Man sentenced to 12 years for trying to kill wife, self

A man was yesterday sentenced to 12 years in jail after he was found guilty of trying to kill his common-law wife and attempting suicide.

Mohamed Usuf was sentenced after a 12-member jury returned to the courtroom of Justice Dawn Gregory-Barnes and announced the unanimous verdict.

The court was told that on April 25, 2007, Usuf went to the home of Sharon Ganesh, the mother of his two