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Twelve Years For Brutal Rape
posted (April 27, 2017)
A man accused of a grisly rape and abduction will spend 12 years in jail. 36 year old Robert Taylor raped a 25 year old woman in Dangriga in January of 2015 and after a jury unanimously found him guilty of abduction and rape, Justice Denis Hanomansingh yesterday sentenced him to two 12 year prison terms - which are to run concurrently, which means he will only spend 12 years.

In January of 2015, he tied up and raped a woman at knifepoint in the Dangriga Cemetery - after carjacking the vehicle she was in with a man. The man escaped, but she couldn't and she endured multiple rapes.

After the rape, he drove off in the stolen vehicle and left his victim tied up.

In his defence, Taylor gave a dock statement and told the court that on the day of the incident he was at home all day and night and did not go anywhere. He called his mother, Elenita Logan as alibi witness.

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