One of three men apprehended by the police in an Agricola house following the murder of Melissa Payne on Wednesday was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, charged with the capital offence.
Melissa Payne
Twenty-one-year-old Jermaine Savory, known as `Jaja’, of 97 Second Street, Agricola was not required to plead to the indictable charge of murder when it was read to him.
It is alleged that on Wednesday at Agricola, Payne of Lot 56 Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara and her reputed husband John Fraser also known as David Fraser were proceeding to Georgetown when they were forced to stop shortly after 8 am after the Canter they were in encountered a mechanical problem.
Fraser, a contractor, while attempting to fix the problem, was approached by gunmen who were standing in an old shop across the road and was menaced.
One of the men went directly to Fraser while another went to the woman and the third acted as a lookout. Fraser managed to run into oncoming traffic but Payne was unlucky as a gun had already been pressed against her side and she was commanded to hand over the handbag she was clutching. Payne reportedly refused to hand it over and attempted to escape but was shot in the process while the men fled through a nearby alleyway with the bag which contained more than $100,000 and the two gold chains she was wearing.
Jermaine Savory
She sustained a single gunshot wound under her right armpit and was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Hospital. Fraser escaped unhurt.
The police arrived shortly after the shooting and armed ranks went into Agricola to look for suspects.
Three men were pursued into a house and later arrested.
In court yesterday Savory was observed with several stitches on his forehead. An earlier police report had stated that he got them in his attempt to flee the area.
The magistrate subsequently ordered that Savory be remanded to prison and transferred the case to Court Three for December 5.
I hope this punk isn’t related to the Savoury on Princess Street.
The police should have gotten some speaiclist not “rougher uppers”to grill the men they caught and make them say whether or not ther are responsible for this woman’s death…….He will run to court on remand possibly for the next 2 years before they start to get anyway with this matter.
So good that their photos are shown for all to see who are those get rich quickers.
A man life/sentiments/home would never be the same because of this brutal bandit/murderer.
One of their Sympathizers the other day said that the Police usually picks up anyone and brutalise them thats why they ran, and this criminal as seen above, was one of them, how Sentimental.
Mr Green and all the ranks involved.Bid Congratulations.You are criticised when you do not do your duty properly,now is the time for Congratulations.This is the way to go.The Public will give support if the ranks continue to work like this.
One down, two to go, hope he get jail time more than his age, it’s not nice to take what you didn’t work for.
Absolute cowards they need the maverick to pass judgement in this case,I would have pleasure and be more than honoured to so do,look my brothers your anger,desperation,frustration,feeling of lost hope etc. is understandable but the way you have chosen to retaliate is wrong its misguided and down right stupid,are you really thinking?what have you done?she is your sister,shame on you.
My Sympathy goes out to the family…………I hope and pray that God would comfort the family in this time of distress.
When found guilty,just HANG HIM. No man should kill another man, much less a woman. Who is the giver of life.
i agree with you SOESDYKE, the men should be dealth with so severly that others woukd know what would happen to them when the commit crimes. such a young woman looses her life at the hands of these lawless men. Agricola is like buxton now.
nothing less than the hang man noose, or the firing squad.
these are pest to our society and does not deserve to be alive, or life imprisonment
with hard, hard, hard labor.
They should make a special jail (ON AN ISLAND) for these criminals.
Shut up Soesdyke – this guy is being made a scapegoat. There is no where in this article where it states that this guy was positively ID from a police line up by Mr. Fraser. The cops just went in to Agricola and get the first guy they could find and then proceeded to beat the crap out of him. You call this justice. No! Police brutality? Yes!
Pressure this guy –let him squeal like a pig as to his associates .Find them and bring them to Justice before they strike again .