MARK Campbell, who is currently serving life imprisonment for two counts of sexual activity with a child under 12-years old, is now challenging his conviction and sentence.
In 2017, Campbell was tried before Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall at the Georgetown High Court. It is alleged that he first engaged in sexual penetration of the boy during the month of September 2011, when he was six years old. He again committed the act on July 10, 2013, when the boy was eight.
A 12-member jury found Campbell guilty on both counts and he was sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after serving 30 years in jail.
Campbell recently moved to the Court of Appeal claiming that his conviction cannot stand. He is asking that his sentence be set aside since it was unfair, too severe, and excessive. The matter is expected to be called in the Court of Appeal on August 16.
According to reports, Campbell was asked by the boy’s mother to take care him while she worked the night shift. Campbell allegedly sodomised the boy on the dates mentioned in the charges while his mother was at work.
In 2018, Campbell was handed another life sentence after confessing to raping a 5-year-old boy on April 16, 2013. The sentence was handed down by Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, who ordered that Campbell be eligible for parole after serving 30 years.