition PPP, and beat his two maids in their search for money and gold. The police have since recovered the car that was used to drop and pick up the men. It was found abandoned on Croal street in Georgetown hours after the robbery. The police were also able to get fingerprints from the vehicle and from Rohee’s house.
At approximately 11:30 hrs, the men, armed with guns and a knife, entered the back door of Rohee’s home and held his two maids hostage as they searched for gold and money. The backdoor of the Eccles property was left open by one of the maids.

Investigators leaving Rohee’s premises Rohee on Wednesday
Investigators leaving Rohee’s premises Rohee on Wednesday

Rohee told reporters that he received a call Wednesday morning while at work informing him of the robbery. He said his domestic helpers were duct-taped and beaten by the angry men who had demanded money and gold from them. When the maids claimed they had no knowledge of the valuables in the house, they were kicked about their bodies. The ordeal lasted approximately 20 minutes, they said.
“[They] tied them up with duct tape, took them upstairs to the upper flat [and] began demanding gold and cash. Of course, they know nothing about that. They assaulted them for a brief while, a few kicks and so on; they began to ransack the house from top to bottom,” said Rohee.
Neither Rohee nor his wife was at home at the time of the incident. He said the police are currently reviewing security surveillance to determine who the three men are and the owner of the vehicle used to drop and pick them up from the location.
An undisclosed amount of local and foreign cash and jewellery were removed from the house, said Rohee, who disclosed that his wife had left for work around 07:30 hrs, while he left around 09:30 hrs.
“We have not been able to establish the total sum of money – a combination of foreign and local currency,” he told reporters after investigators left his Lot 6&7 Ixora Avenue, Eccles, EBD home.
The former Minister of Home Affairs said his firearm was not removed from where it was stowed and can only assume that the bandits did not see or touch it. It was only Monday when Rohee had expressed concern about the state of crime in Guyana during his party’s weekly press conference.
He is unsure of whether the robbery was random, noting, “I can’t say really you know… there had to be something make they came to this specific house and leave the others in the neighbourhood.”
Rohee explained that his wife is the owner of the property and noted that “nobody lived there before; this house was built by my wife when she came back from working with the embassy in Washington.”
He said the robbery of the Eccles house was not isolated, as there have been similar cases in the area as of recent.
“This kind of incident is very prevalent in the Eccles area…not because it has touched me, but a significant number of people have come to recognise that the crime situation is becoming more or less intolerable.”
As word spread of the robbery, members of the PPP/C visited Rohee’s home to provide support. Many of them were heard condemning the crime situation in the country while noting that “nothing is being done to reduce crime.”

The Eccles house belonging to Rohee and his wife
The Eccles house belonging to Rohee and his wife

Former Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai ,who lives opposite Rohee and Member of Parliament Nigel Dharamlall, along with other well-wishers, were seen at the Eccles house as a team of investigators carried out their investigations.
Meanwhile, a surveillance video seen by the Guyana Chronicle shows three persons being dropped off by a car; one of the bandits was carrying a backpack. Neighbours were in shock when they learnt of the robbery, noting that they had no clue that the former minister’s house was being robbed.
“Excuse me, is what happening over there by Mr Rohee?” asked one neighbour who when told said, “Oh my God, we were right here and we didn’t see anything.”
The said Eccles resident requested anonymity and told the Guyana Chronicle that recently she saw a young man on a bicycle traversing the street. The man spoke with Rohee’s security and told him he was looking for the wake of his aunt.
The said man was seen observing that resident’s house and when the resident enquired as to his motive, he said he was looking for the wake of his uncle.
“This is sickening, people work very hard for their things; something has got to be done about these people,” the angry resident stated.
Last week, President David Granger pleaded with citizens to be patient as his government works to implement crime-fighting strategies. He believes that the initiatives already implemented by the Ministry of Public Security are having an effect on the crime situation facing the country.
The Guyana Police Force had stated that as of September, serious crimes were down 19 per cent across the country.

 
 
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ourteen women killed in 11 months


 

Fourteen women have lost their lives in domestic dispute between January and October 2016. According to data, compiled by the Ministry of Social Protection Documentation Centre, that figure represents three fewer women who were killed by their husbands, boyfriends or ex-partners, for the same period last year. The victims were between the ages 28 and 75 years old.
Representatives of the documentation centre noted the slight decline in the number of women killed in domestic violence scenarios will easily go unnoticed since it has become a norm.
They pointed to the 2015 Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) survey which showed that domestic violence is relatively accepted in Guyana.
According to surveys carried out between 2006 and 2014, respondents were asked whether they would or would not approve of a man hitting his wife if she had been unfaithful. They were also asked whether they would not approve but understand the abuse.
LAPOP recorded 10.2% of respondents approved while 25.4% of respondents did not approve of the abuse but understood. Further, 64.4% of respondents neither approved nor understood the abuse.
“This has been the cultural norm and the nation needs to move away from this. Try to eradicate domestic violence killing and gender-based violence.”
The information compiled by the documentation centre outlined that the first domestic murder for the year was committed against Hafeeza Rohoman, 28 of Helena Mahiachony on January 7, 2016. The next act was committed against Leolyn Sullivan, of Wismar Linden. She was stabbed 31 times in a neighbour’s yard after she had jumped through a window in an effort to escape.
She died while receiving treatment at the Linden Hospital.
Her reputed husband, Lawrence Carter, was taken into custody shortly after. On January 21, the battered body of 41-year-old Bibi Zabida Khan was found in a trench at Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo, one day after she went missing from her Seaview, Stewartville home.
A postmortem revealed that the woman had been beaten and strangled. Her reputed husband, Randolph Williams, who disappeared after the woman went missing, committed suicide a few months later.
On April 18, the partially decomposed body of 23-year-old Simone Hackett was discovered in a trench at Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara, a few days after she left her home to collect a package which her reputed husband had reportedly sent from the interior with a friend.
Her throat was slit and she was stabbed at least twice to her back and neck.
A few days after the discovery was made, her reputed husband, Clevon Hamilton, and an alleged accomplice were charged.
On May 9, 50-year-old Bagwanttie Persaud, called “Kamini” of 196 Mangroo Street, Rose Hall was chopped to death, allegedly by her reputed husband, 52-year-old Desmond Gordon.
On May 31, security guard Latchmin Shivpujan called “Radika” of Lot 3233 Crane Old Road, West Coast Demerara (WCD) was found murdered in her home. Her body bore several stab wounds.
Neighbours said that they heard the woman screaming for help the night before the gruesome discovery was made but no one saw anyone entering her home.
A male security guard, with whom she had a relationship, is among four taken into custody for questioning.

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Even top PNC brown noser Chris Ram ain't immune from the ravages of crime under the PNC.

Burglars invade home of Christopher Ram’s son


 
The door that was broken by the bandits

The door that was broken by the bandits

Burglars invaded the home of the son of prominent accountant, Christopher Ram, early yesterday and escaped with approximately $1.2M in valuables.
This occurred some time between 01:00 hr and 04:00 hrs at the 34-year-old man’s Delhi Street, Prashad Nagar home.
The suspects escaped with a television, a music set, a watch, computer, electrical appliances, clothing and foreign currency.
In a statement yesterday, Christopher Ram Jnr said, “Between the hours of 11:00 PM on Tuesday when I turned in to bed, and 4:00 AM on Wednesday, when I woke up, my home in Prashad Nagar was burgled and almost every portable thing of value taken away.”
The victim said that he relied on his two dogs for protection purposes but one of the animals was injured—He suggested that the bandits might have had something to do with this.
The men gained entry into Ram’s home by damaging the lock on his door in the upper flat of the property.
Ram said that he was disappointed when he called 911 to report what had happened.
“When I called 911, I was cut off on three occasions and on the fourth occasion I was told that since the burglars had already left I would need to go down to the Police Station to make a report.”
He explained that the area where he lived has been a target for burglars and bandits.
“The President has said that he would like to see fewer weapons in the hands of private citizens and that these should be left to the law enforcement agencies. As good as this may sound, in practice, it means that citizens are left to the mercy of the bandits and an ineffective public security system.”
He lamented that “even though I am a US citizen, I returned to Guyana to pursue a career and to live in a country I would love to call home.
I am the Manager and CEO of a Human Resources company, Accedo, and part of our efforts is to persuade members of the Diaspora to return and work in Guyana.
“This experience will affect the conviction with which I can continue to do so.
Indeed, the incompetence and insensitivity of the Police now force me to reconsider my decision about Guyana.”

FM

Man walks into hospital with ‘ice pick’ in back


 

…after telling Rasta man to eat salt

A 23-year-old man was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) around 15:00 hrs yesterday with an ice-pick stuck in his back. This was after he reportedly told a “Rasta man” to eat salt.

Seyon Persaud

Seyon Persaud

The victim has been identified as Seyon Persaud of Leopold Street, Georgetown.
According to information received, Persaud was walking near Stabroek Market in Georgetown with a friend, Sherwin Anthony, when the suspect looked at them and shouted, “fire, fire.”
The victim reportedly then told the suspect to go and eat salt. This resulted in the assailant going into his bag and rushing up to the man with an ice-pick in his hand and stabbing him in the back.
Upon seeing his friend attacked, Anthony ran for his life. Persaud was rushed to the hospital with the weapon protruding from his body.
Police sources yesterday said that no one has been arrested. Statements were taken from Anthony and a description of the suspect was given to the police.
At the hospital yesterday, Anthony said that he and Persaud were heading to the Wales Police Station on the West Bank Demerara to bail Persaud’s partner when the attack took place.
Up to press time, the victim was still receiving treatment at the GPHC’s Emergency Unit.

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PM reveals Mazaruni welder died from head injuries; two arrested


 
 

– mother seeks answers

A post mortem (PM) that was conducted on the body of 44-year-old Timothy Fraser, a welder who worked in the Mazaruni River, has revealed that he died from blunt trauma to the head.

Dead: Timothy Fraser

Dead: Timothy Fraser

The autopsy which was done by Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh on Wednesday further made known that Fraser would have been dead two days prior to him being reported missing by colleagues.
This has prompted investigators to launch an investigation into the circumstances surrounding Fraser’s death.
According to reports reaching Kaieteur News, two men are currently in police custody, while investigators are on the hunt for several others.
Fraser’s body was fished out of the Mazaruni River last Sunday. The welder who hails from Savannah Park Housing Scheme, New Amsterdam, was employed with a mining company when co-workers reported him missing.
Mother of the dead man, Valerie Fraser, was adamant in her belief that something was amiss in relation to her son’s death after she received conflicting stories of how he died. She said that from all initial reports given to her, Fraser drowned in the Mazaruni waters.
She was told by his colleagues that Fraser was dressed in his work attire awaiting a boat to collect him but after some time had passed he allegedly decided to go for a swim.
Her son’s colleagues alleged that when the boat arrived his clothing was seen but Fraser was nowhere in sight.
Another story given to her was that Fraser was sitting on a boat when he accidentally fell overboard. She stated that she was also told that her son would have gone to another location to work.
The distraught woman is seeking answers for her son’s demise since the family is of the firm belief that the welder was asleep and was beaten before eventually being transported by boat and dumped in the river.
None of the welder’s working equipment and clothing could be found in the camp. Investigations are continuing.

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Bandits hit Mon Repos gas station twice in one week

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Police in C Division (East Coast Demerara) are on the hunt for two motorcycle bandits who attacked a gas station located on the Railway Embankment, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, on Wednesday evening.
According to reports, about 20:30h, a female pump attendant was sitting on a chair counting some cash when two men on a motorcycle rode into the service station and grabbed her. However, the woman managed to escape and alert her colleagues.
At the said time, a customer, who is a licensed firearm holder, was at the gas station and upon realising what was transpiring, drew his weapon and opened fire. This caused the two bandits to rush out of the service station. Luckily, they were unable to get any valuables.
It was reported that this service station was among three businesses that were robbed last weekend by two bandits on a motorcycle. Reports revealed that around 07:00h on Friday last, two men, one armed with a gun and the other with a knife, rode up to one of the pump attendants and snatched a sum of cash from her hand before riding off.
After reviewing surveillance footage of Wednesday’s incident, the owner of the facility, Rabindranauth Prasad, believes that the two men who attacked his business on Wednesday were the same ones who carried out last weekend’s daring robbery.
He pointed out that this was the fourth time the gas station has been robbed and the Police were unable to capture any of the perpetrators despite being provided with surveillance footage.
On June 18, 2016, armed bandits stormed the service station just after midnight and tied up the pump attendant along with the security guard before escaping with some $14,200 in cash, two cellular phones and 12 gas cylinders.
Meanwhile, with regard to Wednesday’s incident, this newspaper was told that the Police were reviewing the surveillance footage and were yet to make an arrest.

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Man gunned down in Albouystown following dispute


 

A 27-year-old father of one was gunned down around 06:30 hrs yesterday at La Penitence

Dead: Michael Junior Payne

Dead: Michael
Junior Payne

Street, Albouystown, when he went to collect a bicycle from a man, who he was involved in an argument with the night before at Ketley Street, Charlestown.
The dead man has been identified as Michael Junior Payne of Tuckeit Street, South Ruimveldt Gardens.
Payne, who operated a small shop at Ketley Street, was shot to the head, chest and upper left hand. He was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Hospital.
According to information received, Payne and the suspect were involved in a bitter argument, around 22:00 hrs on Thursday, during which Payne left and went into his shop.
The other individual allegedly picked up Payne’s bicycle and rode away.
Around 06:00 hrs yesterday, Payne, along with a cousin, went to the suspect’s home at La Penitence Street, Albouystown, to collect the bicycle.
Acting Commander of ‘A’ Division, Calvin Brutus said that based on information received, Payne and his cousin called out for the suspect, but after receiving no response, they decided to bang on the door a couple of times.
Kaieteur News was told that it was while banging on the door that neighbours heard several gunshots coming from the suspect’s home.
Payne sustained three gunshot wounds, while his cousin managed to escape without injuries and is assisting the police with information.
The suspect, who has been identified as “Beggar” has not been arrested as yet.
At Payne’s relatives’ home in Charlestown yesterday, a female cousin named Ashanti said that they were informed that their relative was involved in an argument the night before with someone from Albouystown. They suspected that his death is linked to the same individual.
The young lady recalled that they were at home when someone came and informed them that the young man had been shot in Albouystown.
She refuted claims that the now dead man was a person of questionable character, but stressed that, “He is not a problem child, but if you come in he way, normal thing.”
Meanwhile, the family stressed that it was only a few months ago that they lost one of their relatives, O’Riley Small, who was riddled with bullets by a gunman dressed in a “hoodie”. The 31-year-old Smyth Street resident was shot at least ten times just as he returned home after a night out at one of the city’s night spots.

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Irate tenant shoots landlord in legs


 

Police are attempting to locate a 30-year-old man who allegedly shot his landlord multiple times to his legs on Friday night because he was warned to discontinue conducting illegal business on the property.
The victim, Basil Murray, 66, of Lot 89 Melanie Damishana, East Coast Demerara, owns and rents a three-storey property at Lot 360 Melanie Damishana ECD, where the suspect is one of his tenants.
About 21.15 hrs on Friday, Murray was making a routine visit to his property when he met the suspect in the yard and told him he learnt that the tenant was selling narcotics on his premises.
When Murray demanded that his tenant desist, an argument ensued and the suspect allegedly whipped out a handgun and shot Murray twice to both legs before fleeing.
The victim was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation where he was admitted in a stable condition.
Investigators retrieved seven spent shells of a small calibre weapon at the scene.

FM

Chinese chef shot, robbed of cash, cell phone


 

A twenty-eight year old Chinese chef was shot and robbed just after midnight outside his Bonasika Street, section ‘K’ Campbellville home.
A release stated that Coa Ben Fei was shot in the upper right thigh, and is in a stable condition at a private hospital.
According to the release, Ben Fei had just exited his car and opened his gate when three men, including one armed with a handgun, accosted and relieved him of his cell phone, chain and $80,000 cash.
During that process, the armed suspect shot the chef in the thigh, before escaping with his accomplices in a dark-coloured car.
The wounded man was rushed to Woodlands Hospital. Investigators retrieved a 9mm shell at the scene. No arrests have yet been made.
Fei is the latest victim of a spate of recent brazen robberies.
Just a few days ago, an unmasked gunman walked into a Popeye’s outlet in Water Street and shot money changer Vishwahnauth Nouwbat.
Reports are that the father of one and his girlfriend were having a meal when the gunman, who reportedly had an accomplice waiting outside, approached Nouwbat and ordered him to hand over money.
The man’s girlfriend said that he refused to comply, and the gunman shot her partner to the left side abdomen.

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Man kills farmer, dumps corpse in river


 

Police are likely to charge three men soon in connection with the murder of a Kamarang farmer, who was clubbed to death and dumped in a river.
A police release stated that one of the men has confessed to killing Dexter Edwards. Police are to seek legal advice today on the case. The partially decomposed body of Edwards, a 27 year old farmer of Pariuma River, Kamarang, was discovered on November 5 in the Ochi Top River in Kamarang by a group of campers.
A post mortem revealed that Edwards died from multiple injuries.
It is alleged that Edwards was drinking with friends when an argument ensued and one of the men struck the farmer in the head with a length of wood. The assailant then dumped the body in the Pariuma River.
In another release, police said that ranks, acting on   information, searched a house at Seventeenth Avenue, Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, at around 00:30hrs yesterday.
They allegedly found a 23 year old fisherman who was hiding in the ceiling of the one-flat residence. He was allegedly in possession of an unlicensed .32 pistol with two matching rounds.
The suspect and two female occupants were detained.
A ballistic test is being conducted to determine if the weapon was used in the commission of any crime. Meanwhile, three labourers from Henrietta, Essequibo Coast, will soon be arraigned before a Magistrate to answer to a charge of break and enter and larceny, which occurred between November 9-11, 2016 at Henrietta Village, Essequibo.
Stolen and recovered are two flat screen television sets, one camera monitor, other articles and cash.

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Gunmen beat, rob Mahaicony family


 

Members of a Mahaicony family were tied up, beaten and robbed by three gunmen at around 01.30 hrs yesterday.
The family members said that unmasked men escaped with cash, jewellery and cell phones after invading their Lot 2 Planters Hall, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara home.
According to information received, the unmasked men entered the two-storey home and held the owner, Boodram Manie and his brother and nephew at gunpoint.
Kaieteur News understands that Manie, 45, a bus driver, and the other men were outside the home conversing when the bandits attacked.
They were gun butted and forced into a bedroom, where the intruders tied up Manie’s 15-year-old son, his male cousin and the two male relatives.
While one of the gunmen kept guard in that bedroom, the others carried Manie upstairs to his bedroom, where they ordered him to lie face down before tying his hands and feet.

A section of the ransacked bedroom

A section of the ransacked bedroom

The bus driver said that the gunmen ordered him to hand over cash and jewellery. He directed them to a wardrobe where he kept the items. He said that they took $100,000, $US300, a gold chain and five smartphones.
He stated that the ordeal lasted for about 10 to 15 minutes, during which the gunmen ransacked his home and threatened to kill him if he attempted to answer his cell phone.
The gunmen reportedly escaped in a waiting car. And according to Manie, he is certain they arrived in a similar manner, but might have parked the vehicle a few blocks away.
The matter was reported to the Mahaicony Police Station.
Around noon yesterday, police ranks were at the home conducting investigations.
The house where Manie and his son have been residing for several years, has no security cameras.

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Essequibo trio nabbed after alleged break and enter at Henrietta

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Police in G Division (Essequibo Coast/Essequibo Islands) acting promptly on information about a break and enter at a Henrietta residence, apprehended three men who were allegedly involved in the act.
The trio: Akim Spellen, 21, Deon Dwarka, 23, and Mark McKenzie, 33, aka Bora, all of Henrietta Housing Scheme are in Police custody.
The Police nabbed the suspects and recovered the stolen items when the men admitted to committing the act.
The men allegedly broke into the home of Norma Hercules between November 9 and 10 at around 06:00h. One flat-screen television valued $200,000 and one camera monitor valued $20,000 were stolen.
According to information, on November 10, pensioner Ivy John, 69, who usually takes care of the house and who would visit regularly to clean, discovered the house was broken and the items missing.
The Police were summoned and the suspects later apprehended. Investigations are ongoing.

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Bandits caught on Lamaha St after high speed chase

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One of the suspected bandits being arrested by the lawmen at the scene. (Timothy Bhagwandin photo)

 

Two suspected bandits were apprehended by the police along Lamaha Street in the city following a high speed chase on Monday morning.

: The car which the bandits were using. [Timothy Bhagwandin photo)
: The car which the bandits were using.
(Timothy Bhagwandin photo)

The men, who were in a Toyota Premio motorcar car bearing a false number plate, sped away from the police shortly before lunch. The police ranks on motor cycles chased the car which crashed into a drain along Lamaha Street between Vlissengen Road and Republic Street.

Police reportedly retrieved firearms and ammunition from the vehicle. The car’s original number plate HC 7294, was covered with a fake registration HB 7412.

Scores of persons gathered as the police arrested the suspected bandits.

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Suspected sheep thief shot dead by police


 

An unidentified man was yesterday shot by police ranks in Berbice who were responding to a larceny of sheep report. The man who’s only name was given as “Blackie” allegedly pointed a loaded firearm at the lawmenberbice-shooting and was fatally shot by one of the ranks with a service revolver, about 06:20 hrs in a farm house at Lochaber Village, West Canje, Berbice.
According to the police, three police ranks, one armed with a service weapon, proceeded to a farmhouse at Lochaber Village, West Canje, and were immediately confronted at the entrance by the aforementioned individual.
The man allegedly rushed back into the house, armed himself with a handgun and attempted to shoot the armed policeman who had followed closely behind him. During the confrontation,the rank discharged his firearm several times at the suspect who fell. He was rushed to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
An unlicensed silver Taurus pistol and six live matching rounds were retrieved.
The house was searched and the following articles were found: One Plum phone, two silver finger rings, one silver chain, one Compaq Laptop Computer, and several electronic gadgets. The first four items were positively identified by Ravendra Bipram, 27, of Anchorville, Port Mourant, Berbice, as his property. He was allegedly robbed at gunpoint on November 11, 2016, at Smythfield Access Road, New Amsterdam, Berbice, by a male fitting the description of the deceased.
Police sources stated that the house is allegedly owned by a known convict who lives at Mount Sinai, New Amsterdam. As a result, a team of police went to the alleged owner’s Mount Sinai home and arrested a 28-year-old male from Sand Hills, Berbice River, after an unlicensed Taurus pistol with ten (10) live matching rounds was found on his person.
That house was also searched, and one laptop computer, seven cellular phones and a pair of binoculars were found. Two motor cycles, a motor car and a lighting plant were seized.
Meanwhile, Toolsie Baljit, speaking to Kaieteur News disclosed that his grandson Yoganand Baljit aka “Buju” had been operating a livestock farm at Industry, situated up the Canje River. He stated that his grandson had only bought the flock of sheep about a month ago.
The elder Baljit told this publication that upon a visit to his home on Saturday evening, three masked men, armed with two firearms, went to the farm and tied up his guard, he stated that the men allegedly covered the guard’s face with a bag, to avoid being identified, and then threw him into a hammock while they stole 30 sheep and left.
The man stated that his grandson went to the farm the following day and found the guard bound. He was eventually untied and both men proceeded to the nearest police station where a report was made.
According to Baljit, they received information that the sheep were offloaded from a boat at Vryheid and taken in a white canter to the location where the man was shot and killed.
Reports are that the owner identified twelve of the sheep to be his. It was after this that police approached the house and the man was shot.
Reliable sources state that the dead man lived on the Essequibo Coast, and had been engaged in farming of cannabis up the Berbice River for several months.
Investigations are ongoing.
Meanwhile, some residents in the Vryheid/Lochaber area expressed their fear and disgust, as they revealed that the area is plagued with criminal activity. According to one resident the men are “barefaced” in their actions, but very little is being done.

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Barefaced thief caught red-handed with TV


 
The suspect who was captured yesterday

The suspect who was captured yesterday

A barefaced thief was caught yesterday morning leaving the home of a La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara (WBD) resident with a television set and other items. Residents of the community said it was as if he was the occupant of the property and was moving out.

Luckily, neighbours were able to determine that he was not from there and apprehended him.

According to information received, the young man along with other workers was doing construction work at the house a few days ago, but returned by himself around 09:45 hrs yesterday and removed a few louvre panes from a window to enter the building.

The neighbours saw the man fetching a television and other items and chased after him. He was apprehended by two men and tied up before he was handed over to the police. The young man was well dressed.

 

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Hooded bandits raid Texila University; steal cash, laptops  

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The offices of the Critchlow Labour College and Texila University were on Tuesday night broken into by two persons who were covered with hoods.

In a statement, the Guyana Trades Union Congress which administers the CLC said the surveillance camera picked the images of two persons hooded and well covered. According to the GTUC a grill door was removed at the Administrative office, and the thieves subsequently squeezed themselves through a hole in the wall to enter the Finance Office.

From the Finance Office they opened the door and then removed window panes and gained entry into the Texilla Office. Among the items removed were: laptops, projector and money. Police have been called in and have commenced their investigations.

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Bandits rob businessman at traffic light

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An East Coast Demerara businessman was left traumatised after bandits on a motorcycle robbed him at a Main Street, Georgetown traffic light.
The incident occurred just after midday on Wednesday, in front of the Finance Ministry.
Guyana Times understands that the businessman had just left a Water Street, Georgetown bank and was on his way home when he was attacked. It is believed that he was tailed by the bandits from the bank.
According to reports reaching this newspaper, the businessman was in his Toyota Hilux pickup along with another person at the traffic light, at Main and Lamaha Streets, Georgetown when two men rode up alongside them on a CG motorcycle.
This newspaper was told that the pillion rider jumped off the bike and tried to open the door of the pickup; however, it was locked. This prompted the bandit to whip out a firearm and discharged a single gunshot into the window. The gunman then grabbed a bag, containing an undisclosed sum of cash, from the men in the pickup, before joining his accomplice on the motorcycle and speeding away.
Eyewitnesses related their shock at the speed at which the perpetrators operated.
“All this happened in less than 20 seconds. What was chilling is how easily these guys operate… That was criminally motivated; that’s our reality. I’m still in awe at what I just witnessed,” one eyewitness, who was also in his vehicle at the traffic light, wrote in a social media post.
Luckily, no one was injured in the incident. The Police are investigating the matter and are reviewing CCTV footage obtained from the area.
Of recent, there have been many robberies committed by thieves on motorcycles across the country. However, some good investigative work by Police detectives recently saw the arrest of a 26-year-old serial robber of Lot 86 Nelson Street, Mocha Arcadia, East Bank Demerara, who is believed to have used a motorcycle with his accomplice to commit a spate of robberies on gas stations and supermarkets along the East Coast of Demerara (ECD).
Uriel Mentore was charged and placed before the courts on six counts of armed robbery and attempted robbery between October 19 and November 11, 2016, during which he stole in excess of $3.3 million in cash and valuables.
The first charge states that on October 19, he robbed Shivo’s Supermarket at Nonpareil, ECD; then on November 3, he robbed Wisdom Supermarket at Vryheid’s Lust, ECD; and the following day, he attempted to rob Daily’s Supermarket located at Park Street, Enterprise, ECD.
The accused was also charged for robbing R Prashad’s Service Station located on the Mon Repos Railway Embankment, ECD on November 5, attempting to rob the Shell Gas Station at Ogle, ECD on November 9, and robbing Viscom Electronics at Mon Repos Public Road, ECD on November 11, during which he was nabbed.
The Police had confiscated the motorcycle and two full-faced protective helmets that are believed to have been used during the commission of the crimes. Mentore was remanded to prison until December 15.

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Two admit to killing Berbice carpenter on businessman’s orders


 

After he rejected the sexual advances of an overseas-based businessman, Faiyaz Narinedatt was

Faiyaz Narinedatt

Faiyaz Narinedatt

murdered, dumped on a roadway on the Number 70 Village, Corentyne Public Road, and a vehicle driven over his body to make it seem that he was an accident victim.
That is the bizarre admission that two of his alleged killers have given to detectives, who have detained seven suspects in connection with the murder of the 36-year-old carpenter on November 1.
Police also have a statement from a witness who revealed how the killing was staged to look like a hit-and-run accident.
The suspects include two youths aged 17 and 18, and known as ‘Bruck Hand’ and ‘Cheese Mouth.’ The ages of the others range from 20 to 49. Some of the aliases were given as “Patchie’, ‘Lloydie’’Rado’ and ‘Zubir.’
The businessman who allegedly ordered the killing has reportedly returned overseas.
The case broke this week after ranks from the Force’s Major Crimes Unit (MCU) took over the investigation.
Initially, it was reported that the father of two was killed in a hit-and-run accident around 04:00 hrs on the Number 70 Village Public Road on November1.
But the victim’s injuries seemed to suggest that he was beaten. There was also no evidence of an accident occurring at the spot where the body was found.
Raising further suspicion was the fact that Narinedatt’s bloody shirt was found about two corners from his corpse. There were also bloodstains at the scene.
One of the persons, who at first gave ranks a misleading statement, was said to be the person who washed the blood from a car the killers used to transport the body. Police have impounded two vehicles.
According to a police source, a key witness has come forward and told police that on the day of the murder, the overseas-based Guyanese had a party at his home and the victim, the eyewitness and a few other persons were present.
It is being reported that while the party was going on, the father of two went to the back of the yard to urinate after which the overseas-based Guyanese allegedly went behind him and started “feeling him up”.
“Narinedatt slapped him (the overseas-based Guyanese) and went back in front, but he (the overseas-based Guyanese) walked up and told his friends to kill him.”
According to reports, the businessman told the men that he would ensure that they weren’t caught.
Kaieteur News understands that several men then beat Narinedatt at the businessman’s premises. He was then taken to a roadway and beaten until he fell into a drain.
The men then took the seemingly unconscious carpenter by vehicle to Number 70 Village, Corentyne.
After dumping Narinedatt on the roadway, one of the men drove a vehicle over the carpenter.
The eyewitness’s statement is consistent with more than a dozen other reports that the family received from persons who called them anonymously.
The victim’s wife only delivered their second child five months ago in the US.

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Lone gunman robs fruit vendor

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fruit vendor was on Friday afternoon robbed of his day’s earnings by a gunman as he was vending in Queenstown, Georgetown.

Guyana Times understands that the incident occurred at about 18:00h on Oronoque Street, Queenstown, after the man had just finalised a transaction.

According to reports, the fruit vendor was collecting goods from a vehicle and after the vehicle left, the lone gunman ran up and pointed his weapon to the vendor and snatched the money that was in the vendor’s hand.

This newspaper understands that persons who were in the vicinity did not intervene since the lone gunman fired shots in the air as he fled the scene. The Police responded quickly but were unable to capture the gunman. An investigation has been launched.

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Edinburgh man robbed, shot at during home invasion


 

A 23-year-old truck driver of Lot 1126 Edinburgh Village, East Bank Berbice, is counting his blessings after being shot at during an armed robbery at his home.

Home of Edinburgh truck driver, Jason Hussain.

Home of Edinburgh truck driver, Jason Hussain.

According to a police source, Jason Hussain, who lives with his wife, three-month-old baby, brother-in-law and mother-in-law, was alone at home when he heard a noise in one of the rooms in the house.
Hussain told investigators that he was having dinner at the time and got up to check when he saw a man armed with a cutlass and masked, already halfway through the window entering the house. He stated that he threw his plate with food in the perpetrators face to distract him and ran towards the front door. It was while opening the door that he was confronted by two other masked men, dressed in black clothes and gloves, armed with a cutlass and gun.
The bandit holding the gun allegedly fired a shot in Hussain’s direction but he dodged, the bullet hit a refrigerator that was located behind him and passed through. Hussain told investigators that he fell to ground while both men entered the house and eventually tied him up before he could raise an alarm to alert his neighbours.
He added that while he was tied up the men ransacked the home in search of cash and jewellery. The perpetrators searched two of the three bedrooms since only two were occupied.
Hussain disclosed that the men escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash, two gold wedding rings belonging to himself and wife, a Plum cellular phone and some other gold jewellery belonging to his mother-in-law.
He stated that his mother-in-law and wife were not at home when the robbery occurred. The man also stated that after the bandits escaped he managed to untie himself and alerted the neighbours and the authorities who responded swiftly.
Hussain told police that the perpetrators would not have escaped with much money since they do not keep large sums of cash in their home due to religious beliefs.
The police source stated that the police response time has reduced tremendously as a result of the upcoming Christmas season with more patrols active on the roadways.
When Kaieteur News showed up at the house, the mother-in-law, Angelina Sattaur, stated that she was too traumatized to speak to the media. The robbery took place at approximately 20:00 hrs Friday night.
No one has since been arrested and investigations continue.

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So much for jackass Granger's claim that bandits are using guns supplied by private citizens. 

Gun found in dead bandit’s possession belonged to senior police rank


 

Bandit was sentenced to two years in jail in absence

The gun found in the possession of the dead bandit, Romel Hoppie, has been confirmed to

Dead bandit: Rondel Hoppie

Dead bandit: Rondel Hoppie

belong to a senior police officer (Assistant Superintendent Trotz) whose firearm was stolen during a robbery at his Tuschen home.
According to a source the bandit was shot dead during an altercation with the police at Locaber, West Canje, Berbice. He was an ex-policeman who had a long list of criminal activities.
The convict went by the name Romel Hoppie called Blackie, and not Rondell Marks as was stated by his mother, Monica Marks. It was also found that the man hailed from Dartmouth, Essequibo, and not Suddie Housing Scheme, Essequibo.
According to information, the man after leaving the police force turned to a life of crime. He moved to the interior where he committed a number of misdemeanors. He is also accused of stealing a shotgun in the Pomeroon, Essequibo area during 2010.
He returned to the coast and committed a number of crimes in and around Georgetown. He was charged with robbery while being a Bus conductor
Hoppie a father of four, who police say has been avoiding serving a jail sentence, was charged with the offence of robbery with violence.
On May 28, at Plum Park, Sophia, Hoppie of 215 Guyhoc Park, Georgetown, robbed Mario Eversley of a Samsung Galaxy S5 phone valued $110,000 while making use of personal violence on the victim.
Police Prosecutor, Sergeant Gillian Simons opposed bail on the ground that the accused was currently wanted by police to serve a jail sentence. She explained that Hoppie was sentenced in absentia to two years’ imprisonment at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court.
However, Magistrate Moore stated that a warrant should have been issued for the defendant.
Prosecutor Simons also said that the defendant was currently under investigations at several police stations, including the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Eve Leary, Georgetown, in relation to similar offences.
Hoppie who defended himself, told the court that he did not rob the complainant. The route 41 bus conductor argued that the complainant had “jammed” one of his lights and gave him the cell phone.
But he did not specify whether the complainant gave him the item as compensation or for any other purpose. Hoppie claimed that the only reason why he was locked up was because Eversley has “police family”.
Initially, bail was set at $75,000 for the defendant. After telling the Magistrate that his bus was impounded by police and that he had owed one month installment, Hoppie pleaded with the court for bail reduction which was granted.
He remained on the run ever since until his demise.

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Thief attacks, robs church members

 
 
 

FOUR persons were on Friday robbed during a prayer meeting at a Kaikan Street, North Ruimveldt church.
In a post on Facebook, one of the victims, Juanita Critchlow, expressed the fact that “thieves getting very desperate.”
“I had a knife plunged at me but it missed. I was robbed of valuable possessions in a church during a prayer meeting,” she stated.
It was also stated that there were four persons in the church at that time when the man, bearing a knife, walked in and robbed all of them.
During a visit to a church which Critchlow is a part of, the EDGE Youth Ministry in Cooper Street, Albouystown, her colleagues who were not present at the Kaikan Street church disclosed that no one was physically harmed.
Persons also said that the matter has been reported to the police.

 
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Guyanese arrested for allegedly stealing from Venezuelan

 

POLICE have arrested a 30-year-old male resident of Rubber Dam, Charity, Essequibo Coast on an allegation that he robbed a Venezuelan at a hotel in Charity on Saturday at about 03:00hrs.

The Police Public Relations Department say that 32-year-old Alexander Gregorio, called “Alex”, of Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela, was standing in the hotel’s lounge when the suspect approached him and relieved him of the brown wallet he had in his front pants pocket. That wallet contained US$5,200, his passport, and a Galaxy cellular phone.

Having relieved Gregorio of his belongings, the Charity resident made good his escape, but quick response by the police resulted in his capture and all of the stolen items being found in his possession.

 
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Deported convict arrested for WBD robbery

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A Guyanese involuntary returnee who served a conviction in the United States, was arrested by police on Sunday in relation to an armed robbery committed on two Bangladeshi nationals, after police tracked a stolen cell phone to this East La Penitence, Georgetown, home.

According to police reports, about 20:45h on Saturday, the two Bangladeshis were about to enter their Barclay Street, Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara, home when two males, both armed with handguns, confronted them.

The gunmen relieved them of their belongings, which included two phones (a Samsung and IPhone) and $185,000 cash. The perpetrators then got into a waiting car, which was parked a short distance away.

During the investigations, the police found that the IPhone had a tracking device, which led investigators to the home of the suspect, where the stolen IPhone was found.

The 55-year-old ‘deportee’ was arrested and taken into custody. His white Toyota Primo car, which investigators suspected was used during the robbery, was also impounded.

The police said that the arrested man had served a lengthy prison term in the US for manslaughter and drug trafficking offences.

Meanwhile, further investigations into the armed robbery are ongoing.

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Eteringbang drinking spree ends in murder

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A Venezuelan was in the wee hours of Saturday stabbed to death by his Guyanese drinking buddy during an argument at Eteringbang Landing, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni). The dead man has been identified as Henry Mendonca.
Based on information, the dead man and his Guyanese friend who both reside in Venezuela, crossed the border and were consuming alcohol at a popular drinking spot at Eteringbang Landing when a misunderstanding led to a deathly argument.
It was during the argument that the drunken Guyanese broke a bottle and stabbed Mendonca twice to his abdomen. The injured man was taken to the San Martin Hospital in Venezuela where he was pronounced dead.
The suspect was arrested and is expected to be charged shortly.

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Man shot dead outside East Ruimveldt secondary school


 

A 29-year-old man was shot dead early yesterday outside the East Ruimveldt Secondary school, following an argument with two men.
The dead man has been identified as Paul Rodney, of Lot 530 West Ruimveldt, Georgetown.

Paul Rodney

Paul Rodney

He was shot seven times about the body around 02:55 hrs in Avocado Avenue, East Ruimveldt.
According to information received, the victim and the suspects had attended a dance at the school. During yesterday morning, an argument ensued and the 29-year-old man was shot dead by two men.
The Guyana Police Force in a press release said that investigation revealed that the victim was gunned down by a group of men, who escaped on foot.
According to the release, a mobile patrol was on Mandela Avenue and ranks heard several loud explosions and went to investigate.
When they arrived at the scene, the ranks observed Rodney lying motionless, with blood all over his body.
He was immediately taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) where he succumbed while receiving treatment.
Several spent shells of a small caliber weapon were found at the scene.
No one has been arrested as yet

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Bandits attempt to rob Hand-in-Hand

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Hand-in-Hand Trust Corporation Inc was the target for bandits on Wednesday afternoon

AN act of bravery by a female security guard attached to Instant Security Service (ISS)

Detectives at the scene following the attempted robbery
Detectives at the scene following the attempted robbery

prevented two gunmen from entering the Hand-in-Hand Trust Corporation Inc branch on Middle Street, Georgetown on Wednesday.

Around 14:30hrs, the guard observed two young men exiting a motorcar, looking as though they were up to no good and confronted them.

A scuffle ensued with the robbers, and recognising that they were in trouble, they abandoned their mission but not before discharging three gunshots which resulted in injury to a passerby.

At the time the suspected bandits visited the company, it was already closed and as such they did not get to rob anyone.

Police say a firearm was found and two men have been arrested and they are looking for the car used in the attempted robbery.

Female security guard shot while foiling robbery at Hand in Hand Trust


 

The cordoned off area after investigators arrived on the scene

A female security guard was shot while fending off two armed men during an attempted robbery yesterday at the Hand-in-Hand Trust Corporation on Middle Street, Georgetown, yesterday.

Injured is 39 year old Natasha Williams, of Lot 14 Sarah Lodge, Stewartville, West Coast Demerara. According to reports, the shooting occurred around 14:00 hrs, when two men approached the building in a suspicious manner.

One of them called out to the other to “pass the thing”. An object which was wrapped in a piece of cloth was given to the requesting suspect.

According to police reports, Williams the guard, approached the suspicious-looking men in the company of a supervisor who was also armed. During this time shots were fired and Williams was shot in her lower left leg. After she was shot, her supervisor returned fire but missed the suspects.

However, the supervisor was able to grab onto one of them and a scuffle followed. That suspect apparently had a snub-nosed revolver with five matching rounds which fell to the ground and was seized by the supervisor.

The men then made their escape and entered a motor car which was waiting some distance away. The car was located in the East La Penitence community late last evening and the driver taken into custody.

When Kaieteur News arrived on the scene yesterday bloodstains on the floor tiles at the entrance of the bottom flat, broken window louvers and a shattered plant pot highlighted the fact that there was indeed a fracas.

Additionally, one of the bullets had hit a motor car parked in front of the building. According to police reports, Williams is at present a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.

The Hand-in-Hand Trust Corporation is one of Guyana’s leading financial institutions that provides a number of services to its customers. These include the provision of loans and mortgages, a cambio and safety deposit boxes.

After the incident, those customers who were already in the building conducting business were allowed to conclude their transactions but the doors were closed denying anyone further access for the remainder of the afternoon.

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Taxi driver robbed, shot in carjacking


 
 Leroy Blair

Leroy Blair

A 38-year-old taxi driver was shot to the abdomen yesterday after he was confronted by one of three gunmen, who escaped with his car at D’Urban Backlands, Georgetown.

Up to press time, the driver identified as Leroy Blair of Lot 377 Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara (WBD) was in the recovery room of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after undergoing surgery.

According to information received, Blair was shot by one of three bandits on motorcycles after they relieved him of an undisclosed sum of cash and his vehicle.

Reports are that the victim went to the location to drop off a passenger when he was confronted and shot. He was rushed to the GPHC by public spirited persons.

The victim’s daughter, Cassie Blair, said that she heard that her father was shot but she was not aware of what really transpired.

A police source said that they are waiting to take a statement from the victim.

When this newspaper contacted the base where the victim was employed, someone who did not give a name said that they were trying to locate the car for a while and later heard that the driver was shot.

Investigations are ongoing.

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Chinese businessman terrorised, robbed

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A Chinese national was on Thursday evening terrorised by three masked men who invaded her nephew’s store at Number 2 Village, East Canje, Berbice. The incident occurred at about 20:35h.

The injured woman was identified as Lan Hong Zhou, 50. She reportedly suffered laceration to the face after she was struck with a piece of wood. Based on reports, the three bandits stormed the China Town Store armed with a handgun, a cutlass and a piece of wood.

The injured woman, her nephew Zhou Chunmin, 25, and four customers were in the store when the bandits entered.

Chunmin was in the cashier booth and was held at gunpoint by one of the men who demanded cash. Out of fear the businessman handed over an undisclosed sum of cash, from the day’s sale, along with other valuables.

Additionally, the other two bandits grabbed a quantity of phone cards and then escaped. They were seen running along Bristol Street, Number 2 Village, East Canje.

Hong Zhou was taken to the New Amsterdam Hospital where she was treated and sent away.

The Police were summoned and have since launched an investigation. No arrests were made, but several persons have been questioned over the robbery.

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Lone gunman robs Beharry distribution truck

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In another brazen daytime attack, the driver of a distribution truck attached to the Edward B Beharry and Sons Company was on Friday afternoon robbed in the vicinity of Bourda Market, Georgetown, by a lone gunman.

The scene moments after the robbery at Bourda Market where the driver of the delivery truck was attacked
The scene moments after the robbery at Bourda Market where the driver of the delivery truck was attacked

Reports are at about 14:00h, the driver of the truck was proceeding along Robb Street, Georgetown, when he was ambushed by the lone gunman who relieved him of an undisclosed sum of cash along with other valuables.

Guyana Times was informed that the driver, who was unhurt but traumatised, parked the truck in front of a store and then proceeded to the Alberttown Police Station where he made a report of the robbery. Police have since launched an investigation.

Only recently, Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan had announced that heightened security plans have been put in place around the city as the Christmas season approaches.

However, at this latest attack, no law enforcement agents were in proximity.

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Businessman nabbed with ganja in water pump

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The ganja found in the water pump
The ganja found in the water pump

An East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, businessman was on Thursday nabbed with a quantity of cannabis hidden in a water pump enroute to an interior location.

Eon Brian, 32, was arrested and placed before Magistrate Delon Best at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court where he pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The Police stated that on November 24, 2016, Brian had 369 grams of cannabis in his possession for the purpose of trafficking. Reports are Police acting on information, swooped down on the suspect who was about to depart Bartica in a speed boat.

A search was conducted on his person and belongings during which the illegal substance was found hiding in a section of the water pump.

He was cautioned and arrested. He was later remanded to prison and will make his next court appearance on December 1.

Only a few days ago, a 38-year-old miner of 111 Miles, Mahdia, Potaro River was busted with 227 grams of compressed marijuana hidden in a piece of pipe.

It was reported that Police ranks observed the suspect acting in a suspicious manner; as such the lawmen approached the miner to conduct a search on his person. At the time, he was carrying a six-inch length of pipe.

After the search on his person heeded no success, a search was conducted on the pipe during which a black plastic bag containing the illegal substance was found hidden.

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Gunmen rob bread delivery truck at Grove

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A bakery truck attached to a Cotton Field, West Coast Berbice company, was pounced upon by three bandits in the vicinity of Xenon Academy at Grove, East Bank Demerara on Friday morning.

The surveillance footage obtained shows the bandits making off with an undisclosed sum of cash
The surveillance footage obtained shows the bandits making off with an undisclosed sum of cash

In surveillance footage seen by Guyana Times, the occupants were relieved of cash and personal items. During the ordeal, four young men were seen scouring the Tank Street, Grove area, prior to the daylight robbery.

An eyewitness confirmed what was shown in the footage seen by Guyana Times. Three young boys – appearing to be teenagers – rode up on two pedal cycles alongside Xenon Academy private school, where one occupant of the bread truck was exiting to make a delivery. Two of the bandits, one of whom carried a handgun, ambushed one of the workers, while a second bandit dragged the driver out of the vehicle and the third rode away from the scene.

The two bandits then proceeded to rob the men, repeatedly hitting the driver and the delivery man before calmly walking away from the scene.

The matter was reported to the Grove Police Station and an investigation has been launched.

This latest criminal attack comes as the Police continue to publish statistics which have purported that serious crimes are down by 17 per cent. However, reports of larceny and armed robberies on businesses and civilians have increased.

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Vendor, cousin nabbed with semi-automatic gun

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A 52-year-old market vendor and his cousin are now in Police custody following the discovery of a semi-automatic pistol at their East La Penitence, Georgetown home on Friday.

According to information, Police ranks acting on a tip-off went to the home of the 52-year-old man at East La Penitence Squatting Area and requested to conduct a search on his premises.

It was during the search that Police unearthed the semi-automatic weapon. The vendor was questioned and allegedly told the ranks that the weapon was given to him by his cousin to keep until a later date. When contacted, the cousin admitted to giving the gun to the man, while urging the Police to release his cousin and take him into custody instead.

Both men were arrested and are assisting Police in their investigations. A ballistics test is expected to be conducted on the weapon to determine if it was used in the commission of a crime.

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Gunmen rob, terrorise Mon Repos family

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Three armed men on Saturday morning invaded the home of an East Coast Demerara family and carted off an undisclosed sum of cash and jewellery after severely beating four members of the household.

The house where the robbery took place
The house where the robbery took place

The robbery occurred at about 05:15h at Lot 52 Richardstown, Mon Repos, ECD. At the time of the robbery Jadunauth Singh along with his wife Maharani Singh and six other family were at home.

An injured Kishan Singh who was beaten by the bandits
An injured Kishan Singh who was beaten by the bandits
An injured Maharani Singh
An injured Maharani Singh

Reports are that the eldest son Kishan Singh went to the front of the house to put out his bird and he was confronted by three armed and masked men. They were wearing toques and their faces were covered with pieces of cloth.
Upon seeing the men the young man managed to run to the back of the house and raised an alarm. His father who was attending cattle was held hostage by one of the gunmen, who gun butted him to the head. The cattle farmer was then dragged into the house during which the gunmen demanded money and jewellery.
While in the house the bandits shifted their attention to Singh’s wife, who was preparing breakfast thus it was at this point that Singh senior managed to escape and raised an alarm, alerting neighbours of the robbery.
This caused the bandits to strike his wife several times to the head and dragged her to the upper flat where they continued to make demands. Out of fear the woman handed over a sum of money and a quantity of jewellery. “Meh grandchildren start scream hard hard and I think before them do them anything, leh me give over the money,” the traumatised woman related.
The men rushed out of the house towards a dark-coloured Toyota Carina car and escaped. While running out of the house, one of the men discharged at least two rounds into the air.
When Guyana Times visited the house, detectives were taking statements from the household.
Speaking with this newspaper, Singh related that it was only on Friday he sold a cow and the money was kept at home.
The traumatised man explained that he was kicked to the abdomen after he put up a fight. He noted that the men were wearing “shiny shoes”. He could not recognise any of them since they were all masked. He nevertheless is happy that his family is safe but is upset that the crime situation in Guyana is escalating without more intervention by Government.
Meanwhile, his son related that he was putting out his birds when he saw the men.
“I run to the back and holler “thief, bandits” and one of them grab me and one gun butt to head…another one give me one more to the head and drag me upstairs… they tek away the jewel I did wearing,” he added. He noted that one of the men had long hair wrapped in a ponytail and several of his teeth were ice (red), gold and green.
After the bandits left, Singh who is also a labourer at the La Bonne Intention Sugar Estate, took his injured son and wife to the hospital where they were treated and sent away.
Guyana Times understands that one of the man’s daughters-in-law hid in the washroom after she heard the heavy voices demanding money and jewellery.
The Police have since questioned several persons in the area as they intensify their investigations. (Bhisham Mohamed)

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Bandits rob pharmacy owner outside home, escape with car


 

The police are trying to locate a dark gray Nissan X-trail which was stolen when two armed bandits attacked a businessman and his wife in front of their Campbellville, Georgetown home around 19:00 hrs on Friday.
The vehicle bears registration number PLL 8010.
According to information received, Roy Singh, the owner of Roy’s Pharmacy, and his wife, Nalini Singh, had just returned home from the National Park, where they had gone to exercise, when the two men, one of whom was armed with a gun, attacked.
The men reportedly dragged Singh’s wife from the vehicle and grabbed the keys from him, after collecting his money and phone. They then sped away with the vehicle.
The businessman said that he had just parked on his bridge at Lot 104 Bonasika Street- Stone Avenue, Section K, Campbellville, when the occupants of a car, with trunk open, drove past him.
Singh said that the car drove up the street and turned back. “I told my wife to wait until the car pass before she comes out but we didn’t realize two men had come out of this car and they already started walking towards us.”
According to the businessman, his wife was about to open the car door when one of the gunmen rushed up to her and pulled open the door.
At this point, the businessman said that he started shouting for help but the second man approached him with a gun.
“I just allow them to take what they want before they shoot. They took my phone and money and when I jump out of the vehicle, I didn’t even realize when they collect the key but they jump in and sped away,” Singh said.
The ordeal, which was recorded on CCTV, is under investigation.

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Ex-cop shoots ‘John Kirby’ outside bar


 

An ex-policeman pumped three bullets into an East Ruimveldt resident at around 02.00 hrs yesterday, during an altercation outside the ‘Wings and Things’ Bar, Mandela Avenue Georgetown.

SHOT: Martin Atwell

SHOT: Martin Atwell

Martin Atwell, a 48-year-old seaman, also known as Martin Bovell and John Kirby, of Lot 374 East Ruimveldt, was shot to the chest and abdomen, during an argument with the ex-cop, who is a licensed firearm holder.
He is in a critical condition.
Kaieteur News understands that Atwell was standing outside the hangout spot when an argument ensued between him and the ex-cop, after Atwell placed some beer bottles on the man’s car and refused to remove them.
It is alleged that after the argument, the ex-cop went into the bar, but Atwell followed and shot at the former cop, but missed.
The man immediately drew his licensed handgun and discharged three rounds at Atwell, hitting him in the chest and abdomen.
The injured man was rushed to the hospital by patrons. The suspect has since been taken into custody and his firearm lodged. Four spent shells were retrieved at the scene.
However, relatives of Atwell are claiming that he was shot by the former cop after an argument over Atwell spilling “ketchup” on the man’s vehicle.
A relative said that Atwell visited the bar with his girlfriend, during which he went inside to purchase chicken for the woman. According to the relative, after receiving the food, Atwell went back inside to get ketchup and returned outside, where he accidentally spilled ketchup on the vehicle.
She added that the men got into a heated row, during which the man pulled out a gun and fired five shots in Atwell’s direction. She said that only three bullets hit him.

The club where the shooting occurred

The club where the shooting occurred

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Bystander shot in gas station row


 

A bystander sustained a gunshot wound to his hand Sunday night when another man opened fire indiscriminately in the vicinity of a popular gas station located on the East Coast of Demerara.
The victim has been identified as Shanis Persaud. He was treated at the Mahaicony Cottage Hospital and sent away.
The Guyana Police Force in a statement said that ranks are making stringent efforts to apprehend a male suspect, who indiscriminately discharged several rounds from a handgun.
Enquires disclosed that a group of persons were in the vicinity of the gas station imbibing when an argument between the suspect and another male erupted.
The argument escalated into a scuffle, during which the suspect whipped out a firearm and discharged several rounds, one of which struck Persaud, a bystander, to his hand.
The suspect made good his escape in a motor car. Investigators have retrieved five spent shells from the scene.

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Man shot trying to disarm cop

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LASHAY Saul went on Monday to the Golden Grove Police Station on the East Bank of Demerara to make a report of domestic abuse against her reputed husband, claiming he was a habitual abuser.

A rank was sent to the couple’s home to arrest the suspect. In resisting arrest, the suspect allegedly held on to the armed constable and grabbed his firearm. A round was discharged and it struck the suspect’s left elbow. He was rushed to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre, where he was treated and discharged.

He is presently in police custody, and the police are working to complete their case file on the matter, after which charges would be instituted.

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Farmer shot twice while urinating

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Police ranks are investigating the circumstances under which a 22-year-old farmer of Bee Hive, East Coast Demerara was shot about 23:45h last night at Clonbrook, E.C.D.

According to a police release, Khemraj Gangaram was at a function at Clonbrook, when he ventured across the road to relieve himself in the vicinity of a parked motor vehicle, during which he heard two loud explosions and observed a male pointing a handgun at him. He attempted to flee and felt a burning sensation on his left hand and right thigh and realized he was shot.

He was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation and admitted in a stable condition. No arrest has been made.

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Bandits and mining camp crew in shootout at Cuyuni


 

– gunman believed injured
Four armed bandits were forced to flee empty-handed early yesterday morning after encountering withering gunfire while attempting to invade a mining camp at Cuyuni.
The attack occurred at Shafeek Ali’s Mining Concession, located at Far Back Backdam, Cuyuni.
Kaieteur News understands that the crew was in the process of ‘washing down,’ when about three to four men, believed to be “of foreign nationality,” invaded the camp and began shooting.
But some of the crew, who are licenced firearm holders, returned fire, forcing the attackers to flee empty-handed into the jungle.
The mining camp crew told police that they heard someone groaning, which led them to surmise that they had wounded one of the gunmen. However, the crew members were hesitant to follow.
Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said that a team of police ranks was flown in by chopper to investigate. A police official disclosed that the investigators will have to wait until today to scour the area.

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Labourer found dead after heated quarrel


 

– family friend in custody

Police in B’ Division are investigating the circumstances that led to the death of 24-year-old

Dead: Ravi Kumar Sharma

Dead: Ravi Kumar Sharma

labourer Ravi Kumar Sharma, who was discovered in his yard early yesterday morning by his mother.
Sharma shared the home with his 54-year-old mom, Devika Deo.
A 28-year-old fisherman and family friend, with whom Sharma had had a heated argument is in custody.
According to information gathered, Sharma, who was reportedly an alcoholic, on Monday night had told his mother to vacate the home that they share. He was allegedly intoxicated at the time when he told her to leave, and she obliged.
The mother of the dead man told this publication that, “everytime he drink me does sleep somewhere else, and yesterday (Monday) he tell meh guh, that he guh mek nuff noise and me nah go like da”. She said she left and returned yesterday (Tuesday) morning when she saw her son lying on the ground next to the fence.
“When meh come meh notice meh son lie down deh and me tell am get up and go upstairs”, Deo stated.
The grieving mother told Kaieteur News that she went to the back yard and returned, and again told Sharma to get up, but she sensed something was amiss after she saw no movement. Upon making a closer check she noticed blood and started to run and scream for help. Neighbours were alerted by the noise, and ranks of the Number 51 station arrived promptly on the scene having been summoned.

Grieving mother Devika Deo

Grieving mother Devika Deo

The man’s body was later whisked away to the Skeldon Public Hospital Mortuary.
Ravi Sharma would have celebrated his 25th birthday tomorrow.
Meanwhile, the dead man’s mother reflected sadly that the suspect, “does come by the house, me does cook, clean and wash fuh he when he come and he does pay me a $3000, so he (Sharma) know dat boy good, but me nah know wha guh wrang”.
The suspect reportedly told investigators that he was present at Sharma’s house on Monday night when a heated argument ensued between the two. The argument escalated, during which he (suspect) was struck by Sharma to the head, and in retaliation, picked up a cutlass and repeatedly ‘broad-sided’ (lashed) Sharma.
The suspect allegedly went to the Police Station minutes after the incident and made a report that he had lashed Sharma several times about his body, but made no mention that he had died, since he is alleging that he was unaware that Sharma had succumbed as a result of the beating.
Reports are that the suspect returned to the house that morning and saw a crowd and Sharma’s lifeless body in pool of blood in his yard, where he (suspect) had left him. He subsequently

The house where the fisherman resided.

The house where the fisherman resided.

turned himself in and is presently assisting investigators with the investigation.
Kaieteur News understands that Sharma’s body was discovered with what appeared to be a broken arm, chop wounds on the chest, back, and a wound to the forehead among other injuries.
Investigations are continuing.

FM

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