The Police say they are investigating the murder  of Shurlon Errol Cutting, age 48 years, a sailor of lot 2529 Layou Street, North Ruimveldt which occurred yesterday about 6.30 pm at the Parika Ferry Stelling by a 28 year-old labourer of lthaca  Village, West Bank Berbice who is in custody assisting with the investigation.

As a result an argument ensued and Cutting armed himself with a piece of wood and lashed  the suspect who reportedly took a pair of scissors and  stabbed the deceased under his left armpit area. The victim was escorted to the Leonora Cottage Hospital where he succumbed to his injury whilst receiving treatment. The suspect was arrested at the Parika Stelling with the suspected murder weapon. He was seen with injuries about his left abdomen and left knee and was escorted to Leonora Cottage Hospital where he was treated and discharged.(stabroeknews)…[+]

A Russian woman who admitted acting as an agent and infiltrating US political groups has been freed from a Florida prison and will be deported. Maria Butina was sentenced to 18 months earlier this year after admitting to a single count of conspiracy, but was given credit for time already served.

The 30-year-old pro-gun activist tried to infiltrate the National Rifle Association (NRA) to influence policy. Russian officials say she is expected to arrive in Moscow on Saturday. Butina was released from a low-security prison in Tallahassee, and is being transferred to a migration centre in the city of Miami to be deported. Her lawyer, Robert Driscoll, earlier said he had been given little information about her release. “They tend to do these things like they’re moving a nuclear bomb, and they’re not,” he told the Washington Examiner.

Mr Driscoll said two US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents would escort Butina until she was on her way to Moscow.

Who is Maria Butina?

According to her social media profiles, Butina was born in the southern Siberian city of Barnaul in 1988 and studied political science at university. She is said to have been a weapon enthusiast since childhood and went on to be involved in politics and promoting gun rights – founding a Russian lobby group called the Right to Bear Arms. Butina also travelled back-and-forth to the US for NRA conventions. In 2015 she attended a Trump campaign event in Las Vegas, asking the presidential candidate about his views on US sanctions in Russia.(BBC)…[+]

A US judge has blocked the suspension of a high school girl who was punished for posting a note at school warning of a “rapist” in their midst. In September Aela Mansmann, 15, was accused of bullying by school officials in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, after she posted notes in the girl’s toilets.

But on Thursday a judge issued a temporary stay on the suspension citing concerns over free speech rights. A lawsuit filed by the girl’s family against the school is still pending.

The case began on 16 September after Aela posted notes in two bathrooms at Cape Elizabeth High School reading: “There’s a rapist in the school and you know who it is.” After another student brought the note to school administrators, they investigated and identified Aela through camera footage.(BBC)…[+]