Taxi driver Feroze Shakeer was on Friday sentenced to 16 years in prison for raping a 12-year-old girl.
Having regard to the seriousness of the offence, the psychological trauma by which the now 20-year-old survivor is still plagued and her tender age at the time she was violated, Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry said she found a sentence of 16 years to be appropriate.
The Judge said she also particularly considered the manner in which the offence was committed on the then young child, while noting that despite the verdict of his peers, the convict remained unremorseful, taking no responsibility for what he had done.