CONVICTED by a jury Wednesday, March 13, 2019 for raping a seven-year-old girl five years ago, Clinton Anthony Doris now awaits sentencing after his attorney requested a probation report.

After deliberating for more than an hour, the 12-member mixed jury returned a unanimous verdict convicting Doris on the charge of sexually penetrating a child under the age of 16.
Doris, called ‘Masquerade Man’ or ‘Lally,’ was charged with committing the offence on March 27, 2014 in the county of Essequibo.

His attorney, Ravindra Mohabir, however asked Justice Jo-Ann Barlow to defer sentencing pending completion of a probation report on his client.

His request was granted and the judge subsequently adjourned the matter until March 28, 2019, for presentation of that report and also for the victim- impact statement.
An expressionless Doris, who had previously been on bail, was then informed by Justice Barlow that he would be remanded to prison to await sentencing.

The state was represented by Prosecutors Lisa Cave, Sarah Martin, and Seeta Bishundial.
The trial was conducted in-camera at the Sexual Offences Court of the High Court in Georgetown.

According to reports, on the day in question, the child was on her way home and while passing Doris’s house, he called out to her and invited her into his home to collect ‘sweetie.’
However, when the child entered the house, Doris raped her and sent her home crying. Her relatives saw her crying and she told them what Doris had done. The matter was reported to the police and Doris was subsequently arrested.