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Grandfather who battered wife during drinking spree pleads guilty to manslaughter Probation report ordered.

Oct 19, 2019 News

Leonard Allan, 64, a pensioner of Burnham Avenue, Rosignol, West Coast Berbice, who is accused of battering his reputed wife to death during a drinking spree at his Rosignol, West Coast Berbice home, has pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter.
Allan is charged with killing Shabana Ishack, called “Babita” 40 of No.2 Village, East Canje, Berbice, between July 3 and July 4, 2018.
He appeared before Justice Brassington Reynolds in the Berbice High Court.
The state’s case is being presented by Attorney-at-law Seeta Bishundial.
When the matter was called the man who was represented by state appointed attorney, Siand Dhurjon, opted to plead not guilty to murder, but guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter.
It was reported that Ishack and Allan were imbibing alcohol at Allan’s home. They had consumed almost two bottles of liquor. The two got into an argument over the cooking of food. In a fit of rage Allan began to physically assault her until she bled to death.
Neighbours had contacted the police to inform them that the woman was lying lifeless on a blood-soaked bed in the small cottage. The pensioner was sitting near the body when the police arrived.
It was reported that it was a norm for the woman to visit Allan and they would drink and argue. The dispute would sometimes lead to the woman being physical abused.
A post mortem examination conducted on the body by government Pathologist Dr. Vivekanand Bridgmohan revealed that she died from shock and haemorrhage, broncho-aspiration along with multiple injuries about the body.
His lawyer, Dhurjon in a plea of mitigation asked for leniency stating that the incident was caused due to both the accused and decease’s drunken state.
After listening to the attorney plea, Justice Reynolds in consultation with the two attorneys ordered probation report before handing down sentence.

 

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