Donald Sheriff who was charged with the murder of New Amsterdam labourer Keron Nicholson in May 2020, and last month opted to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter when he appeared at the High Court in Berbice was yesterday sentenced to life in prison with eligibility for parole after fifteen years.
Nicholson, 33, succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) on March 18, 2020, some 10 days after he was involved in an altercation with Sheriff.
Police were able to apprehend Sheriff in May 2020, at Stone Creek Backdam, Mahdia after which he was charged at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court with murdering Nicholson sometime between May 8, 2020 and May, 17, 2020 at Patrick’s Dam, Angoy’s Avenue.