The High Court yesterday accepted a guilty plea to the lesser count of manslaughter from a man who had wielded a knife in an argument during a drinking spree at Black Water, North West District in 2022, killing his foster son and wounding the son’s 19-year-old cousin.
Nigel Abrahams, who had been charged with the murder of of his 17-year-old foster son Daniel Wilson appeared before Justice Sandil Kissoon and pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
According to the agreed facts, Abrahams killed Wilson between April 17 and April 18, 2022. It was revealed that Abrahams, Wilson, and Ron Moonsammy had been drinking together when an argument erupted. During the altercation, Abrahams stabbed Wilson with a knife. When Moonsammy intervened to protect his cousin, Abrahams turned on him, stabbing him in the chest.
A post-mortem examination concluded that Wilson died from perforation of the heart.
Abrahams, who is scheduled to be sentenced on November 14, had earlier pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of Moonsammy and was sentenced for that crime by Justice Peter Hugh on October 16, 2024.
Prosecutors Alvaro Ramoutar and Delon Fraser represented the state’s case.
