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Jury: Steeno Stabbed His Common-law's Lover To Death
posted (November 15, 2013)
Tonight 49 year-old Vincent Tillett, better known as "Steeno", is behind bars awaiting sentence after he convicted today of manslaughter for stabbing 22 year-old Darwin Phillips to death.

The incident happened at Tillett's residence at 170 Antelope Street Extension on February 13, 2011, where Tillett's common-law wife, Denise Stuart was involved in a relationship with Phillips. Tillett came home and found Phillips there, and became enraged, and the situation became tragic when he pulled a knife and stabbed Phillips in the chest, penetrating his heart.

Well, the prosecution called Stuart to the stand, and had to treat her as a hostile witness when she refused to testify and provide evidence against Tillett. Another important crown witness also recanted his statement to police, and this forced the prosecutor to admit their testimony as evidence.

Tillett told the court in his defence that at the time of Phillps' stabbing, he was in Sandhill.

The jury refused to convict him of murder, and instead found him guilty of manslaughter, the alternative charge.

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