Quality analyst Rushelle Foster has been sentenced to six years and six months at hard labour in prison for fatally stabbing national women’s footballer, Tamara “Plum Plum” Clarke, in 2019.

Justice Leighton Pusey handed down the judgement in the Home Circuit Division of the Supreme Court in downtown Kingston on Friday morning.

Foster had been found guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter by a seven-member jury.

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Clarke, a rising star in the sporting arena, was stabbed to death during a reported dispute over a cellular phone about 8:50 pm on October 31, 2019 at Limelight Plaza in Half-Way-Tree, St Andrew.

The sole eyewitness, who was the first to take the stand when the trial began on January 8, 2023, had told the court that on the evening in question there was an argument between the Reggae Girl and the defendant. In that argument, the witness said Foster accused Clarke of deliberately ignoring her calls. The witness said Clarke responded by saying her phone was acting up and that other individuals were also experiencing difficulties contacting her.

The witness said Foster lunged forward and tried to grab the phone from Clarke, who pushed her hand away. She said Foster then brandished a knife and stabbed the footballer in her side before stabbing her a second time.

Foster had claimed she acted in self-defence against the footballer, who she claimed had been fuming over the fact that she had called it quits on their “toxic” seven-month sexual relationship.