A woman who held her 13-year-old daughter while her common-law husband raped her has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment for her role in the crime.
The 49-year-old mother of three wept in the dock shortly after she pleaded guilty to two counts of aiding and abetting indecent assault on the girl and one count of aiding and abetting rape.
In outlining the facts of the case, Joan Barnett, Crown counsel, said that on August 21 and 22 last year, the first two offences were committed. On August 23, last year, the mother held her daughter while her common-law husband raped her in the one-bedroom house where they lived.
The girl reported her ordeal to a neighbour who then reported the matter to the police. The mother and her common-law husband were arrested and charged, but he absconded while on bail.
Plea for leniency
Attorney-at-law Charles Williams, in his plea for leniency, said he knew the offences were serious but he was asking the court to be merciful. He said the woman's two young children were now at a place of safety and she would no longer have any control over them. He pointed out that her common-law husband, who led her to moral destruction, was not before the court because he had run away and a warrant had been issued for his arrest.
Justice Christine McDonald, in passing sentence in the Home Circuit Court yesterday, said she had no choice but to send the woman to prison. The judge said the woman demonstrated without a shadow of a doubt that she was not fit to be a mother.
The woman, who has three children ages 30, 13 and 10, admitted one previous conviction.
She pleaded guilty in the Family Court in Kingston last year to cruelty to her 13-year-old daughter and was sentenced in December to 12 months' imprisonment.
najah said
00:42 04/20 2008
wicked bitch
scuppo said
00:44 04/20 2008
fi dead
jamaicangal25 said
00:45 04/20 2008
Serve her right! why she haffi do dat to her own daughter?
Da MaGiC oNe said
00:46 04/20 2008
all mada like dat fi deam enuh and mi naah tlk nuh quick death 2..mi a tlk death like fling dem in a fire and mek di fire bun di raasss out a dem
jamaican5star said
00:46 04/20 2008
dem shudda Give har Nuff more time dan dat to R A S S!
Da MaGiC oNe said
00:48 04/20 2008
a lack dem fi lack har up and dash weh di key
lyndo said
01:08 04/20 2008
oh damn...da mother deh wicked star or maybe har head go & come @ times....its tho BADANG!!!
FiveStar said
01:09 04/20 2008
jah know, all dem ting yah, things seem to get more f**ked up every day
Kenzie said
01:09 04/20 2008
DEM SHOULD A LINE UP SOME MAN WEH INNA PRISON FI BATTERY HAR BLO*o*dcLAAT AND BUSS UP HAR p*u**yY AND DEN FLING HAR INNA A CEL AN DASH WEH DI KEY
f**kING WICKED!!!!
A woman who held her 13-year-old daughter while her common-law husband raped her has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment for her role in the crime.
The 49-year-old mother of three wept in the dock shortly after she pleaded guilty to two counts of aiding and abetting indecent assault on the girl and one count of aiding and abetting rape.
In outlining the facts of the case, Joan Barnett, Crown counsel, said that on August 21 and 22 last year, the first two offences were committed. On August 23, last year, the mother held her daughter while her common-law husband raped her in the one-bedroom house where they lived.
The girl reported her ordeal to a neighbour who then reported the matter to the police. The mother and her common-law husband were arrested and charged, but he absconded while on bail.
Plea for leniency
Attorney-at-law Charles Williams, in his plea for leniency, said he knew the offences were serious but he was asking the court to be merciful. He said the woman's two young children were now at a place of safety and she would no longer have any control over them. He pointed out that her common-law husband, who led her to moral destruction, was not before the court because he had run away and a warrant had been issued for his arrest.
Justice Christine McDonald, in passing sentence in the Home Circuit Court yesterday, said she had no choice but to send the woman to prison. The judge said the woman demonstrated without a shadow of a doubt that she was not fit to be a mother.
The woman, who has three children ages 30, 13 and 10, admitted one previous conviction.
She pleaded guilty in the Family Court in Kingston last year to cruelty to her 13-year-old daughter and was sentenced in December to 12 months' imprisonment.
BADANG!!!