Convicted rapist gets 30 years for raping 15-year-old girl

Esan Germaine, who is serving a 65-year sentence for raping a young girl was on Tuesday sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment on three similar charges.
Germaine was in February found guilty by a 12-member jury on three counts of rape committed on a 15-year-old girl between January and July 2014. He had appeared before Demerara High Court Judge, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

The convicted rapist was represented by Attorney-at-Law Clyde Forde while the State was represented by prosecutors Nafeeza Baig, Latifah Elliot, and Muntaz Ali.
During his sentencing, the father of three maintained his innocence while telling the court that he is working to rehabilitate himself.
On the other hand, Sewnarine-Beharry told the rapist that she considered the physical and psychological harm he caused towards the victim and more so, his lack of genuine remorse for his actions.
She added that there is a likelihood that he will commit the offence again since he was previously convicted for a similar offence.
She, nevertheless, sentenced him to serve 20 years on the first count, 25 years on the second count, and 30 years on the third count. The sentences will run concurrently.
Germaine had previously pleaded not guilty to three counts of rape of a child under 16 years old.
Germain reportedly raped the young girl on three occasions between January and July 2014. On the first occasion, the young girl was doing laundry in the bathroom of her home when he began questioning her about her school grades, relationship status, and sexual orientation. He told the girl “I love you”, and she replied, “I know”.
Germain then went on to kiss the girl on her cheeks, neck, and breasts before raping her. On the second occasion, he woke her up, placed her to lie on a bed next to a two-year-old boy, and raped her.
He raped her again during the wee hours of July 17, 2014. It was just after midnight when Germaine woke the girl. When she ignored him, he dealt her a lash on her hand, pulled her off the bed, placed her to lie on a cupboard, and raped her.

Convicted child rapist Esan Germaine
On July 23, 2014, the girl was going to the shop when she saw her mother, and she confided in her. The mother reported the matter to the Police, and Germaine was arrested. In her Police statement, the woman said she was shocked at the allegations against Germaine, as she did not expect him to do something like that.
Meanwhile, during his trial, Germaine had always denied raping the child. He described the girl as an “unmannerly child”, who misbehaved while she was in the United States and was “sent back to Guyana”.
He told the jurors that the girl was “experimenting with her sexuality”, and he tried to tell her it was just a phase. He also claimed he tried to “rehabilitate” her and put “strict” measures in place to guide her to be better. These measures, he said, included beating her, talking to her, and sending her to church for counselling.
Meanwhile, in December 2017, Germaine was convicted of three counts of child rape by a jury following a trial before Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall at the Demerara High Court. He was sentenced to 65 years in prison, and has to serve a minimum of 20 years before being eligible for parole.
The indictments stated that at some time during 2010, 2012, and 2013, he performed oral sex on the child, and in turn caused her to do same to him. One of the indictments also stated that he rubbed his penis against the girl’s vagina.
Germaine, who was regarded by his then lawyer Eusi Anderson as a researcher on issues affecting the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI) community, raped this child when she was aged four, six, and seven.