A policeman yesterday testified that Jermaine Savory, who is on trial for the murder of Melissa Payne during a robbery along the Agricola Public Road, East Bank Demerara, claimed although he was part of the attack, it was his accomplice who shot and killed the woman.
Testifying before Justice James Bovell-Drakes at the High Court in Georgetown was Assistant Superintendent of Police Elson Baird, who recalled being on duty at the Ruimveldt Police Station on November 5, 2008, when he received information about the alleged murder.
He said he thereafter assisted with the investigations and later spoke with Savory at the station, where he admitted that he and another man, “Otto Bagot,” had robbed the woman, but that it was Bagot who shot her dead.
