A Winchester man charged with killing and robbing his friend in 2016 will likely serve 25 years in prison.

Danny Tharpe, 52, of 104 Elizabeth St., changed his plea Wednesday morning in Clark Circuit Court after spending three and a half years in the county jail for the May 2016 death of Jeff Adams.

The plea agreement calls for Tharpe to serve 10 years for first-degree manslaughter, 10 additional years for second-degree robbery and five years for tampering with physical evidence.

“They had an argument over money,” Tharpe’s attorney Justin Hoskins said in court Wednesday. “The argument turned into a physical altercation.”

Winchester Police said Adams had a significant knife wound to his neck when officers arrived at the scene on Hughes Avenue May 18, 2016. Adams never regained consciousness and died three days later on May 21, 2016.

Hoskins said Tharpe took Adams’ wallet and attempted to dispose of the clothes he was wearing at the time. Police later recovered both items from different locations in Winchester.

Tharpe was originally indicted for murder, tampering with physical evidence, first-degree robbery and first-degree persistent felony offender. The PFO charge was dismissed, and the murder and robbery charges were reduced as part of the plea agreement.

All three sentences will run consecutively for a total of 25 years. Tharpe will be eligible to meet the parole board after serving 85 percent of the manslaughter sentence; the other two charges require him to serve 20 percent before being eligible to meet the board.

Tharpe’s sentencing was set for Feb. 20.