AT the Demerara Assizes yesterday, Joel Faria, 45, who knifed to death Brian Assanah on October 7, 2012, pleaded guilty yesterday to the lesser count of manslaughter and was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.

Justice Navindra Singh had intended to impose 30 years on the accused, but by a process of deductions, Faria was jailed for 10 years.
Attorney-at-Law Mr. Peter Hugh in association with Miss Latchmi Rahamat defended while Miss Dhanika Singh prosecuted.
The facts of the case disclosed that following a row with a woman named Latasha Dhanraj, with whom the accused had a relationship, he left on a bicycle when he was attacked by two men. It is said that a third man, Assanah, entered as a peacemaker when the accused stabbed him in the neck with a knife and he died as a result.