Ex-fugitive admits to Goed Fortuin man’s 2008 killing
With just days from the ninth anniversary of the brutal stabbing to death of former Goed Fortuin resident Kenneth Allen, his killer has finally admitted to the crime.
Kendall Skeete appeared before Justice James Bovell-Drakes at the High Court in Georgetown on Tuesday, and pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter for Allen’s October 15, 2008 stabbing.
The accused Kendall Skeete will know his fate on October 16
Skeete was on the run for seven years before being nabbed on May 21, 2015. He was also one of the prisoners who had, in July 2017, escaped from the Lusignan prison via a dug-out hole, before he was recaptured by police on July 26 at Wismar, Linden.
Reports back then were that, at about 20:30 hrs on the day in question, Allen, a father of three, had intervened when Skeete and a group of men were robbing and assaulting another man in Goed Fortuin. The men, however, turned on Allen and braced him into the fence. It was then that Skeete pulled out a long shiny object from behind his back and stabbed Allen several times to his heart and lungs.
The cause of Allen’s death was given as perforation of the heart and lungs via the stab wounds at the two parts of the body, and State Prosecutor Mandell Moore told the court on Tuesday that the Post-Mortem Examination (PME) on the deceased was conducted on the very day that Allen had met his demise. Moore also revealed that Allen, a mason and carpenter, had died at the West Demerara Regional Hospital, where he had been rushed after he was stabbed.
Skeete will know his fate in two weeks, after a probation report is submitted to the court. Justice Bovell-Drakes set his sentencing for October 16.
He was represented by defence counsel Pamela De Santos, while State Counsel Orinthia Schmidt assisted the Prosecution’s case.
