A Linden resident was yesterday sentenced to 15 years in prison for the rape of a then 14-year-old girl, whom he held against her will with the use of a weapon.
Akeem Wong, 26, of Lot 62 Half Mile, Wismar, Linden, was sentenced by Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the High Court in Georgetown.
Despite a guilty plea, Wong told a probation officer that he was unaware that the victim was 14-years-old and that he was committing a crime, since he claimed that she told him she was 16 years of age and consented to the act.