Linden resident Corwyn Arthur who is currently serving 15 years in jail, now awaits fresh sentencing after a jury convicted him yesterday afternoon for unrelated charges of raping a 16-year-old girl back in 2013.
Following hours of deliberations, the 12-member jury returned a majority verdict of 10 to 2, convicting Arthur of sexually penetrating the teen without her consent on December 17th, 2013 in the County of Demerara.
He was also found guilty by the jury in the same proportion, of assaulting the young lady on the said day, causing her actual bodily harm.
Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry has deferred sentencing to April 11th to facilitate the presentation of a probation report and victim impact statement.
Arthur was represented by defence attorney Madan Kissoon, while the State’s case was presented by prosecutor Muntaz Ali, in association with state attorneys Nafeeza Baig and Latifah Elliot.
Just under a year ago, Arthur called `Cross Eye,’ was sentenced to 15 years in jail for the 2018 killing of Claude `Sonno’ DeJonge, who at the time shared a relationship with a woman Arthur was also once involved with.
He was initially indicted for murder, but pleaded guilty to the lesser offence of manslaughter; admitting that on May 10th, 2018 he unlawfully killed the 40-year-old taxi driver at his reputed wife’s 1074 Cinderella City, Mackenzie, Linden home.
