The sentencing of 26 year old Leroy Gomez, who was convicted of rape and robbery on Tuesday, was today adjourned until Wednesday, August 8, because the DPP's office is seeking the maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
Justice Adolph Lucas has given prosecutor Trenia Young time to do research and provide cases on which the court can rely.
Young said that section 20 of the Criminal Justice Act specifies that the maximum sentence can be imposed if the convict has 3 or more convictions for offences that involved violence.
Before he was convicted of rape and robbery, Gomez was convicted of robbery in 2006 and he was sentenced to 5 years. She went on to say that although the rape and robbery arose out the same incident, each conviction is for a separate offence.
Gomez was not represented by any attorney and he did not have any character witnesses to testify on his behalf when he appeared in court today.
Gomez's recent conviction stems from a case in which a 27 year old mother of 2, was robbed of her fake diamond earrings and cellular phone, and then raped on the verandah of a house.
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