Dorwin Bess charged over extortion plot

Dorwain Bess, the businessman who is linked to an alleged plot to extort a city businessman Afras Mohammed, was yesterday charged and placed on bail, while the Guyana Police Force (GPF) issued a wanted bulletin for overseas-based Guyanese Rickford Burke in relation to the same crime.

Bess, 45, of Bel-Air Park, Georgetown was charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit a felony contrary to Section 33 of the Criminal Law (Offences) Act.

He denied the charges which was read to him by Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court