Jailed for 8 years
THIRTY-FIVE-year old Taijpaul Nandkishore, called ‘Fat Boy’, who slaughtered  his younger brother Seepaul Nankishore with a bottle during a fight which followed Seepaul’s refusal to pay a $60 prize that the big-brother won in a domino game, will serve eight years in prison. ‘Fat Boy’, who was intoxicated at the time of the crime, was charged with murder, but offered a plea of not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter, a plea which was accepted by the DPP and the court.
Justice Winston Patterson had ordered a probation report which was presented to the court yesterday when the prisoner turned up for sentence.
The prosecution, conducted by Mrs. Judith Gildharie-Mursalin, in association with Miss Konyo Sandiford, had, in a narration of the facts, disclosed how the two brothers were drinking while playing a game for money. Big brother ’Fat Boy’  won a $60 game that led to a fight when the younger brother snatched the money from the table, denying ‘Fat Boy’ his money.
After defence counsel Mrs. Riehl and the probation officer had delivered their plea in mitigation and probation report respectively, Judge Patterson noted that because of what he had heard from the officer who had extended his investigations to the prisons department, the community where the accused lived  and other interested persons, he, the judge, could not impose the penalty he had in mind.
The judge said that the offence carried a penalty of life imprisonment.
According to the report of Mr. Floyde Rudder, Senior Probation and Social Services Officer, neighbours’ reports revealed that although the accused was a regular consumer of alcohol beverages, it was he his mother depended on mainly in completing certain tasks in the home.
On the other hand, it was the deceased who was viewed as a nuisance, not only to the family, but to the neighbourhood.  On a number of occasions he was arrested by the district police in Enmore for abusing his mother, damaging and removing and selling household articles to support a drug habit.

The officer went on to say that reports emanating from the administration of the Prison Service indicated that they encountered no problematic situation with the accused while on remand. 
In fact, since his incarceration, he has vowed to changing his lifestyle and subsequent to his release. According to him, he has joined the literacy classes in the prison system and has since been converted to Christianity.
The officer says that the particular report cries out for mercy.
The judge sentenced Nandkishore to eight years in jail.