Guyanese in the Diaspora have expressed shock and concern at the news that renowned musician and music teacher George Simmons had been convicted of paedophilia several times.
Canada-based Guyanese said they knew Simmons had given piano lessons to several Canadian and Guyanese-Canadian children for 15-odd years or more, but only learnt of his criminal predilection after reading the Stabroek News. Simmons’s fourth conviction, on December 14,