The Kuru Kuru man who was on trial in the High Court for killing his reputed wife during a spat in 2004 was slapped with a 15-year sentence by Justice Dawn Gregory-Barnes yesterday after he opted to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter.
Junior Barton was indicted for murder for the September 2, 2004 killing of daycare worker, Lisa French. French was brutally stabbed and died within a few minutes of the attack.