A murder charge was yesterday laid against the suspect in the murder of policeman Michael Cumberbatch, who was gunned down at his North Sophia home on Monday evening.
Vickram Persaud, also known as ‘Lil John,’ a 28-year-old farmer of Doctor Dam, La Grange, West Bank Demerara, was not required to plead to the capital charge when he was arraigned before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
During the arraignment, Persaud accused police officers of torturing
