Former soldier to stand trial over killing of ex’s mother

Abiola Jacobs

Former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Private, Abiola Jacobs was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court for the murder of Donna Taylor, the mother of her ex-boyfriend.

Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry announced that a prima facie case had been made out against Jacobs at the conclusion of the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the charge against her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court One.

A tearful Jacobs shook her head periodically as if in disbelief at the ruling. In an unsworn statement from the prisoners’ dock,