A Corentyne fisherman was yesterday sentenced to eight years in prison after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter at the High Court in Berbice.
Henry Trim, 36, of Number 60 Village, Corentyne, was originally charged with the murder of Ravi Kumar Sharma, 25, also a fisherman, who was killed in December, 2016. He admitted to the lesser count of manslaughter before Justice Brassington Reynolds.
In giving a summary of the facts, Prosecutor Abigail Gibbs stated that on November 28th, 2016, the two men were drinking when at some point Sharma took a DVD player belonging to Trim and a row ensued as a result. She said that the deceased then hit Trim with a piece of wood and in retaliation Trim picked up a cutlass and dealt the deceased several chops and then left. Trim eventually turned himself over to police.
