Anns Grove mason, Melroy Barry, who was convicted earlier this month of raping a 15-year-old girl, has been sentenced to 17 years in jail for the crime.
The sentence was handed down on Tuesday by Justice Jo-Ann Barlow before whom the trial was conducted at the Sexual Offences Court of the High Court in Demerara.
Barry had been charged jointly for the offence with co-accused Calvin Reid.