Robert Rawlins, who was on trial for a cutlass attack on a former partner, was yesterday sentenced to 12 years in jail by Justice Jo-Ann Barlow after a jury found him guilty of the crime at the Berbice High Court.
Rawlins, of Kingston Squatting Area, Springlands, was found not guilty of a charge of attempted murder but was convicted for wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm to Sharmila Singh.
States prosecutor Stacy Goodings had told the court that