UK-based witness testifies via Skype in Agricola murder inquiry

Abiola Jacobs

Skype was used for the first time yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts when a London-based witness testified in the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against former Guyana Defence Force Private Abiola Jacobs, who is accused of killing her ex-boyfriend’s mother, Donna Taylor.

Samantha Sabat, who resides in United Kingdom, was able to testify via Skype from the Guyana High Commission located in London. Sabat at the time of the murder was a guest at Taylor’s 1617 Agricola Public Road, East Bank Demerara home.

Jacobs is charged with killing Taylor on January 31, 2014. Taylor, 55, was discovered in the