Pomona man gets 15-year jail term for manslaughter
A 21-year-old man, who was charged with murder back in 2019 over fatally stabbing a man, has been sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment after admitting to the lesser offence of manslaughter.
On Thursday, Alex Mathias of Pomona on the Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) was arraigned before Justice Navindra Singh at the High Court in Essequibo. The indictment for murder against him was presented by State Counsel Tiffini Lyken. Mathias elected to plead to the lesser count and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Dead: Kevin Bettencourt
On December 31, 2018, at Pomona ball field, he unlawfully killed 23-year-old Kevin Bettencourt. The prison authority will deduct the time that the convicted killer has spent on remand.
According to reports, Bettencourt of Vilvoorden, Essequibo Coast, was fatally stabbed by Mathias after he went to a residence where Mathias was allegedly visiting a relative, asking for someone. It was reported that Mathias, who was intoxicated at the time, asked Bettencourt to leave.
As a result, the men ended up in a confrontation during which Mathias armed himself with a knife and stabbed Bettencourt. Following the incident, Mathias fled the scene but was arrested shortly after. A post-mortem examination revealed that Bettencourt died from perforation of the heart due to a stab wound. (G1)
