12 years’ jail for farmer who killed Brazilian man over wild meat

Thirty-seven-year-old Darrell Williams, a farmer of Moco Moco Village in Central Rupununi, Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), was on Tuesday sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment by Demerara High Court Justice Brassington Reynolds on a conviction of

manslaughter committed on Elvis Aulicio, a 44-year-old Brazilian national, on December 26, 2018.
Initially indicted for the capital offence of murder, Williams admitted to the lesser count of manslaughter.
Reports are that Aulicio and Williams, who had been known to each other, had been imbibing at a birthday celebration when Williams accused Aulicio of stealing labba meat from his haversack, which Aulicio denied. Williams became annoyed, armed himself with a knife, and followed Aulicio as he made his way into the Moco Moco Savannahs, where he stabbed Aulicio in the neck and left him there to die. Williams was charged with the murder of Aulicio on December 31, 2018. (G1)