Georgetown: Rohan Daniels called “Shine Buck” was sentenced to life imprisonment which will run concurrently for two counts of the rape of a child family member.
He will serve 40 years before he is eligible for parole. The jury foreman told the court that on the first count they found the accused guilty in the proportion of 11-1. On the second count the jury was hung after they arrived at a proportion of 9-3, on the third count the jury arrived at a unanimous verdict of not guilty and on the fourth count they arrived at a guilty verdict in the proportion of 10-2. The sentence was handed down later Wednesday afternoon by Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall in the Georgetown High Court, after a 12-member jury had deliberated for more than two hours before they arrived at the verdict.
The accused, who was not represented by an attorney, chose to represent himself during the trial which was held in the Sexual Offences Court. Before the sentences were imposed by the trial judge, the accused was asked to address the court and he said, “I am not guilty of this act, that’s all.”
Justice Morris-Ramlall in handing down the life sentences told the court that she considered the nature of the offences and circumstances under which the acts were committed. The judge said that the accused violated his relative while her mother was at work and betrayed his position of trust on numerous occasions when the mother walked in while he was committing the act and on another occasion the accused did the deed when the child was asleep.
As such, the judge imposed the maximum sentence of life imprisonment after she recognised there was no basis to exercise mercy, adding that the accused failed to show remorse.
Daniels was indicted for four counts of sexual activity with a child family member.
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