Orin Jules, the Sophia man who last week admitted to killing his brother in 2016 following a row over their family shop, was yesterday sentenced to 17 years in prison.
Jules, 30, admitted that on June 18th, 2016, at Sophia, he unlawfully killed Dexter Jules. Although Orin Jules was charged with murder, when he appeared before Justice Sandil Kissoon last week at the High Court in Georgetown, he pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter.
According to prosecutor Mandel Moore, on the day in question, Orin Jules, subsequent to an argument between him and his brother, pulled a knife and stabbed his brother.
Justice Kissoon yesterday during the sentencing hearing stated that the court considered the facts presented, the fact that Orin Jules did not waste the court’s time and the plea in mitigation presented by his attorney, Ravindra Mohabir, and the time that he would have spent on remand.
The judge then sentenced Orin Jules to 17 years in prison.
Orin Jules and Dexter Jules had an argument about entry into the family’s shop. Dexter Jules, 23, was stabbed several times to his body and attempted to escape the hands of his brother by running. He eventually collapsed and died.
