A 27-year-old man has ap­peared be­fore a Mas­ter of the High Court charged with the mur­der of Hy­acinth Gar­den­er, which oc­curred on Feb­ru­ary 5.

Sher­wayne Williams, of Waller­field, was charged with the of­fence when he ap­peared be­fore Mas­ter Sara De Sil­va, in the High Court of Jus­tice, Crim­i­nal Court North, last Fri­day.

The mat­ter was ad­journed to Ju­ly 5th, 2024.

Gar­den­er, 73, was found dead at her Pin­to home on Feb­ru­ary 5.

One male sus­pect was ar­rest­ed in con­nec­tion with the mat­ter on Feb­ru­ary 8.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions were su­per­vised by ASP Vic­tor, In­sp. Ram­jag, W/In­sp. Sylvester, In­sp. Si­mon and Sgt. Camp­bell, all of Homi­cide Bu­reau of In­ves­ti­ga­tions (HBI), Re­gion Two.

Williams was charged with the of­fence by Cpl Jones, al­so of HBI Re­gion Two, on Feb­ru­ary 15th, 2024, fol­low­ing ad­vice re­ceived from Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions, Roger Gas­pard SC, last Thurs­day.