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.
Parent/s, parent/s, what training are u giving these youths of today, u cannot begin to straighten a tree after it has already grown, you have to start from the inception of the first stalk that shoots up from the earth.
Parent/s, you need to constantly check where your kids are, who are their friends/associates.
Parent/s you need to be sure they attend school daily, check the schools, attend school meetings.
Parent/s you need to have them in church from birth, there will
be a difference, point them to God, is that too much to do,? being poor is not a crime, we were never rich kids, but we all came out the old fashion way, some of us had one pair of shoes for school and one for church, all of us did our best as human beings, yep!, without a father’s figure, seven kids mom delivered, all are doing great, so please parent/s don’t give me that poor talk, we can write a book, our mom did domestic work, sewed clothes also to make a living, pinched our ears when we stepped out of line, the school used the cane in those days, our mother never attacked the teachers, and we couldn’t complain to her, we would have had the rest for disobeying the rules in school.
Parent/s always finds the lawyer’s fees, instead of pointing the kids to God.
Sometimes it is not only all about the parents. Granted all parents have a significant role in their children’s lives, but what happens when the parents do all of the above like you mention and the result is like the case above. Who do we blame when the children who are not children anymore disregard all they were taught as a child and chose a life of crime. What happens when these adults and young adults makes these really bad decisions to indulge in a life of crime? Who do we blame then? Someone has to be responsible and ultimately those young men are each responsible for their actions.
It is very sad what they did to the young lady.
I’M SO DEEPLY MOVED BY THE GRUESOME DEATH OF SUCH A VIBRANT YOUNG WOMAN,…..I HAD KNOWN HER PERSONALLY,…FOR BEING SUCH A PLESANT AND QUIET YOUNG LADY SHE DIDN’T DESERVE SUCH A HORRIABLE DEATH,..IT BURNS A HOLE IN MY HEART, WHAT IS OUR COUNTRY COMMING TO,…ON THE OTHER HAND I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS,..JOB WELL DONE,..BRING THESE MEN TO REAL TOUGH PUNISHMENT,…..IF POSSIABLE LIFE IN- PRISONMENT,…..MY SYMPATHY GOES OUT TO THE BURGESS & PAYNE FAMILY…HOPE YOU GUYS FIND COMFORT IN THE GOOD LORD,…MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU ALL,…DEBBIE HANG IN THERE GOD KNOWS BEST,….DINKA IS IN A SAFE PLACE WITH HER GREAT LORD ABOVE.
one step closer to knowing and finding the crimainls of the land.
Hope this one sings and does not take the rap for his pals.
They have a tight bond I tell ya……………………….
Good work GOF
he that kill that young girl and caught gityshuw be taking away for live i dont think i can go back to my loving country no more guyana is finish 4 me
We can spend the rest of the day debating whether ……….”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” as offered by the blogger SWAT, or we could decide to give the police the necessary equipment to conduct proper interrogations using polygraph test and the like.
This is absolutely necessary because if we are going to resume hanging these creeps then there need to be a 100% certainty that the innocent is not executed.
Give them a fair trial, and if found guilty then hang them by the balls.
The thing is, does the political leadership in Guyana (all sides) have the nerves to do this or must we put our tails between our legs and say yes to “massa” and all their “human rights” crap?
If this individual is guilty,he is a cold blooded killer. He should be given the capital sentence.