Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry will hear the preliminary inquiry into the murder charge against Kevin Verwin on June 6 at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
Prosecutor Stephen Telford said about eight witnesses will be called to the stand.
The allegation against Verwin is that between March 4 and 6 at Houston, East Bank Demerara (EBD) he murdered his reputed wife Farida ‘Suzie’ Ramdeen.
Ramdeen, 20, of Vreed-en-Hoop Squatting Area, West Coast Demerara was found dead in a Houston, EBD trench on March 6.