Man in Bermuda who sexually abused younger sisters imprisoned for 35 years
A 43-year-old man in Bermuda has been despatched to jail for 35 years by a Supreme Court docket choose after being convicted of committing a collection of intercourse acts on two younger sisters.
Locksley Cummings, who confirmed no emotion throughout Monday’s 25-minute sentencing, will spend a minimum of 17½ years behind bars earlier than he’s eligible for parole.
Cummings had been discovered responsible by a jury of 5 counts of sexual exploitation after a trial in February.
He had denied the fees.
The offences on the primary sufferer befell between 2007 and 2009 when she was eight or 9 years outdated.
The courtroom heard how Cummings touched her sexually on one event and had intercourse along with her on the second event.
Seven years later, Cummings started preying on the youthful sister of the primary sufferer, who was additionally a younger lady on the time, the courtroom heard.
Between 2016 and 2021, Cummings had intercourse a number of occasions along with his second sufferer, who was aged 9 when the assaults began.
He additionally made his sufferer carry out a intercourse act on him on one event.
Nearly all of the incidents occurred at Cummings’ residence.
Puisne Decide Shade Subair Williams sentenced Cummings to 17 years for 2 counts towards the primary sufferer and 18 years for 3 counts towards the second sufferer.
She mentioned that as a result of the incidents had taken place over two separate durations of time the sentences ought to run consecutively moderately than concurrently.
The choose mentioned Cummings’ crimes have been one of many worst non-death circumstances she had ever seen in Bermuda and that he had put his victims by way of “a nightmare”.
Addressing Cummings, she mentioned “you violated that little lady like solely a monster may.
“To suppose that any particular person could possibly be so vile and merciless. Could you sooner or later step away out of your cowardly denial of those heinous crimes and deal with your demons. You’ll have to ask your self the query, ‘Can I ever forgive myself?’”
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