Tag: murder

East End man gunned down inside his home

East End man gunned down inside his home

| 08/12/2023 | 8 Comments

(CNS): The RCIPS has opened a murder inquiry after a local man was shot several times at his East End home off Sea View Road on Thursday night. Police have not yet confirmed the identity of the dead man, but CNS has learned from unconfirmed sources that the man is Sven Connor (43), who was […]

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Murder charge laid a year after West Bay killing

Murder charge laid a year after West Bay killing

| 29/11/2023

(CNS): A 54-year-old man from Bodden Town, who was arrested more than one year ago suspected of killing George ‘Ian’ Duffell (51) in October 2022 following an altercation at a West Bay address has been charged with murder. Kirk Lindsay Watler appeared in court Wednesday 29 November and was remanded in custody accused of stabbing Duffell who […]

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Lifer gets third chance on licensed release

Lifer gets third chance on licensed release

| 16/11/2023 | 74 Comments

(CNS): Philip Glennon Ebanks (59), who was serving a life sentence for a murder he committed when he was just 17 years old and convicted of almost eight years later, was released on licence Thursday for the third time. Ebanks was first paroled in 2013 after serving 24 years in jail, but after committing two […]

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Wanted man is third person arrested for murder

Wanted man is third person arrested for murder

| 19/10/2023

(CNS): George Orlando Senior (35) became the third person to be arrested for the murder of Divonte Alejandro Hernandez on Wednesday. Police said the wanted man was taken into custody after an operation in East End. Senior, who is from West Bay, appears to have been assisted in avoiding capture as a 32-year-old woman, also […]

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Cops appeal for witnesses a year after murder

Cops appeal for witnesses a year after murder

| 16/10/2023 | 4 Comments

(CNS): On Saturday, the first anniversary of the murder of George Ian Duffell (51), the police issued a fresh public appeal for witnesses to the fight in which he was killed. Duffell was fatally stabbed at about 11:00pm on 14 October 2022 in a yard near the junction of Capt Joe and Osborn Road on […]

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Man arrested for conspiracy to murder

Man arrested for conspiracy to murder

| 12/10/2023

(CNS): Police have arrested another suspect in the killing of Divonte Alejandro Hernandez on 29 September. The 22-year-old man from Bodden Town was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder, but following a search related to his arrest, he was further arrested on suspicion of possession of a prohibited weapon and later formally charged with […]

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One charged with Hernandez’ murder, one on the run

One charged with Hernandez’ murder, one on the run

| 11/10/2023

(CNS): Sean Austin Connolly Amaya (24), who was arrested on Friday on suspicion of murdering Divonte Alejandro Hernandez outside a George Town liquor store, has been charged and remanded in custody. But police are asking the public to help them track the second suspect, George Orlando Senior (35), last known to be living in West Bay.

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George Town man arrested on suspicion of murder

George Town man arrested on suspicion of murder

| 06/10/2023

(CNS): On the eve of a witness appeal at the scene of last Friday’s fatal shooting of Divonte Alejandro Hernandez, the police arrested a 24-year-old man from George Town on suspicion of murder. The RCIPS did not give any details about where, when and how the arrest took place yesterday but said the suspect remains […]

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No arrests in targeted killing, police call for witnesses

No arrests in targeted killing, police call for witnesses

| 04/10/2023 | 39 Comments

(CNS): Just one gunman shot Divonte Alejandro Hernandez (25) in a targeted killing outside a George Town liquor store last Friday, police have said, but no one has been arrested yet. The suspect is described as tall and slim, and he was wearing black clothes and a mask at the time. Another man was driving […]

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Police track down car used in murder

Police track down car used in murder

| 02/10/2023 | 15 Comments

(CNS): Officers investigating the murder of Divonte Alejandro Hernandez (25) on Friday morning outside a George Town liquor store have recovered a Honda Fit in the Crewe Road area of the capital that they believe was used in the daylight fatal shooting. Police said no one has been arrested yet, but they are following numerous […]

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Man killed in daylight shooting in George Town

Man killed in daylight shooting in George Town

| 29/09/2023 | 94 Comments

(CNS): Police have opened a murder investigation following a daylight shooting in the centre of George Town Friday morning. A man was reportedly gunned down from behind and sustained multiple wounds in the parking lot of Liquor 4 Less on Sound Way at the junction of Eastern Avenue and Shedden Road just before 10.30am. The […]

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