Man for trial over murder of Sophia bread vendor

Neville Forde

The trial of Neville Forde who is accused of the 2017 murder of Sophia bread vendor Andre Melroy Alexander, is set to commence next Monday before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow at the High Court in Demerara.

The jury that will be hearing the case was empaneled yesterday morning, following Forde’s arraignment for the capital offence to which he has pleaded not guilty.

The charge against him is that he murdered Alexander on May 5th, 2017, during the course or furtherance of a robbery.