After the formal opening of the Demerara Assizes yesterday, David Godfrey Johnson was sentenced to life in prison for the 2012 killing of his girlfriend Leonaka Natasha Johnson, whose body was found in a canal near her Nismes, West Bank Demerara home.
Johnson was originally arraigned on a charge of murdering his girlfriend. His attorney, Oneka Archer, however, indicated to the court that her client wanted to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter.
Justice Navindra Singh and the State, represented by prosecutors Siand Dhurjon, Michael Shahoud and Narissa Leander,