FIVE years after the brutal murder of Lonnette Nicholson-Prince at the New Amsterdam Psychiatric Hospital where she worked, her husband on Monday confessed to the gruesome crime.

Sheldon Prince, a former prison warden, appeared before Justice Sandil Kissoon at the Berbice High Court for the capital offence of murder.

He admitted that on December 28, 2016, in the county of Berbice, he murdered his wife.

The state is being epresented by prosecutor Abigail Gibbs, while attorney-at-law Mursuline Bacchus, S.C, is on record for Prince.

The matter has been adjourned until March 1,2022, for the presentation of a probation report and sentencing.

According to reports, on the day in question, Lonnette had just arrived at work at the National Psychiatric Hospital when Prince visited and asked to speak with her.

However, she refused. As she was walking away, Prince pulled out a knife and stabbed her 15 times about the body in the presence of co-workers. He then made good of his escape and later turned himself over to the police.

A post-mortem on Nicholson-Prince’s body revealed that she died of shock and haemorrhage, due to multiple stab wounds to the heart and other parts of the body.