Linden man charged over Facebook death threat to GECOM Chair

A Linden man has been charged with threatening to kill the chairwoman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh.

Ryan Williams, 27, of Silver City, Linden, appeared at the Linden Magistrate’s Court yesterday and denied the charge, which reads that between July 13th and July 14th, in Linden, with the use of a computer, he used a fake Facebook account to threaten the Chair and her family.

The matter was heard by Magistrate Wanda Fortune via a Zoom call.