Man to spend eight more years in jail over Christmas night killing

Bevon Griffith

Bevon Griffith who in a drunken attack killed Sophia resident Celwin Mark Allen on Christmas night back in 2017, was yesterday sentenced to 18 years behind bars and will serve around eight years after deductions for his guilty plea and the period he spent on remand.

Griffith also known as ‘Kevin’ and ‘Spoony’, a mason formerly of 197 Pike Street, Kitty, Georgetown was initially indicted for murder; but at his arraignment back in October, pleaded to the lesser offence of manslaughter.

In handing down the sent