Corriverton fisherman Mulshankar Sukharan was on Wednesday sentenced to spend the next 12 years in jail for the fatal stabbing of another man, which the judge said was provoked.
Justice Dawn Gregory imposed the sentence at the Berbice Supreme Court on Sukharan, 21, after he pleaded guilty to killing Krisendatt Kolandawell at No 79 Village Corriverton Corentyne on April 6, 2011.
Although Sukharan, of 24 ‘C’, No 79 Village, Corriverton, Corentyne was charged with murder, he pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter
In determining the sentence, Justice Gregory started off with 25 years but subtracted 13 years;
