Leonard Albert, a 46-year-old Port Kaituma cook, was yesterday sentenced to 23 years in prison for the rape of a six-year-old boy.
Albert, who was charged with violating the child on June 12th, 2012, in the county of Essequibo, had been convicted in July by a 12-member jury.
During the sentencing hearing yesterday at Sexual Offences Court in Georgetown, probation officer Collis Jacobs presented a report on Albert to the court.
According to Jacobs, the convict was described by persons in his community as a peaceful and humble person. Jacobs told the court that the man resided with his wife and children in a home which was financed by his employer through a $12 million loan, which Albert, the sole breadwinner for his family, has to repay.
