Latest update February 12th, 2025 8:40 AM
Latest News
- In 5 years, Guyana gave up US$10B in taxes to Exxon and partners
- Govt. issues 30-day notice to terminate CGX, Frontera Corentyne Block licence
- Netanyahu threatens to resume Israel’s war on Gaza if captives not released
- Bartica teacher remanded for allegedly raping student
- Girl, 12, pregnant after stepfather allegedly sexually abused her and 9-year-old sister
Ex-cop gets life sentence for raping boy, 13
– Judge describes incident as “outrageous, abominable”
There is a possibility that he may depart from this world never to see the light of day again.
Guilty: Milton Kewley
Fifty-year-old Milton Kewley might be released from jail when he is 95, after he was handed a life sentence with possibility of parole after 45 years.
On Monday, a 12-member mixed jury convicted the Universal Church of God member and suicide counsellor of rape.
On August 12, 2013 in the County of Demerara, he engaged in sexual penetration of a 13-year-old boy.
According to information, Kewley was a relative of the child who is now 18. Information gathered revealed that Kewley took advantage of the child who was left in his care. At the announcement of the verdict, Kewley who stood in the prisoner’s dock appeared astonished.
However, despite his conviction, Kewley has maintained his innocence. He had told the court on Monday, “I am innocent. The evidence and medical are there that I am innocent. This whole thing is a fabrication. I think the jury has made a mistake. In life, we all make mistakes and some mistakes we have to live with them.”
The convicted rapist continued, “I would never have sex with any male. I am not attracted to any male. God is my witness.” According to him, the child’s mother fabricated the story since she has been always out to get him.
During a plea of mitigation, Attorney-at-law Maxwell McKay told the court that his client is a father of three and a member of the Universal Church of God. The lawyer also told the court that his client is a suicide counsellor.
In response, State Prosecutor Lisa Cave urged the court to not only consider the prevalence and serious nature of the offence, but the fact that the teenage boy was left in the care of Kewley, someone whom he trusted.
Describing the incident as “outrageous and abominable”, trial Judge Priya Sewnarine-Beharry took into consideration the mental and psychological scars that the act has left on the child before passing sentence.
The Judge also took into consideration the nature and prevalence of the offence and the aggravating factors.
Similar Articles
THE BLUNT OF THE DAY
Sports
Features/Columnists
Guyana’s silence represents a shocking neglect of its national interest
Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-Guyana has long championed the sanctity of territorial integrity and the rejection of aggression... more
OAS Secretary General Election and renewed OAS Consensus
Antiguan Barbudan Ambassador to the United States, Sir Ronald Sanders By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News- The upcoming election... more
Weekend Cartoon
