Accused in fatal stabbing case pleads guilty to manslaughter
Confessed killer, Richard Harrychand
Confessed killer, Richard Harrychand
Clive Osborne

TWO years after the fatal stabbing of 19-year-old Clive Osborne during a brawl at Supenaam, on the Essequibo Coast, Richard Harrychand, on Tuesday, confessed to the crime. Harrychand was arraigned before Justice Navindra Singh at the Suddie High Court for the capital offence of murder. However, he opted to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter. He confessed that, on June 2, 2019, at Supenaam, he unlawfully killed Osborne. Justice Singh has deferred sentencing until June 2nd, so as to allow for a probation report to be prepared for Harrychand. The state is being represented by prosecutor Tiffani Lyken. The Guyana Chronicle had reported that on the day in question, Osborne was at a bar with his friends when he was confronted by Harrychand, who was armed with a knife. Harrychand stabbed Osborne several times to his abdomen, chest and forehead and then made good his escape. Osborne attempted to run out of the bar but collapsed on the roadway. He was picked up in an unconscious state and rushed to the Suddie Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead upon arrival. Harrychand was later arrested. He told police that Osborne’s death stemmed from an old grievance involving his younger brother. He also handed over the murder weapon to the police.

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