17 years’ jail for Kwakwani child rapist

By Jeune Bailey Vankeric

 

KWAKWANI resident Troy Anderson has been sentenced by Justice Jo Ann Barlow to 17 years’ imprisonment, after a mixed jury found him guilty of raping a 14– year-old girl. The jury deliberated for 25 minutes before returning a unanimous verdict of guilty.Nine witnesses testified during the trial. State Prosecutor Stacy Goodings had told the court that, on March 27, 2013, at about 12:35h, the victim visited Lot 17 Kwakwani Park with the intention of having Anderson’s sister, who is a seamstress, alter her pants.
Upon arrival, the now convicted man, who was an employee of RUSAL, told her that his sibling was in her bedroom. As a result, the victim opened the bottom half of the back door and proceeded to the seamstress’s room; but when she entered she did not see the woman, and she was about to exit when Anderson entered the room and pushed her on the bed before bolting the door.

According to the prosecutor, the young girl attempted to come off the bed but was again pushed backwards, while Anderson undressed himself and subsequently raped her. The court heard that the teenager made several futile attempts to fight off her rapist, but even her screams did not deter him, because he covered her face with a cloth.

After performing the sexual act, Anderson offered the teenager a $1000, which she refused. When she returned home, the young girl did not tell her parents out of fear that she would have been beaten.

However, the next day she experienced pain and a burning sensation within her vagina, and she developed a fever. She was admitted to the Kwakwani Hospital and, on April 7, 2013, was taken to the Linden Hospital, where she was seen and examined by a doctor, who revealed that she had contracted an infection.

DENIAL
In his unsworn statement, Anderson vehemently denied that he had raped the teenager. He told the court that he was at home when he saw the victim standing in his yard calling for his sister, and he told her she was not at home, after which the young lady went away.

But sometime later, his sister enquired whether he had had sex with the minor; the police then arrested him at home and took him to the Linden Hospital.

Justice Barlow, in imposing the custodial penalty, told the man that he had destroyed the relationship between two families.

“What you did kept her hospitalized for too many days. The court finds displeasure in your actions. I have noted from your lawyer Lawrence Harris that you are a regular church-goer. I do trust you find God while you are in prison, so when you are released you are a better person,” Justice Barlow said.

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