Witnesses say were told abuse led to stepfather’s murder

The murder trial of Abickie Ferguson, who is accused of killing her stepfather, began before Justice Navindra Singh in the High Court yesterday.

Ferguson, who was 17 years old at the time, is accused of killing her stepfather, Glendon Scipio, on April 22, 2009 at Lot 78 Victoria Street, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara.

State prosecutors Rhondel Weever and Renita Singh presented Ferguson’s mother, Esther Simon,