A Linden woman has been sentenced to eight years behind bars for the rape of a child.
Gabriella Allen, 20, had been convicted by a jury back in February for raping a girl, but her sentencing had been deferred for a probation report.
Allen, called ‘Gabby,’ of Buck Hill, Wismar Linden, was charged back in August of 2021, with rape of a child under 16.
She was indicted under Section 10 (1) of the Sexual Offences Act. Cap. 8:03.
That section which deals with Child Sex Offenders, states among other things that “A person, (“the accused”) commits the offence of rape of a child under sixteen years of age (“the complainant”) if the accused – (a) engages in sexual penetration with the complainant…”
The Act defines penetration as “any intrusion, however slight and for however short a time, of any part of a person’s body or of any object into the vagina or anus of another person, and any contact, however slight, and for however short a time, between the mouth of one person and the genitals or anus of another, including but not limited to sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anal intercourse and female to female genital contact.”
Following the presentation of all social impact reports on Monday, Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry who presided over the trial, sentenced Allen to eight years in prison.
The State’s case was led by prosecutor Latifah Elliot. Allen was represented by defence attorney Adrian Thompson.
The trial proceedings were held in-camera at the Sexual Offences Court of the High Court in Demerara.
