Roger Pilgrim who was on trial for the 2011 murder of his neighbour Shane Rowley was yesterday handed a 12-year sentence after being found guilty of the lesser count of manslaughter.
Pilgrim was accused of killing Rowley in January 2011 after a long-standing feud over the use of a passageway in ‘A’ Field Sophia.
He was on trial before a 12-member jury and Justice Dawn Gregory in the High Court.
In his caution statement, Pilgrim had admitted to stabbing Rowley twice. He said he was sleeping