Anthony Braithwaite will be spending the next 20 years of his life behind bars for the rape of an 11-year old girl.
Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry handed down the sentence yesterday to Braithwaite, 27, who had been found guilty of the crime last month by a 12-member jury at the High Court, in Georgetown.
He had pleaded not guilty to the charge, which stated that in July, 2007, he had sexually penetrated the girl.
Sentencing was deferred until yesterday to facilitate the presentation of a probation
