The Sexual Offences Court in Georgetown will soon hand out a custodial sentence on Collin Cummings, who was on Wednesday unanimously found guilty of raping an eight-year-old girl.
The 12-member jury, which returned the verdict after two hours of deliberations, made its decision after considering the evidence presented over the few days of the trial.
The act for which Cummings was found guilty occurred on August 20, 2016, in the
Convicted: Collin Cummings
county of Demerara, but after the jury foreman announced the verdict, the defendant maintained that he was not guilty.
“I am innocent of this charge brought against me,” he noted before spending the next few minutes implicating others in the crime.
After an interjection by the court, which reminded him that he was found guilty, Cummings petitioned to be given the minimum penalty.
However, his lawyer, Clyde Forde, requested a probation report be prepared and presented to the court before sentencing. As such, presiding Judge Simone Morris-Ramlall adjourned the matter to March 7, 2018. Orinthia Schmidt presented the prosecution’s case.
