Femi Harris-Smith

Investigators testifying at the trial of Regan Rodrigues who is accused of murdering political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing, say that the same gun used to kill Crum-Ewing had been found in Rodrigues’ Riverview, Ruimveldt residence.

The trial of Regan Rodri-gues called ‘Grey Boy,’ for the 2015 murder of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing commenced yesterday morning before Justice Sandil Kissoon and a jury at the High Court in Georgetown.

April 26th has been tentatively set by Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire SC, to rule on the petition filed by the main opposition APNU+AFC which is challenging the results of last year’s general and regional elections.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday filed an urgent application seeking to set aside the default judgment ordering him to pay former government minister Annette Ferguson $20M, owing to his failure to file a defence on time in a libel action she brought against him.

Thirty-two-year-old taxi driver, Sahadeo Pooran, called “Omesh,” was yesterday morning sentenced to 21 years in prison for raping a 12-year-old girl back in 2019.

Arguing that the Court of Appeal lacks jurisdiction to hear the matter, Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall SC has filed a motion seeking to strike out the appeal filed on behalf of the main opposition APNU+AFC coalition over the dismissal of one of its two petitions challenging the March 2, 2020 elections.

Ivor Laud was yesterday handed a combined sentence of 47 years in prison for raping an eight-year-girl back in 2015, whom he again sexually assaulted two years later.

Michael Bishop and Shawn Edinboro were yesterday afternoon both acquitted of the 2014 murder of taxi driver Raphael Campbell.

Melroy Doris now awaits sentencing following a guilty plea to manslaughter for the 2014 killing of Lusignan beautician Ashmini Harriram.

Les Charles Critchlow has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for the 2016 murder of his brother-in-law, Terrence Adams.

A ruling handed down yesterday by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has rejected a challenge to the renaming of the Ogle Airport to the Eugene F Correia International Airport (EFCIA).

High Court Judge Nareshwar Harnanan on Monday ruled against the Georgetown Mayor and City Councilors’ (M&CC) application of a 400% rate increase and demand for Plantation Houston Sugar Estates Company Limited to pay in excess of $500 million in rates and taxes on lands it owns at Houston/Rome.

Stating that allegations of fraud have to be specifically pleaded and proven, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday overturned a decision of the Guyana Court of Appeal which had found that a woman who bought land from another was involved in fraud.

Beverley Persaud was yesterday sentenced to 29 years behind bars for the murder of her husband, while `hitman’ Oswald Junior Yaw whom she had contracted to execute the killing, was sentenced to 10 years more than her.

Finding that their defence was insufficiently put to a jury, the Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday quashed the convictions against Ray Yokum, Steffon Campbell and Faisal Moore; while ordering that they face a fresh trial for the 2012 murder of Glen Xavier.

Finding a breach of natural justice, acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire SC yesterday quashed a deportation order which had been issued against the 26 Haitian nationals who were detained for weeks last year by the government at the state-run Hugo Chavez Centre for Rehabilitation and Reintegration.

Six days after the interception of two Guyanese fishing vessels the Venezuelan government has officially objected to the “handling” of the matter by Guyana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

Having heard an appeal from the Blairmont Rice Investment Incorporated which has sued the Kayman Sankar Group of Companies for alleged breach of contract, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has reserved its ruling which will be delivered on a date to be announced.

One day after pleading not guilty to hiring her co-accused to kill her husband, both Beverley Persaud and the `hitman’ Oswald Junior Yaw today admitted that it was they who had in fact killed  Nathan Andrew Persaud at Herstelling.

Air Services Limited (ASL) and a number of other small domestic flight operators who have opposed the renaming of the Ogle Airport to the Eugene F Correia International Airport (EFCIA), continue to be aggrieved by the move on which they say they were not consulted.