Nandalall Ruplall was yesterday sentenced to a 12-year prison term after he pleaded guilty to killing his father.
Justice Roxane George imposed the sentence at the High Court, after Ruplall, who had pleaded not guilty to murder, entered a guilty plea to the lesser offence of manslaughter.
Working with the figure of 18 years, the judge took off four years for the time he spent in prison, one year for his guilty plea as he did not waste the court’s time in proceeding with the trial, and another year for the mitigating plea made by his attorney.
Sonalall Ruplall, a carpenter of Lot 3 Rosetta, Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara, died in July 2008, two days after he was hit on his head by his son. Both men were under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident.
Ruplall, who was represented by attorney Peter Hugh, told the court that he was sorry for what happened after he was asked by Justice George if there was anything that he would like to say before sentencing.
Hugh, in his mitigating plea to the court, made various