A 43-year-old Belize farmer has been sentenced to 16 years in jail after he was convicted on two counts of raping a 14-year-old youngster.
Justice Candace Nanton handed down the sentence on Vicente Cerraras after listening to mitigation pleas from two character witnesses, together with his mom and his pastor.
The convicted man expressed regret for his motion, admitting his guilt and saying he was sorry for what he did.
Cerraras was going through a compulsory sentence of 12 years minimal for every depend, however was sentenced to 2 16 yr jail phrases.
Justice Nanton stated she took into consideration the time spent on remand and ordered that his two sentences run concurrently.
Cerraras was discovered responsible of the 2 counts of rape of a kid on July 22 this yr, after DNA proof linked him to the crime scene.
Regardless of the DNA outcomes, he had initially denied raping the kid on June 27, 2019 and once more on August 26, 2019.
