NASSAU- A prisoner accused of the vicious beating death of a cellmate will face trial in the Supreme Court.
Tyrone Butler, 35, was on Tuesday committed to stand trial for manslaughter in the death of D’yanza Knowles.
A corrections officer found the 54-year-old unconscious and injured in his cell on November 18, 2019.
Knowles died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on January 29, 2020.
Butler was serving a three-year sentence on a drug charge when he allegedly killed Knowles.
He first appeared before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt on the charge on February 26,2020.
Butler will appear in the Supreme Court for arraignment on June 11.
