Sentenced last month to 47 years in prison for raping an eight-year-girl back in 2015 and then repeating the crime two years later, Ivor Laud has lodged an appeal with the Guyana Court of Appeal on the claim that his sentence is too harsh.
Following his conviction by a jury, Justice Jo-Ann Barlow imposed 22 years on the first count and 25 on the second, but ordered that the sentences be served concurrently, which means that Laud would only have to serve 25 years.
In his notice of appeal, Laud (the Appellant), contends that the sentence is “too severe” in all the circumstances of his case and further describes it as being “manifestly excessive.”
