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A 25-year-old Marigot resident has been sentenced to nine years in prison.<\/p>\nA 25-year-old Marigot resident has been sentenced to nine years in prison.<\/p>\n
Dean Davis, who was originally charged for murder, pleaded guilty to manslaughter at the High Court in Roseau for the death of Ashton \u201cGold Teeth\u201d Gibbons.<\/p>\n
The accused who was 23 at the time of the incident, had an argument with the deceased at a garage in Marigot.<\/p>\n
According to Davis, at about 9:30 July 9th, 2010, the deceased approached him while driving his Suzuki jeep accusing him of stealing one cross over, an amplifier and three twitters, while the accused alleged that the deceased had broken into his house and stole one swiper and two cell phones.<\/p>\n
The court heard that the accused then approached the deceased who was still sitting in his jeep and stabbed him six times.<\/p>\n
Gibbons sustained stab wounds to his chest, leg, groin and other areas of his body, and is reported to have died on the spot.<\/p>\n
Davis told officers that Gibbons had threatened him.<\/p>\n
He said \u201cI was afraid of him because I hear he have guns. So I chook him with a knife I have, then I go and wash my hand because I got cut and I left and go away.\u201d<\/p>\n
His attorney Bernadette Lambert urged the court to temper justice with mercy and give her client a short sentence.<\/p>\n
She indicated that Davis was a first time offender, remorseful and told the court that he was carrying a knife in his pocket because he was a farmer and had just come from his farm.<\/p>\n
She also suggested to the court that Davis was a young man and should therefore be given a chance at rehabilitation.<\/p>\n
Justice Brian Cottle told the defendant that in passing his sentence he had to take into consideration all the principles of sentencing which included prevention, deterrence and rehabilitation.<\/p>\n
He warned the accused that he was given a chance and urged him to avoid reappearing in the court again after he had served his term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 25-year-old Marigot resident has been sentenced to nine years in prison. Dean Davis, who was originally charged for murder, pleaded guilty to manslaughter at the High Court in Roseau for the death of Ashton \u201cGold Teeth\u201d Gibbons. The accused…","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime-court-law"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n