Guyana: A 36-year-old male named Oswald Earl Bedlow, often known as Uncle Wallie, a resident of Georgetown, was sentenced to 16 years of imprisonment for raping a woman simply two weeks after her sixteenth birthday.
The sentence was introduced by Choose Sandil Kissoon of the Demerara Excessive Courtroom, who criticized each his lack of real regret in addition to his premediated actions.
In keeping with the data, after deliberating for round two hours final month, the foreman of the 12-member jury acknowledged that that they had discovered the suspect responsible of the crime, which was dedicated again on December 22, 2022, in Demerara.
The police officers reported that the decision handed by the jury was unanimous, and following the decision, the offender was positioned on remand till his sentence was heard on July 5, 2024. This was performed so as to permit the probation and different experiences to be ready forward of the listening to.
The courtroom acknowledged that Earl Bedlow, who’s married and is father to 2 youngsters, engaged in sexual penetration with the sufferer with out her consent in 2022. At the moment, she was simply 16 years previous, whereas the suspect was aged 34.
Together with 16 years in jail, Justice Kissoon additionally mandated that Bedlow should take part in vocational coaching applications and intercourse offender counseling classes throughout his incarceration to assist his rehabilitation.
Additionally, throughout the trial, the suspect was represented by attorney-at-law Ronald Bostwick, whereas State Counsel Marisa Edwards was current within the courtroom on behalf of the teenage woman.
As details about the imprisonment circulated on social media, a number of social media customers mentioned that the sentence served was not sufficient for the crime he dedicated. “16 years is simply too little they need to have thrown away the important thing with you in there, you depraved tail you,” wrote a person named Burnett, whereas one other person mentioned, “Too mild sentence for a rapist.”
