‘Dougla’ pleads guilty to killing wife

Jacqueline George

Godfrey Stewart, called ‘Dougla’, who was accused of murdering his common-law wife Jacqueline George, pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter when the murder trial started yesterday in the High Court, before Justice Franklyn Holder.

Stewart was charged with murder, but his guilty plea to the lesser count was allowed yesterday.

Stewart’s sentencing was postponed because of the defence’s