COME September 27, 2019, Morris Johnson, a 41-year-old taxi driver from Linden, will be sentenced to a term of imprisonment for raping a young woman in 2017.
In July 2019, Johnson was found guilty by a 12-member jury at the Demerara High Court. Justice Brassington Reynolds, who is presiding over the matter, had ordered a probation report for Johnson.

Johnson was convicted for engaging in sexual activity with a child under the age of 16 between August 12, 2017 and August 13, 2017, at Linden.

Johnson was represented by attorney-at-law Ronald Burch-Smith, while the state was represented by prosecutors Abigail Gibbs and Seeta Bishundial.
The matter came up on Monday for sentencing but the probation officer was not present in court due to her being sick.

As a result, the matter was adjourned to September 27, 2019 when Johnson is expected to be sentenced.

Reports are that the child, who attended an event with three of her friends, caught a taxi referred to as ‘$100 car’ or ‘short-drop car’ at Co-op Crescent, Mackenzie, around 22:00hrs in an effort to get to her home in Linden.

However, upon reaching her home, the taxi driver passed the stop where the child and her friends were expected to get out.

The three friends who were seated in the back seat reportedly forced their way out of the car, leaving behind the victim, who was sitting in the front passenger seat and was wearing the seat belt.

After her friends had taken their leave, the child was then taken to a ‘back road’ area at Lower Kara Kara by the taxi driver, where she was forced out of the vehicle and sexually assaulted.

When he was done, the suspect then dropped the victim off at the Kara Kara Bridge, Linden where she was left to walk home.

The victim’s relatives, who were said to have been looking for her after the friends with whom she had shared the taxi alerted them as to what had happened, took her to the police station and subsequently to the Linden Hospital for a medical examination.
The results of the medical examination proved that the victim had indeed been sexually assaulted and Johnson was later arrested and charged.