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Guyana police file murder charges against captain and crew mates in deadly ferry capsizing
Guyana's worst maritime disaster saw the MV Barima ferry capsize with 179 people aboard, prompting charges amid allegations of leaks and overcrowding.
- Police in Guyana filed murder charges on Tuesday against Captain Kevin Price, chief mate Rondell Dwayne Roberts, and cargo superintendent Delon Granderson after their state ferry capsized in Atlantic waters on July 18, killing more than 70 people.
- The 87-year-old MV Barima remained in operation because the government was still completing a pier at Port Kaituma to accommodate a new $12.7 million vessel acquired from India to replace the aging ferry.
- Authorities believe 179 people were aboard when the ferry departed on July 18, with survivors later alleging the vessel was leaking and overcrowded with passengers and cargo.
- Prime Minister Mark Phillips confirmed 77 people were rescued on Monday, while the government appointed a five-person commission on Sunday to investigate, amid opposition calls for ministerial resignations.
- A second court hearing is scheduled for August 3 in the Essequibo region near the wreckage, where the three accused will face the murder charges without attorneys present.
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Kevin Price, Rondell Roberts and Delon Granderson were sent to pretrial detention, formally charged with the death of 74 people in the July 18 shipwreck.
·Caracas, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
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Guyana police file murder charges against captain and crew mates in deadly ferry capsizing
Police in Guyana have filed murder charges against the captain and two crew members of a state ferry that capsized, killing over 70 people.
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Captain, crew members in deadly Guyana ferry accident charged with murder
The captain and two crew members of a passenger ferry in Guyana that capsized were charged with murder on Tuesday, more than a week after the disaster killed 73 people and left 30 others still missing.
·London, United Kingdom
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According to court documents, they are charged with the murder of 69 identified persons and “other unknowns”
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