Kevin Ali, who admitted to fatally stabbing another man during a confrontation about playing Phagwah, was yesterday sentenced to 13 years in prison.
Ali, who had been charged with murdering Abdul Ghanie on March 8, 2012, had previously entered a guilty plea to the lesser count of manslaughter. He was sentenced yesterday by Justice Brassington Reynolds after a probation report was read in open court.
The probation officer described Ali as a “hardcore drug user,” whose excessive drug use hampered