A teenager who fatally stabbed an Upper Corentyne hire car driver in his neck in July, 2017 and pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter in January of this year, was yesterday sentenced to three years imprisonment by the High Court in Berbice.
Justice Brassington Reynolds, after a probation report was heard, sentenced the boy to three years in prison. He is to be released on his birthday, January 5, 2022.
There were several conditions involved in the sentencing, which include the youth being answerable to his parole officer and abiding by certain rules until 2027.
The teen, in 2017, fatally stabbed hire car driver, Deonarine Laljit, called “Baba”, 37, of Lot 223 Number 72 Village, Corentyne.
According to reports, the teenager was travelling in Laljit’s car when the incident occurred. Stabroek News was told that the teen entered Laljit’s car in the vicinity of Number 63 Village, Corentyne, and was reportedly heading to Baul Street, Corriverton.
The lad, then 15 years, had slashed the taxi driver’s throat in retaliation because the driver was allegedly in the habit of taunting him about his sister.
