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State Prosecutor Rhondel Weever said the killer had given the police a confession, in which he attributed the crime to himself and a man alias ‘Nasty face’.
The convict said he and Nasty Face had “some runnings” in a black bag and had approached the woman who attacked them with a cutlass.
Wharton said it was the same cutlass they used to inflict the injuries on her.
Continuing her narrative, prosecutor Weever, who was associated with other State Counsel Natasha Backer, said Dr. Nehaul Singh, who performed the post mortem, found seven incised wounds about the victim’s body, including on the head, face, neck and a hand. The pathologist said one of the hands was missing.
Probation report
After accepting the plea, two weeks ago, the judge had ordered a probation report on Wharton and it was presented Thursday.
Justice George, in pronouncing sentence, cited decisions of the Court of Appeal and likened the facts in the case to another in which she sat.
She said there was nothing one could legally mitigate in favour of the convict for the gruesome crime he committed between November 10 and 14, 2006.
The judge, however, enquired from the prisoner whether he had anything to say why sentence should not be passed on him and he replied:“I do not want to say anything.”
Justice George also asked a relative of the victim, who was in the courtroom, if she knew anything about the alleged relationship that Wharton had spoken about, but the cousin, who lived with the now deceased woman, responded:“There was no such relationship, My Lord.”
The judge then referred to the situation in the country, declaring that violence and murder are the order of the day and she imposed the 28-year imprisonment on Wharton.
The prisoner, who had admitted to the police that he made use of drugs and alcohol, and his behavioural pattern was rejected by the community where he lived, took the sentence calmly.
