Celebrated reggae star Jah Cure has been sentenced to six years in prison in the Netherlands for attempted manslaughter.
In a ruling delivered on Monday by a Netherlands court, the Jamaican was found guilty of attempted murder.
The court also rejected his self-defence submission after he was arrested for stabbing an events promoter identified as Nicardo ‘Papa’ Blake on October 1, 2021, at the Dam Square, in the city centre of Amsterdam.
According to Franklin Wattimena, the press officer of the Netherlands public prosecution, Jah Cure will serve six years in prison with credit for time already served.
He spent his 43rd birthday, Christmas and New Year’s day behind bars after being arraigned in a Netherlands court last year.
The artiste’s legal team are allowed to appeal the ruling in the Netherlands Court of Appeal within two weeks.
