RICHARD Archer was on Monday, (February 4, 2019) sentenced to 21 years’ imprisonment for raping his underage neighbour in 2016.

The sentence was handed down by Justice Jo-Ann Barlow in the Sexual Offences Court of the Demerara High Court on Monday, (February 4, 2019) when he (Archer) pleaded guilty.

The judge started at a base of 21 years but ordered that the prison authorities deduct one third of the sentence for his early guilty plea of the rape of a child under 16 years of age.
According to the State’s case, the incident took place on April 10, 2016, in the county of Demerara when the female child was only 12 years old.

Archer, who is said to be in his 50s, took the sentence calmly.
The state was represented by Lisa Cave in association with Sarah Martin and Seeta Bishundial, while the defence attorney was Maxwell McKay.