Former cop awaits sentencing for killing reputed wife

…as farmer who admits to brutally chopping partner, also awaits sentencing

A 38-year-old former policeman now awaits sentencing after he pleaded guilty last Friday to murdering his reputed wife. Appearing before Demerara High Court Judge Sandil Kissoon was Jermaine Bristol of Freeman Street, East La Penitence, Georgetown. He pleaded guilty to the charge which stated that he murdered 24-year-old Shanece Lawrence on August 22, 2018.

Sentencing for Bristol, who was represented by defence counsel Everton Lammy-Singh, will take place on October 27. State Counsel Muntaz Ali appeared on behalf of the prosecution.
It was reported that after killing Lawrence, Bristol walked into the East La Penitence Police Station and confessed to the crime. He then led the Police to his East La Penitence dwelling where the woman’s body was discovered with a knife stuck in the neck.
An autopsy revealed that Lawrence sustained 10 stab wounds about her body. It was reported that the couple shared a rocky relationship spanning over half a decade.

Attempted murder
Meanwhile, in a separate matter, Fazil Osman, 42, a Mahaica, East Coast Demerara (ECD) farmer who is accused of brutally chopping his reputed wife, has pleaded guilty to attempted murder.

Osman appeared on Friday before Justice Jo Ann Barlow at the Demerara High Court.
He admitted that he unlawfully and maliciously wounded the woman on February 24, 2019, at Hand-en-Veldt, Mahaica, with the intent to commit murder.
The mother of two was attacked and chopped on February 24, 2019, after she had reported Osman to the Mahaica Police Station for beating her. According to reports, the abused woman was instructed by the investigating rank that she should return home to Osman, who had accused her of stealing his money when she went to their home to uplift her clothes.
On the day in question, she went back home in the company of a female Rural Constable (RC) to identify the man to serve him with a restraining order. It was then that Osman attacked her, chopping her with a cutlass and causing the Rural Constable to flee for her safety. (G1)