A youth who admitted to fatally stabbing a man at Leopold and Lombard streets in November, 2018, was yesterday sentenced to 14 years in jail.
John McKenzie, 20, of 102 Leopold Street, Werk-en-Rust, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter, was sentenced by Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the High Court in Georgetown after a probation report was delivered.
McKenzie was one of three teenagers initially charged with fatally stabbing a man, identified only as “Buckman.” It was alleged that on November 17th, 2018, at Leopold and Lombard Streets, McKenzie along with two 15-year-olds murdered the man. Previous reports indicate that the teens murdered the man after he stopped buying drugs from them. According to the police, the man was stabbed multiple times and later succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
