A farmer was on Monday sentenced to seven years behind bars for bludgeoning a housemate to death after the man ate his wild meat and cassava bread.
Charles Leonard, called ‘Poon,’ was sentenced by High Court Judge Brassington Reynolds at a Zoom hearing after a probation report was presented to the court.
The charge against Leonard states that between October 5th and 6th, 2017, he murdered Romel Gouveia, called ‘White Boy’. In June, Leonard opted to plead guilty to a manslaughter charge.
The state was represented by prosecutors Teriq Mohammed and Tyra Bakker, while Leonard was represented by attorney-at-law Siand Dhurjon.
This newspaper previously reported that Gouveia lived with Leonard and his wife at Port
Leonard had previously warned Gouveia not to eat his food. However, on the day in question, Leonard reportedly came home intoxicated and saw Gouveia in the kitchen eating his wild meat with cassava bread.
Annoyed by this, Leonard attacked Gouveia and hit him to the head with a piece of wood. Gouveia collapsed to the ground and Leonard left the house. Leonard’s wife eventually went home and discovered Gouveia’s lifeless body and made a report to the police.
