Michael Anthony Persaud was yesterday sentenced to 83 years imprisonment for the 2011 murder of his 19-year-old wife in their Sophia home.
The 24-year-old man was found guilty of the capital offence by a 12-member jury and was escorted out of the courtroom as his five-year-old son looked on.
Justice Navindra Singh, who presided over the trial, started his sentence at 60 years imprisonment but added on 10 years for premeditation, 10 years for cruelty and manner and 6 years for domestic violence. Three years were deducted for the time Persaud spent in prison.
Persaud had been on trial for the murder of Maduri Padumdeo, 19, of Lot 8 North Sophia. In December 2011, Padumdeo’s body was discovered naked in the bedroom of her 10×10 apartment, with a black and white wire wrapped around her neck.
Her landlady, Dataday Doodnauth, who was living in the adjacent apartment,
