Crime Archives

November 22, 2025

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A Linden man who set his family’s home on fire in 2023, killing his sister and 12-year-old niece, has been sentenced to 24 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of murder. Acting Chief Justice Navindra Singh handed down the sentence on Wednesday, ordering that the terms run concurrently. Uhalisi Moore, also known […]

November 18, 2025

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Nearly five years after the fatal stabbing of 21-year-old Vanessa Benjamin, a mother of two, the High Court in Berbice has sentenced 29-year-old Jamal Angus of Number 30 Village, West Coast Berbice, to 22 years’ imprisonment. Justice Sandil Kissoon handed down the sentence following Angus’ guilty plea to the lesser count of manslaughter in relation […]

November 14, 2025

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Robberies fell sharply this year even as cybercrime surged, the Police Force said on Friday, outlining crime trends ahead of the holiday security period. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum, speaking at the launch of the Force’s Christmas policing programme, said 270 robberies were reported in 2025, a steep decline from peaks of more than 1,200 in […]

November 11, 2025

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A 30-year-old carpenter, Kevin Alexander, of Block 22, Wismar, Linden, was fatally stabbed on Monday night during a reported domestic dispute at his residence. Police said the incident occurred around 21:45 hrs, following an argument between Alexander and his 28-year-old girlfriend, a housewife of the same address. During the altercation, the woman allegedly stabbed him […]

November 9, 2025

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More than four years after the gruesome killing of taxi driver Mohamed Haniff, called “Raymond,” the long-anticipated trial of the three men accused of his murder has commenced at the Berbice High Court. The case, which has gripped Experiment, Bath Settlement, on the West Coast of Berbice, unfolded on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, before a […]

November 6, 2025

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Police Lance Corporal Kristoff De Nobrega, 24, was acquitted after Justice Gino Persaud upheld a no-case submission filed by his attorney, George Thomas. De Nobrega had been charged with the capital offence of murder and pleaded not guilty. The defence submitted a no-case submission after the prosecution concluded its presentation, arguing that the evidence presented […]

November 6, 2025

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Twenty-five-year-old Akeem Evans, a labourer of ‘B’ Field, Sophia, was fatally stabbed on Wednesday during an alleged argument with his reputed wife. Police said the couple lived in the lower flat of a two-storey concrete house owned by Evans’ parents. It is alleged that during the altercation, Evans sustained a stab wound to his chest. […]

November 5, 2025

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A 32-year-old carpenter and mason, Emmanuel Ramsammy, also known as “Scotty” or “Joel”, of Lot 21 King Street, Belvedere, Corentyne, has been remanded to prison after being charged with the murder of 56-year-old labourer Imran Kadir, popularly known as “Shut Pon Shoulder.” Ramsammy appeared before Magistrate Michelle Matthias at the Reliance Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, […]

November 4, 2025

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Police Lance Corporal Kristoff De Nobrega, who is on trial for the 2022 fatal shooting of 23-year-old Quindon Bacchus, will know on Thursday whether he has a case to answer. Justice Gino Persaud is scheduled to deliver his ruling on the no-case submission at 10 am at the High Court in Demerara. De Nobrega, 24, […]

October 28, 2025

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Investigators are working to determine whether Sunday’s deadly explosion at the Mobil Service Station on Regent Street was part of a wider plot, following the arrest of Venezuelan national Daniel Alexander Ramirez. During a Joint Services press conference earlier today, Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken said the Force is pursuing intelligence to establish whether Ramirez […]

Tag: Crime

Linden man sentenced to 24 years for setting fire that killed sister and niece

Man who fatally stabbed woman 17 times gets 22 years’ imprisonment

Police report sharp drop in robberies, steep rise in cybercrime

Woman fatally stabs man during argument

Son relives trauma as gripping West Coast Berbice murder trial begins

Lance Corporal De Nobrega acquitted in Bacchus murder case

Woman stabs reputed husband, flees hospital after his death

Fatal fallout: Carpenter remanded for murdering drinking buddy

Court to rule Thursday on no-case submission in Quindon Bacchus murder trial

Police probe possible network behind Regent Street bombing

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