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.
Alexander, known as ‘Alex’ and ‘Bread Man,’ 42, a father of two formerly of Lot 394 Section C, Sophia, succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital hours after being shot by a bandit who police said posed as a customer and held him at gunpoint.
The accused is being represented by a battery of attorneys led by Ronald Daniels while the State’s case is being led by Prosecutor Lisa Cave.
