Ditmas Park Man Who Stabbed Wife In The Neck Gets 20 Years: DA

DITMAS PARK, BROOKLYN — A Ditmas Park man who fatally stabbed his wife in the neck and chest was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office announced.

Clairmont Donald, 60, was sentenced after pleading guilty to attacking Hannah Donald, 47, on the steps of their home on East 17th Street and Dorchester Road the evening of Sept. 26, 2016, prosecutors said.

Hannah Donald’s screams were heard by her neighbor and friend, who opened the door of her apartment and saw Clairmont Donald walking out of the building toward the steps where his wife lay bleeding, prosecutors said.

Emergency responders rushed the woman to Kings County Hospital where she later died, but she was able to name her husband as her killer in her dying words

Police arrested an extremely intoxicated Donald hours later at the Cortelyou Road train station, after they found a knife in his apartment, said prosecutors.

Donald was sentenced in Brooklyn Criminal Court following his guilty plea to manslaughter in June, said prosecutors.

“He not only took an innocent woman’s life, but also deprived their 25-year-old son of a mother and father,” said District Attorney Eric Gonzalez in a statement. “He will now be incarcerated for many years.”

There were three active orders of protections against Donald when he stabbed his wife, prosecutors said.

Photo courtesy of Shutterstock