Afibia Yankana and Akeem Haymer were yesterday afternoon both handed life sentences after admitting mid-trial that it was they who had fatally stabbed Rawle Rodrigues during a robbery back in 2017.
When the matter came up for continuation yesterday before Justice Sandil Kissoon, at the High Court in Georgetown, the jointly-charged duo indicated through their attorneys, their intention to change their pleas.
They were then re-arraigned and pleaded not guilty to the capital offence on which they were originally indicted, but admitted guilt on the lesser charge of manslaughter.