Sophia man gets 12 years for killing neighbour

Jun 17, 2014 News

Sophia resident, Roger Pilgrim, was yesterday jailed for 12 years for the unlawful killing of his neighbour, Shane Rowley.

Shane Rowley

Pilgrim, called “Charlie Pants”, of Lot 68 ‘A’ Field, Sophia, was on trial at the High Court before Justice Dawn Gregory and a mixed jury for the murder, which took place on January 22, 2011.
The killing reportedly took place during a fight that stemmed from years of suspicions about a damaged fence, which separated the home of the victim from that of the accused. Rowley was stabbed close to his home.
He sustained injuries to his neck and shoulder and later succumbed.
After hours of deliberation, yesterday, the jury announced that they had found the accused not guilty of murder but guilty of the lesser count of manslaughter. As such, Justice Gregory handed down the 12-year jail sentence.
Earlier in the trial, Police witness Inspector Chabunaught Singh was summoned to the stand by State Prosecutor Mercedes Thompson who worked in association with Attorney -at –Law, Natasha Backer.
Singh told the court that he arrested the accused and later procured a caution statement from him at Sparendaam Police Station. He detailed the statement to the court.
Defence Attorney Huckumchand Parag had summoned Pilgrim’s mother, Joyann Rowley and his brother, Sherwin Roberts to the stand.
The woman told the court that her son intervened after her neighbour had physically attacked her.
Pilgrim’s brother told the court that he was injured during the altercation.
“He lash me in me head cause he say that we thief a tyre that been in he yard.

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