A Corentyne man was on Tuesday sentenced to 16 years in prison after he was found guilty of the rape of a child.
Devon Welcome was sentenced by Justice Simone Morris–Ramlall at the High Court in Berbice for the December 2019 rape following a trial that ended last month with the jury rendering a guilty verdict. He is accused of raping the four-year-old between the 1st and 13th of December, 2019.
The state was represented by Attorney at Law, Nafeeza Baig, while the accused was represented by Attorney at Law, Surihya Sabsook.
