Man admits to killing wife and changes plea twice

It is the second time that Cecil Gabourel is appearing before Justice Adolph Lucas for the stabbing death of his wife on December twenty-fifth, 2006. In the first case, he was charged with murder and pleaded guilty to manslaughter but did not agree to the facts as presented in court and a retrial was ordered. Earlier today in the Supreme Court, forty-three year old Gabourel, once again pleaded guilty to manslaughter in front of Justice Adolph Lucas. The sudden change to a guilty plea came as a shock to Gabourel’s Attorney, Simeon Sampson, who was not aware that his client would have changed his plea. Justice Lucas then directed the jury of six men and six women to find Gabourel guilty. His sentencing is set for Friday and he faces a possible jail term of life imprisonment. On December twenty-fifth of 2006, Gabourel was with his family at their home on Neal Penn Road. Carol, his wife, was fatally stabbed once on the lower left collar bone after an argument between the two. According to their fourteen year old son, the argument was over the Christmas ham. The teenager in his 2006 statement told police that his mother told his stepfather not to cut the ham but he did. He said that his mother then attacked Cecil with a broom and left the house. According to the minor, Cecil followed Carol with a knife and then stabbed her. Carol managed to run to the entrance to the alley, but collapsed to the ground. She was rushed to the K.H.M.H. for medical attention, but later succumbed to her injury.