In addition the judge ordered him to enrol in a defensive driving course. The State had agreed to a non-custodial sentence on the condition that he pay compensation. Knight had pleaded guilty to motor vehicle manslaughter in the San Fernando First Criminal Court last year. Sentence was passed on him on Friday. The court heard on April 7, 1995 Knight, the 23 year old, was speeding when his pick up van swerved off the road and slammed into Thornhill and her sister Sasha who were standing near a standpipe at Moruga Main Road.