Crabwood Creek fisher awaits sentencing after admitting to killing friend

Stanley Mark Edwards

A fisherman from Crab-wood Creek, Upper Corentyne, is now awaiting sentencing after he admitted to killing a friend some three years ago.

Stanley Mark Edwards pleaded guilty to man-slaughter when he appear-ed before Justice Simone Morris Ramlall at the High Court in Berbice on Thursday.

Edwards admitted to fatally beating his friend, Sahadeo Sankar, 40, in January of 2018.