Justice Brassington Reynolds last week imposed an 11-year sentence on Kevin Joshua who threw a corrosive liquid on Harlan Rose causing permanent disfigurement to the back of his head and along his left side.
The 26-year-old Joshua had been indicted with the principal count of inflicting grievous bodily harm with an alternative count of throwing a destructive substance. However, the 12-member mixed jury last month returned a guilty verdict at the Berbice Assizes with respect to the first count. Sentencing was then deferred for a probation report. The attack occurred at Victoria Street, Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice on July 9, 2012 and Rose was 15 years old at the time.