PREVIOUSLY convicted sex offender, Esan Germain, who is currently serving three concurrent prison sentences, was on Thursday found guilty of three counts of rape committed on a 15-year-old girl.

Germain, a 45-year-old researcher, was on trial before Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Demerara Sexual Offences Court for three counts of ‘Rape of a Child under 16 years’ committed between January 2014 and July 2014.

The jury deliberated for two hours and returned guilty verdicts on all three counts.

The second-time convicted sex offender’s sentencing has been deferred until February 28.

He was represented by Attorney-at-Law Clyde Forde, while the state was represented by prosecutors, Nafeeza Baig, Muntaz Ali, and Latifa Elliott.

In 2017, Germain was convicted of three counts of child rape committed on a girl. The recorded incidents occurred in 2011 when the child was aged four and continued in 2012 and 2013.

After a 12-member jury in 2017 found him guilty at the Demerara High Court of three sexual offences, he was sentenced by Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall to 15 years, 20 years, and 30 years, respectively.

His ongoing sentences, however, will run concurrently which means he will spend only 30 years in jail, as the other two lesser sentences will run alongside each other.