A judge yesterday sentenced a man who almost decapitated his girlfriend, Kidley St. Brave, with a tile cutter to 41 years in prison.
Haitian national Gibson Raphael, 29, did not show any emotion when Justice Indra Charles passed sentence.
The couple had recently rekindled the relationship after a mutually agreed break-up of several months, the court heard.
Raphael testified during his trial that St. Brave became enraged when she saw a text message from the mother of his son.
He said she slapped, punched and stabbed him with a screwdriver before she got his tile cutter and sliced his neck.
Raphael said he went into a trance after taking the tile cutter away from St. Brave.
Afterward, Raphael caught a ride to Potter's Cay Dock where he reported the incident to a policeman at the station.
Raphael was the only defense witness in his case.
He denied that he wounded himself after killing St. Brave in a jealous rage.

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