Femi Harris-Smith

Convicted sex offender Esan Germain who is currently serving a 65-year sentence for sexually abusing a 4-year-old on three occasions—with the final assault at age seven—has again been convicted—this time for raping a 15-year-old girl three times.

Travis Archer was yesterday morning discharged of the 2017 murder of Sophia resident Jamal Munroe, after trial Judge Simone Morris-Ramlall upheld a no-case submission made by defence attorney Latchmie Rahamat.

Finding what it described as “severe shortcomings,” the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday threw out a claim brought by the Government of Belize which had sued the Government of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) on allegations of failing to apply a 40% Common External Tariff (CET) on some 3,000 tons of brown sugar imported from Guatemala and Honduras in 2019.

Finding the 88 years imposed upon him for the murder of his former girlfriend to have been excessive, the Guyana Court of Appeal has decreased Jermaine Maynard’s sentence to 46 years, from which it ordered further deductions for time so far served since his conviction back in 2016.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo and Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC have been granted leave to appeal to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), the Guyana Court of Appeal’s ruling that it has jurisdiction to hear the appeal of the dismissal of the Opposition APNU+AFC’s election petition which challenged the results of the March 2nd 2020 general elections.

Fifteen years on, former manager Maurice Arjoon is still engaged in a court battle for severance and other benefits owed by the New Building Society (NBS) which has been found to have wrongfully dismissed him back in 2007.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has appealed the ruling annulling its decision to reassess and impose additional taxes on goods imported by Chinese businessman Shanglin Lin.

In accordance with its Article 8, it is the Constitution which in Guyana is the supreme law, and by which any other law which stands in contravention thereof is voided.

Devon Thomas was this afternoon sentenced to 12 years behind bars for the 2013 Mashramani Day killing of Enterprise businessman Kumar Mohabir; but will spend just about a another two, after deductions were made for his pre-trial remand and his guilty plea.

Bevon Griffith who in a drunken attack killed Sophia resident Celwin Mark Allen on Christmas night back in 2017, was yesterday sentenced to 18 years behind bars and will serve around eight years after deductions for his guilty plea and the period he spent on remand.

High Court Judge Fidela Corbin-Lincoln last Friday annulled a decision of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to reassess and impose additional taxes on goods imported by Chinese businessman Shanglin Lin.

At the trial of Sean Dos Santos and Stephon Howard who are accused of the 2017 murder of Abdool Fazal Saheed, the court heard of Dos Santos allegedly telling investigators that it was he and his co-accused who shot and killed Saheed at the Lot 194 Freeman Street pre-mises which they also burgled.

Six years after a challenge was mounted by now retired judge William Ramlal, the High Court has found that a law granting tax exemptions to the Chancellor and Chief Justice to be discriminatory and unconstitutional.

Section 72 of the Criminal Law (Procedure) Act which empowers the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to order the committal of a murder accused for trial even though a Magistrate may have found no prima facie evidence to so do, came under extensive scrutiny before the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday.

With the life of the Police Service Commission (PSC) having expired, Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC, has advanced that the Fixed Date Application (FDA) it filed challenging its suspension by the President and the non-promotion of ranks ought to be struck out.

Colin Grant who said he acted as a “look-out” while businesswoman Sirmattie Ramnaress was bludgeoned sometime during the night of August 30th, 2013 was today sentenced to 21 years behind bars but will serve only eight after deductions for his guilty plea and the period he spent on remand.

Travis McDougall, who is currently serving a 25-year sentence for the shooting death of businessman, Ashok Raghoo, is of the view that the judge who conducted his trial made implications to the jury that he (McDougall) needed to prove his case to them.

Lamenting the condemnation of the judiciary by persons who “should know better,” acting Chancellor Yonette Cummings-Edwards yesterday said it is doing its best to deliver justice despite its limited human resources.

Dialogue Solutions (Guyana Inc.) on Thursday launched its local operations, offering alternatives to the time-consuming settlement of litigation before the courts.

The widow of Fazal Shaheed yesterday tearfully recalled his final words to her that he was “not going to make it” after being shot by bandits who had invaded the Lot 194 Freeman Street premises where relatives were preparing for a memorial service.