Construction worker to serve 17 years for raping teen girl

A construction worker who was found guilty of attempting to rape and raping a 13-year-old girl has been sentenced to 17 years’ imprisonment.

Following a trial before Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, Clincy David, 45, was found guilty of the offences which were committed on April 8, 2020, and July 13, 2020. He had initially denied the charges.
State Prosecutor Cicelia Corbin contended that David, who was 44 at the time, raped the girl on the latter date after attempting to commit the offence against her on April 8, 2020. At a pre-sentence hearing last week, David apologised for his unlawful actions.
The convict said, “I am apologising to this court for being here for these kinds of offences”. He begged the Judge to give him a lenient sentence so that he can return to society to be with his children. For her part, Prosecutor Corbin urged the court to consider the serious nature of the offences as well as the psychological impacts they have had on the complainant.
According to her, he abused his position of trust to sexually molest the girl. Although David said he was sorry, the prosecutor pointed out that “he has shown no generous remorse for what he did and is still maintaining his innocence”.
In the end, Justice Sewnarine-Beharry sentenced the convict to 15 years in prison on the attempted rape charge and 17 years on the rape charge; the two sentences will run concurrently.
Throughout his trial, David was represented by lawyer Teriq Mohammed. He was previously charged with the capital offence of murder but was acquitted.