Man gets 26 years for rape

Ronaldo Chapman, also known as `Packie’, was yesterday sentenced to 26 years in prison on two counts of rape by Justice Jo-Ann Barlow at the High Court in Demerara.

He had been found guilty of raping a woman at gunpoint on March 14, 2023.

According to court records, Chapman assaulted the victim after a confrontation with her boyfriend. During the altercation, Chapman used a gun to strike the boyfriend before chasing him through an alley, leaving  the victim alone.  Chapman then assaulted her.