Following the conclusion of a sentencing hearing yesterday which was dominated by reports of the eight years of abuse Allison Bowen endured at the hands of her reputed husband, which eventually ended in her death—Alex Douglas was handed a life sentence—with the order to serve 20 years before becoming eligible for parole.
Referencing the events of that fateful day in 2012 at Goedverwagting, Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall said Douglas who retrieved from a haversack he was carrying at the time, the knife with which he would later murder his wife, had clearly planned to do what he did.
“His actions were premeditated” the judge said, while noting Douglas’ attack on the woman’s sister—Nichola King—whom he also stabbed to the chest, as she ran to the aid of her now-dead sister.