A remorseful Paul Scotland, was on Tuesday sentenced to 16 years in prison for the 2014 stabbing of his partner, Monica Adams.
Scotland appeared before Justice Navindra Singh at the High Court, where he pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter and wounding with intent.
It was alleged that on January 3, 2014, Scotland fatally stabbed Adams at her Paradise, East Coast Demerara home. It was further alleged that he attempted to murder the brother of the deceased, Charles Elliot, who had gone to his sister’s assistance during the altercation.
