Man gets 27 years for incest on 15-y-o daughter
A man living on Tortola was sentenced to more than 27 years after pleading guilty before the High Court to committing three separate counts of incest on his own biological daughter.
The man, who was said to be 37 years old at the time of the incident, was sentenced to three consecutive terms of 111 months in prison on three counts of incest. The maximum sentence for incest was 10 years imprisonment on each count.
He is therefore required to serve a total of 333 months, less the time spent on remand, for committing the acts on the helpless 15-year-old victim in March and April of 2021. The defendant is eligible for parole after serving 240 months in prison.
The names of both the teenage victim, as well as the convicted man, were withheld by the Court because of the close relationship they share.
Defendant not charged with rape
Astonishingly, the Court highlighted in its judgement on March 21 this year that the defendant was not charged with rape, despite an allowance for such a charge to be included, along with charges of incest.
Justice Thomas Astaphan pointed out in his ruling that it would be remiss if the Court were not to ask the question ‘why wasn’t the prisoner charged with Rape, contrary to section 117(1) of the Criminal Code?’.
The Court’s ruling noted that Section 117 clearly provides that a jury may return a guilty verdict on the lesser included offences — such as sexual intercourse with a girl under 16 years old — as set out in other sections.
The judge further pointed out that there is only a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison for the section under which the defendant was charged.
According to Justice Astaphan: “There can be no more heinous, evil and destructive act that a man can commit than that of having sexual intercourse with his own child. There is, and can never be any legitimate mitigating factor for such an offence. There is no worse betrayal of a child by her father than this.”
The facts
According to the Court documents, the father would sometimes make the child consume alcoholic beverages before he subjected her to his sexual assaults. When she resisted drinking the substances, he would force her to do so.
In return for granting permission for the victim to go out, he would demand to have sex with the child. He also physically assaulted her to do so, especially when she attempted to resist and would slap and hit her in the mouth.
The Court was told that he would sometimes give her a “small pink pill to swallow” after he had completed his sexual assault upon the child. It is was also reported that he would give her a warm Guinness to drink. This ‘pink pill’ is described by the victim as “the morning pill”. The father had sexual intercourse with his child without using a condom.
“The man I knew as my father violated me, by sexually abusing me,” the victim said in a statement to the Court. She acknowledged skipping meals and feeling dirty, and becoming restless as a result.
The child also told the court that she blamed herself and felt it was her fault for not speaking up the first time. “I felt like I didn’t have a choice because he was the only person who I had to take care of me. I had nightmares about it sometimes. I can’t even think about it for too long without crying,” the child said.
The Crown was represented by Patrice Hickson in the matter, while Israel Bruce represented the defendant.
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What a disgusting creature this man has to be. There is no place, or punishment, that could adequately be dished out for such cruelty.
However, and not far behind, is the DPP and their ineptitude. How on God’s green Earth would you not prosecute the man for rape? Do we really have to endure such complete incompetence?
nasty salop
He isn’t the only one and more needs to be done to stamp out child sexual abuse especially from people they know.
It is well known throughout the territory that this custom is within the Genes of almost every Tortolan man. Now lest you crucify me I am not saying that the men would do it just saying if their fore parents it is within their Genes. A few years ago nothing would have come out of it. I heard a well known Christian lady testify in church that her child is for her uncle. So you tolan self righteous people don’t jump on me, ask to be delivered from the ancestral demons that still roams at night seeking to have intercourse with daughters and grand daughters. Unless you are delivered from that demon every female who had those sort of relatives going back in the recent past when it was accepted is in danger of being raped by demons at night. This curse will continue for the next couple of hundred years, to the third and fourth generation except delivered by the sacrificial blood of Jesus. Tolans paying for the sins of the fathers. So the poor man as heinous as it is was just possess by father or grandfather as most tolan men are. Yea hate me if you want it is the truth. So when ya all saying you not from hay I say thank God we not from hay.
Your statement about the DPP is too harsh – the defendant knew exactly what he was doing but that is rarely said of the DPP (or the “Learned DPP” as she likes to announce herself).
You looking talk
@Ancestors – I think you have something to say. Shadows do indeed roam this island at night, and there is only one name that can banish them.
@Ancestors If you feel that way about people of the BVI why don’t you just get to hell out of the BVI? You said you glad you not from hay, how many of you who is not from hay are in prison for the same crime is it in you all Genes to.
@Ancestors If you feel that way about people of the BVI why don’t you just get to hell out of the BVI? You said you glad you not from hay, how many of you who is not from hay are in prison for the same crime is it in you all Genes to.
Really touched U ?
Who is this guy?
These articles usually have blogs blocked…please block.
Your comment is completely ignorant. You are suggesting that at a cellular level, Tortolan men are different to other men, that they are pre-programmed to rape their relatives because of some unspecified sins of their forebears (those forebears being enslaved persons trafficked, brutalised and bred like cattle).
Of course they are not and to suggest so, diminishes the responsibilities of those rapists in some way, whilst insulting the rest of the population.
What sort of deity would inflict this? Not the deity which is Jesus Christ, who espoused Love and Forgiveness, that’s for sure.
I was expecting such a response. All types of sexual Demons spread like a domino effect. Case un point, a certain lady from sea cow bay had a sexual relationship with her brother. She then became involved with a known pastor who is into sexual promiscuity. This Pastor then got married to a lady but before he did so for one last time he slept with the sea cow bay lady the night before the wedding. So now on wedding night wife now becomes possess with the territorial ancestral demon. Who ever she goes with since marriage and whoever he went with since marraige which is quiet possible, bam there is goes again. And the story continues it is like STDs. Love me or hate me tortola needs a spiritual sexual cleansing.
You sound so illiterate. This behavior happens in every single country on this planet Earth. There is good and bad people in every race. Stop the eff about ancestors. Every man has a mind of his own to know good from bad. You need to go back to your own country and see if the same things are not happening there.
At ancstors who are you paying for?
Criminals like these needs to be EXPOSED if he didn’t want to be revealed he would NEVER have the thought of molesting his own daughter.
Mother?
Where is/ was her MOTHER??????
How would leaving solve your demonic problem. I am not the problem. If I leave I would not take the demons with me. I have never been with a tolan woman for that very same reason.
When will we have a Sex Offender Registry? If we are serious about protecting our chilren and vulnerable people we have to take a hard stance. Have not heard any aspiring politicians and current ones talk about this issue.
And you garrots do the same incestuous acts. This is EVERY where in the world. Don’t be daft. You people kill each other, commits witchcraft all day, beat your wives , kill them, rape little girls etc… the list never ends. So bye.
Not exposing the man is not about protecting him. It’s about protecting the identity of the CHILD who he abused. Once he’s identified, the child automatically is identified. Would you want to be in a position where you are sexually abused by your father and the whole of Tortola knows it? I don’t think so.
He’s locked away for the next 27 years so you really don’t need to know who he is. Stop being NOSEY!!!
He is actually a Vincentian with status.
The man is a Tortola man but a non BVIslander.
Incest in many Upper Caribbean Islands is a cultural practice along with prostitution cannibalism,thiefing and praising ” God”.
Taxi drivers in the VI can tell u about the young children who offer their bodies for a lift and their mothers too w h en they are not walking the streets or hooking in the bars.
The UN has listed incest as a concern. World capital of murder( demonstrative of cannibalistic nature)prostitution,humantrafficking,domestic violence are documented endemic factors in the upper Caribbean. Beastiality is also a tourist attraction.
Again
The revealed culprit here is a Tortola man but a non BVISLANDER …Mothers,Auntie Grannies MIA.
“117. (1) A man who rapes a woman commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment
for life.”
Now, why this man is not getting life imprisonment? and why we cannot raised the question?
That man is from St Vincent just to set to record straight
@ Anonymous
Very good question about the Mother. Why wasn’t she in the child’s life? The child said that the Father was the one taking care of her. What a shame.
Some of these no good, so called Mothers DO NOT take care of their children like they should and give them to Fathers and some of them dirty Fathers rape their own children.
Mothers take care of your children. If u’re Woman enough to lie down and make them, U should be able to take care of them.
I hate when Big Man rape children, especially their own. What is wrong with them? So much grown ass women out there.
Pedophiles and rapists but most especially pedophiles should be exposed and identified. It is for the greater good.
Victims,for they and others protection should be willing to shout from the rooftops the identity of the perpetrator and feel proud in doing so. No shame there. This is the age of openess and facing reality.
Questionable acquiescence with the crime is a reality when it is kept a secret in these days and age.
You have the perpetrator telling the child to keep secret and the school,billboard and media telling victims to tell but police and court saying and doing otherwise. Only in the BVI,Natures’ secrets to the extreme. Crimes and the criminals are protected here. Reason why the murderers are never apprehended less they present themselves to the police and be protected.
Currently there are at least 3 Vincentians in Balsum for child rape.
Countless for murder.
But the BVI continues to dole out entry to the beasts.
Nothing stands out as a positive contribution from them to the territory.
Heavens will rain down fire on the BVI for the deliberate destruction and all for the personal gain for a few.
@Ancestors, we know you’re telling your own truth. That’s some pretty intimate knowledge you got there. Haul yuh salty @$$ somewhere siddown. The whole ah you nasty in yuh rass. Fire bun you and the dutty boy who rape he daughter.
When I read the article, said to myself it have to be Vincentian or a Santo Domingo man.
This is normal really everyday in those places especially.
Mother go along . Better the daughter than an outside woman is how the think.
Tola have a lot of nasty behaving people from up yonder but want everything to be secret.
Secretness will be the end for this place.
Definition
“Tortola man” is defined as an “updeislun” man.
Not to be confused with BVISLANDER.
Learn to spell first of all! The word is surprised!!!! Santo Domingo men don’t do this NASTINESS! I don’t know about the Vincy men but leave Santo out!!!!!!!!!
Actually, correct word is “Surprise”…no ” d”. The l appears to be a typo.
” d ” would be past tense. “Tu comprende ?
P.S. ( Post Script).. I fully agree with the blogger.
That and a whole lot more involving man woman boys and girls too…all your sick culture. Check out the streets of the VI at night.
we need the death penalty
@Ancestors You are an A**.
Why the news saying Tola man and its a Vincy man smh!!!!!
He was not a tola man.
He is from st Vincent.
Glad he pleaded guilty.
This is not the point whether he from Tola or St. Vincent he is just nasty nasty nasty. He took his big heavy stones * and took the innocence from his own flesh and blood child, someone who he is supposed to protect. He needs 27X27 = 729 years
I genuinely would like to know. Why isn’t there a list made public of persons knowingly charged of such awful crimes? I personally thing it may aid in as some sort of deterrent when the thought of their heinous act can be made public for everyone to see
Worthless jamaican preacher
This dirtbag got what he deserved in the eyes of the law. Now I hope that the young woman is getting the counseling and support she needs to lead the rest of her life with her head high and her heart available to future healthy loving relationships.
A vincy again..shameful
I am all for justice the legal way, but men like these need some community justice. You are suppose to protect your daughters!!! Not sexually assault them. My heart goes out to this young lady. I hope she get the proper counseling needed to heal.
Because these VI protects its criminals. The VI and its people are evil and secretive. secretive p
Naming this man and publishing his photo ? Not only will it act as a deterrent,it could give other victims the impetus to come forward and jolt the memory of others. Instead he will be given a comfy room and view with 3 daily meals,recreation and visitors,free medical. He will be living the good life. Never will he again have to work.
These VI will fall hard very soon. Too much evil it practices and encourages. He us one of many Vincey there for thesame crime and also seversl murders. But t h e VI continues to bring them in and give them status to live among us.
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Get to know your neighbors and the strangers among us..
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The hits alone will fill a book.
St. Vincent Times……Child rapist is a Vincentian……Shame on you ……hoping he’s not seeing Sunlight….Trusting this Child get some good advice and help.
They should expose these creeps and have a sex offenders list.
A St Vincent News site have this story as one of their own
MY eye fill up with water reading this smh. HE HAS TO D**!
For all those up Balo who doing life and want consideration for entry into Heaven when you pass on. YOU NEED TO DO GOD’s WORK that man GOT TO GO OFF THIS EARTH Slick.
Legislate to remove the villain’s [genitals].
Exactly. Shame and disgusting disgrace.to this man . May god help this little girl. And keep her in his arms. Amen