Man to stand trial for Old Year’s night murder

Jermaine Maynard

Jermaine Maynard, the man accused of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend Carlisa Matthews on Old Year’s night, was committed to stand trial in the High Court yesterday.

After the testimony of 12 witness, including that of the dead woman’s mother, Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry ruled that a prima facie case was made out against Maynard when the preliminary inquiry into the murder charge against him was concluded at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

According to reports, Matthews had been standing in front of her mother’s stall at