JUSTICE Sandil Kissoon has set today for the sentencing of Sheldon Prince, who had confessed to the 2016 fatal stabbing of his wife, Lonnette Nicholson-Prince.

On February 14, Prince, a former prison warden, first appeared before Justice 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.

Prince will know his fate after his probation report is read in court.

The State is represented by prosecutor Abigail Gibbs, while attorney-at-law, Mursuline Bacchus, S.C, is on record for the accused.

According to reports, on the day in question, Lonnette had just arrived for duty 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 his escape but later turned himself over to the police.

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