Taxi driver gets one-year jail term for sexual activity with a minor

A 67-year-old taxi driver has been sentenced to one year in prison for touching a young girl’s private parts, following his appearance before Magistrate Annette Singh in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
Gregory Gordon, also known as “Isiah,” of Lot 24 Duncan Street, Newtown, Kitty, was found guilty of engaging in sexual activity with a child under the age of 16. The offence took place between January and March 2023 at a Georgetown residence.

During the sentencing hearing, Gordon’s attorney requested the minimum sentence, describing his client as shocked by the verdict and pleading with the court for leniency. However, Magistrate Singh imposed a custodial sentence of one year.
Gordon was initially charged under the Sexual Offences Act of 2010, which makes it a criminal offence to engage in or incite sexual activity with a child under the age of sixteen, even where there is no sexual penetration. The child involved in the case is currently undergoing counselling.
Gordon, who had previously been granted $200,000 bail, was also under court orders not to contact the virtual complainant or approach within 300 feet of her. The police prosecutor made no objection to bail being granted to the accused at the time, but asked that those conditions be applied to bail.