Eight others testify in the murder of Lry Vryheid’s daughter DP
Kaieteur News – As the Preliminary Investigation (PI) of the murder of Velma Pickering, 56, of Lust Vryheid, Demerara East Coast (ECD), allegedly stabbed and killed by her son-in-law, on Wednesday and Friday at Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Alisha George, eight other witnesses were called to testify.
Linden Isaacs, 28, a security guard, of Strathspey Squatting Area, East Coast Demerara, was not required to plead to the indictable charge that, on May 11, in Lot 257 South Vryheid’s Lust, he allegedly murdered Pickering.
When the matter was called, Police Prosecutor Vivian Adolph called five witnesses to testify. Among those witnesses were Pickering’s husband, brother and sister, and two neighbors. While Friday, three witnesses testified. Witnesses were two detectives and a police constable.
According to a Kaieteur News report on the incident, Pickering was allegedly left dead after a domestic dispute with her son-in-law turned violent. A police report revealed that Pickering had been assaulted and stabbed multiple times after Isaacs accused her of trying to break up his relationship with her daughter. The 56-year-old woman fled the house and ventured to her neighbor’s yard where she fell.
Pickering was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) and pronounced dead on arrival. Meanwhile, people with public spirit caught Isaacs shortly after fleeing the scene and handed him over to police.
An investigation was launched and he was subsequently charged with murdering his mother-in-law. Isaacs is expected to make his next appearance in court on Monday for the continuation of the murder PI.