The Office of the Director of Public Prosecution successfully appealed a sentence handed down to a man who pleaded guilty to having unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl.
In 2018, the man was sentenced to “two years’ imprisonment, suspended for one year” by Justice Iain Morley.
The office of the DPP appealed that sentence on the basis that it was too lenient and that the suspended sentence was an error of law.
On Tuesday, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, granted the appeal agreeing with the office of the DPP on the points raised.
The Appeals Court overturned the sentence imposed by the judge so the respondent’s suspended sentence was substituted for time served on remand.
The sexual offence occurred when, in 2016, when the man accused of the sex crime allowed a 13-year-old girl who had run away from her home, to stay at his house.
While laying down tired on the bed, the man turned her over and pushed her legs apart. Despite telling him that she did not want to have sex with him the man went on to have sex with her.
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