The Guyana Court docket of Attraction has diminished to 25 years the 40-year jail time period imposed on Pastor Andrew Hannibal, who was convicted of raping an underage lady in 2018.
Hannibal had been discovered responsible of raping a 15-year-old lady between January 29, 2016, and January 31, 2016, within the county of Berbice. The teenager was reportedly left in his look after counseling and steerage at his church.
He had argued that the sentence imposed by Justice Sandil Kissoon was extreme. The choose had knowledgeable him on the sentencing that he would have been eligible for parole in 30 years.
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However he challenged the sentence on the Court docket of Attraction and the matter was heard by performing Chancellor Yonette Cummings-Edwards, and Justices of Attraction, Daybreak Gregory and Rishi Persaud.
The Attraction Court docket affirmed Hannibal’s conviction however diminished his sentence to 25 years with the potential of parole after serving 18 years. Time in pre-trial custody will probably be deducted from his sentence.
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