Cop testifies at preliminary trial for Agricola robbery-murder

Sylvester Vanderhyden

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Sylvester Vanderhyden, who is accused of murdering a woman during a robbery on the Agricola Public Road in 2008, continued yesterday.

The charge against Vanderhyden, of 3974, Block ‘A’ Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, states that on November 6th, 2008, at Agricola, East Bank Demerara, he murdered Melissa Payne.

At the time of the crime, Vanderhyden would have been 15-years-old.

When the PI continued before Magistrate Leron Daly yesterday, Corporal 18256 Herbert, who is attached to the Criminal Investigation Department at the East La Penitence Police Station testified.