PI into GDF woman soldier charge May 6

THE preliminary inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Guyana Defence Force (GDF) private Abiola Jacobs will commence on May 6.Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry set the date yesterday when the accused made her third court appearance.
Police Corporal Bharat Mangru, prosecuting, complained to the Chief Magistrate that the prisoner has been making contacts with relatives of the deceased by way of letters and phone calls.
The complaint caused the Chief Magistrate to advise defence counsel Adrian Thompson that the woman desist from making such contact if any has been made.
Jacobs, 22, of Lot 55 Evan Phillips Park, Agricola, is charged with murdering 55-year-old villager Donna Taylor, on January 31 last, on Agricola Public Road, Greater Georgetown.
Police reported that Taylor’s body was found aback of her home on Friday, January 31, with her throat slit and hands bound behind her.
Multiple injuries
The cause of death has been given as shock and haemorrhage due to multiple injuries, according to the official results of a post- mortem done by pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh, on February 3.
Samantha Sabat, Taylor’s friend who had been a guest at her home when the incident occurred, was injured as she jumped from a window of the Lot 16/17 two-storey house in Agricola after persons had invaded the property.
Sabat, a United Kingdom (UK) citizen had been hospitalised after she was found lying unconscious in the yard with bruises about her body, particularly her head.
She has since been discharged from hospital and has, allegedly, gone into hiding.
Litterbug ordered to do commnunity service
SOOKRAM Ramnarine, another litterbug with no fixed place of abode, was convicted of littering by Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond yesterday.
He pleaded guilty to the charge, particulars of which said on Thursday, March 20, at Merriman Mall, in Georgetown, he deposited one large net orange bag containing a quantity of corn skins in a public place.
City Constabulary Corporal James Garnett, prosecuting, said, Constable Persaud was on duty at the mall when he saw the convict depositing the waste.
Ramnarine was ordered to perform 30 hours of community service between Croal Street and South Road, also in the city, with the alternative of 20 days imprisonment.