FIVE years after the brutal killing of Gomattie Ramsingh at her Number 58 Village, Corentyne home, her reputed husband was, on Tuesday, sentenced to 16 years in prison.

Raywatram Mooloo, also known as ‘Adesh’ and ‘Cow’ appeared before Justice Navindra Singh at the Berbice High Court for the capital offence of murder.

However, he opted to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter which alleged that, on May 28, 2017, he unlawfully killed the 34-year-old woman.

The state’s case was presented by prosecutor Nafeeza Baig, while attorney-at-law, Surihya Sabsook, represented Mooloo.

According to court records, Ramsingh died as a result of the injuries she had sustained during an altercation with her reputed husband.

In the statement of agreed facts, Mooloo went into his wife’s purse on May 25, 2017, and took out money to buy rum. This caused Ramsingh to hold her husband and a fight later ensued between the couple.

As the woman held him, Mooloo knocked her head three times on the landing they were standing on. He then pulled her off the landing, causing her to fall and tumble down the steps.

Mooloo picked her up, soaked her head, and then went to buy vodka.

Later, he and the victim argued a bit more about the money and then they got into another argument about another woman.

The woman started to chuck him and he pushed her back causing her to fall down the stairs. She landed on two concrete blocks that were on the ground below.

Mooloo and another person later assisted his wife on to the bed.

On May 26, 2017, at about 09:00 hours, Mooloo took Ramsingh to the Skeldon Hospital, where she died two days later.

According to the post-mortem examination, Ramsingh died due to multiple injuries including a broken pelvis and a fractured spine, which rendered her immobile.