Man gets 12 years for brutal killing of teen girlfriend

Joshua Baveghems

Joshua Baveghems, who admitted to killing his teenage girlfriend, whom he chopped 19 times after beating her with a spade, was yesterday sentenced to 12 years in jail by Justice Navindra Singh.

Baveghems, 24, was sentenced at the High Court in Georgetown, where he admitted guilt to the lesser charge of manslaughter for killing Angela McAllister, 17, on August 8, 2015. He had pleaded not guilty to the initial charge of murder that was laid against him.