A MAN, who is currently serving two life sentences for rape committed on a child under the age of 16, has moved to the Appeal Court to have his conviction and sentence overturned. In 2017, Michael Abrams was sentenced by Justice Morris-Ramlall at the Sexual Offences Court of the Demerara High Court after a jury found him guilty of the two rape charges. The first charge read that Abrams, between January 1, 2013 and January 19, 2013, engaged in sexual penetration with the girl who was six years old at the time. The other charge stated that between January 2 and January 19, 2015, he engaged in sexual penetration with the same girl who was eight years old at the time. According to reports, Abrams inserted his finger into the young girl’s vagina, and also sodomised her during the periods in question.
Justice Morris-Ramlall sentenced Abrams to life in prison on each count and ordered that he be eligible for parole after serving 35 years in prison.
In his appeal documents, the convict claimed that the trial judge erred in law. He is contending that the sentencing was excessive and too severe. As such, he is asking the court to reserve and/or set aside his conviction and sentence.