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BELIZE: A Salvadoran man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to raping a five-year-old in 2018.<\/p>

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Bairo Gomez, who pleaded guilty to the crime committed in October 2018, begged the court for leniency, apologising for his action.<\/p>\n

Justice Susan Lamb, in passing the sentence on Tuesday, took into consideration the years Gomez has served on remand.<\/p>

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The judge used the new sentencing guidelines from the Crown, which was represented by attorney Rome Wade, leaving Gomez with 11 years and two months to spend behind bars.<\/p>

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Fifteen years is the minimum mandatory sentence that can be handed down by the country\u2019s law for the offence of rape of a child upon conviction.<\/p>\n

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