An Essequibo man was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment after being found guilty by a 12-member jury of raping an 11-year-old girl back in 2018.
Indicted on two counts of rape, Adriane Sewdeen was found guilty on one, which stated that on July 9, 2018, he engaged in sexual penetration with an underage girl.
Sewdeen had initially pleaded not guilty to that charge following his arraignment before Justice Gino Persaud at the High Court in Essequibo.
During a virtual hearing, Justice Gino Persaud at the High Court in Essequibo imposed a 15-year sentence.
When the matter was called virtually before Justice Gino Persaud at the High Court in Essequibo, the accused was handed a 15 -year jail term.
Reports are that on July 9, 2018, the girl’s mother had left her in the care of Sewdeen and his wife.
Sewdeen’s wife had taken one of their three children to a graduation ceremony and left the 11-year-old schoolgirl behind.
When Sewdeen returned home from work, he reportedly took the girl into a bedroom and raped her. State Counsel Lisa Cave prosecuted the case.
