Former prison warder, Sheldon Prince, who pleaded guilty to stabbing his wife to death on December 28, 2016 at the National Psychiatric Hospital, was yesterday sentenced to life in prison by Justice Sandil Kissoon who told him that the crime went beyond a case of domestic violence, stating, “it is a cold, calculated act of callous, gruesome premeditated murder carefully planned and violently executed.”
Prince, 36, of Lot 40 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, Berbice, was charged with murdering his wife, Lonette Nicholson-Prince, 23, at the psychiatric hospital in Fort Canje, Berbice. He was committed to stand trial following the completion of a preliminary inquiry at the magistrate’s court. However, when he appeared last month before Justice Kissoon at the High Court in Berbice, Prince, who was represented by attorney-at-law, Murseline Bacchus, opted to enter a guilty plea.