A man yesterday admitted to chopping his mother-in-law and step-daughter to death during a 2014 attack.
Joshua Franklyn was yesterday placed before Justice Sandil Kissoon where he admitted that on December 18th, 2014, he killed Bibi Zalima Khan, 55, and Ashley Boodhoo, 9 at Phase Two Tuschen Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo. While he was charged with murder, he pleaded guilty to lesser counts of manslaughter.
State Prosecutor Abigail Gibbs noted that on the day in question, Franklyn entered Khan’s home and attacked her with a cutlass and then dealt the nine-year-old several chops.
