Butcher Shawn Sooklall, who pleaded guilty to killing his girlfriend Tricia Welch in July 2006, was yesterday sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by Justice Roxane George.

At the start of the court proceedings, Sooklall’s lawyer Mursaline Bacchus, noting that the law makes provision for compensation, announced that his client was offering $1.2 million, which would benefit the child of the deceased. He then handed over a cheque, made payable to the Registrar of the Supreme Court, but stressed that it should not be considered “cheque book justice,”…..