– probation report requested

CAROL Baxter was said to be taking meals to her son, at the Georgetown Prison, who was an inmate in October 2006, when she refused to speak to her husband before speaking to her son.

This refusal resulted in a row between husband and wife, culminating in the husband Haydock Baxter stabbing his wife Carol to death right in front of the prisons.
Police investigations led to Haydock Baxter being arrested and charged with murder.
At his trial yesterday, he pleaded not guilty to murder and guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter.
The plea was accepted by the prosecution conducted by lawyers Miss Natasha Backer and Mercedes Thompson from the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Justice Dawn Gregory requested a probation report before sentencing.
June 17 was fixed for the submission of the probation report and sentencing.
On that day defence counsel Mr. Huckumchand will deliver his plea in mitigation.

(By George Barclay)