Corentyne man gets 17 years for rumshop manslaughter

Samuel Stewart

A Corentyne man who was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter following a trial before Justice Simone Morris–Ramlall at the High Court in Berbice last month was sentenced to 17 years in prison yesterday. 

Samuel Stewart also known as ‘Sammy’, 42, a cane harvester, was charged with the murder of Patrick Raynol Wilson, 25, of Lot 5 Limlair Village, Corentyne, who had sustained one stab wound in the region of his chest on June 16, 2019.