A man was yesterday charged with the 2008 murder of Melissa Payne, who was shot dead during a robbery on the Agricola Public Road.
Sylvester Vanderhyden, 24, was read the murder charge by Chief Magis-trate Ann McLennan in Georgetown.
The charge stated that on November 6, 2008, at Agricola, East Bank Demerara, Vanderhyden, of 3974, Block ‘A’ Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, murdered Payne.