Neezamudin Rafeek was yesterday sentenced to life in prison after he pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter for the killing of a Bushlot Village, West Coast Berbice couple in January 2016.
Rafeek is the third accused to have been sentenced this year for the murder of the couple which sent shock waves throughout Berbice at the time.
Earlier in the month, Rafeek, 25, of Bushlot Village, West Coast Berbice, had appeared with his lawyer, Mursaline Bacchus, and pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Arthur Doodnauth Rajkumar and Diane Chamanlall between January 8, 2016 and January 9, 2016, in the course or furtherance of a burglary, one day after his trial commenced before Justice Sandil Kissoon.