Man gets 21 years for killing bedridden mother

Terrence Madray

Terrence Madray, who clubbed his bedridden mother with a piece of wood, resulting in her death, was yesterday sentenced to 21 years in prison after admitting to the crime.

Madray, 57, called ‘Terry,’ admitted before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow that on April 21st, 2016, at Lot 2 Good Faith, Mahaicony, he killed Cecilia Madray called ‘Suzy’. Although charged with murder, the man pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter.

According to State Counsel Sarah Martin, the accused lived with his mother at the time and was her primary caregiver as she was injured and left bedridden following an accident.