Man sentenced to nine years over deadly stabbing

SURINAME – SK will spent the next nine years in prison for having stabbed his wife to death with a knife. Judge Alida Johans indicated that there was strong evidence to prove that the defendant had stabbed his wife. The prosecutor had reportedly demanded that the defendant be sentenced to eighteen years in prison.  The judge pointed out that a witness had heard the suspect and the victim arguing with each other. The witness saw two people walking away. Later she heard a woman screaming. When she went to investigate she saw that the victim had died as a result of the stab wounds in her abdominal region…[+]