A man who raped his girlfriend’s seven-year-old daughter and committed an act of serious indecency on her should be given a jail sentence in the region of 20 years in prison, says Acting Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Krystal Delaney.But the convicted man’s attorney Lalu Hanuman has urged the High Court not to go over the threshold of 15 years in jail in sentencing his client.The prosecutor and defense lawyer were addressing Madam Justice Pamela Beckles on Wednesday in the case of the step-father who was recently convicted of the offences by a jury in the No. 5 Supreme Court.The offences were committed between May 1 and June 30, 2013 when he was in his late 30s.Delaney submitted to the court that the custodial sentence for such offences had been exceeded as she pointed out the aggravating features of the stepfather’s crimes.
