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Vincy man who knifed Jamaican wife to death jailed for 6 ½ years
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- St Vincent national Lennox F. Da Silva aka ‘Ocho’, who knifed his Jamaican wife, Sherika Nelson- Da Silva, to death at their apartment in Greenland, Tortola, on June 10, 2017 was on July 12, 2019 sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison.
‘Ocho’ held wife’s hair from behind & slit her throat- Court hears
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was a sad period in the Magistrate’s Court this afternoon, June 12, 2017 as Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Kim Hollis QC read the allegations, detailing that murder accused Lennox F. Da Silva aka Ocho, during investigation, told police he stabbed his wife of three years, Sherika Nelson-Da Silva, and held on to her hair while behind her and slit her throat.