NY man sentenced to 3 years for fatally stabbing co-worker at Md. supermarket

WESTMINSTER, Maryland — A New York man has been sentenced to 3 years in prison for fatally stabbing a co-worker during a fight in the supermarket where they were part of the cleaning crew.

Twenty-seven-year-old Zamani Lawson of Jamaica, New York, had pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the June death of 22-year-old Bergari Zardiashuili, of Brooklyn, New York The two had worked at Martin's supermarket in Eldersburg and had shared a room in the basement of their supervisor's home.

The Carroll County Times reports (http://bit.ly/10xYokT) that Lawson apologized to Zardiashuili's family in court on Tuesday.

Lawson's defense attorney said Zardiashuili was the aggressor in the fight and had put Lawson in a martial arts hold.

Lawson had no previous criminal record.

Information from: Carroll County Times of Westminster, Maryland, http://www.carrollcounty.com/

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