UPDATE: Penn will get consecutive sentences - Judge
"I am minded to give custodial sentence in this case," said Justice Ramdhani. He also told the court, “I'll be doing your client a disservice if you try to press me today.”
He also said that he was startled by sentences that were handed down in the previous trial of Penn. "I am startled by the starting point of seven years and I am startled by the ending point of eight years," said the judge. "I have seen the judgment but I am not bound by it at all."
Penn is being represented by UK judge Jerome Lynch QC who tried to persuade the judge to pass sentence today but the judge made abundantly clear that such would not be the case.
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Wayne L. Rajbansie also agreed with the judge when he said, "Expediency may cause injustice."
In adjourning the sentencing to a date to be decided towards the latter part of January 2015, the judge also ordered that the victim presents herself to the relevant authority to be evaluated.
The judge told Penn that he is free to bring along any witness to represent him during the sentencing hearing whenever that date is set.
See previous article published on December 4, 2014:
UPDATE: Andre Penn remanded!
-Found guilty on more sex charges
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – After emerging from a second session to attempt to arrive at a unanimous decision the jury returned with their position of being divided in the case of Andre Penn, found guilty earlier this afternoon December 4, 2014 of seven counts of sexual offences against a minor.
In a majority decision the jury found Andre Penn guilty of the other charge of having sex with a girl under the age of 13, one other count of indecent assault, and two more counts of buggery. In the final count of buggery the majority found him not guilty.
In total he has today been found guilty of 7 counts of indecent assault, guilty of two counts of having sex with a girl under the age of 13 year, guilty of two counts of buggery and not guilty of one count of buggery.
The court will resume tomorrow December 5, 2014 to deal with matters of sentencing. Penn has been remanded to prison until tomorrow when he is to return to the High Court at 12:00 noon.
See previous article published on December 4, 2014:
HC Jury finds Andre Penn guilty for 7 charges!
- decision on 5 other charges to come
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Andre Penn was this afternoon December 4, 2014 found guilty in the High Court (HC) on six counts of indecent assault, and one count of having sex with a girl under the age of 13 years.
However the jury was not unanimous in their decision on one count of having sex with a girl under the age of 13, two counts of indecent assault and one count of buggery. Judge Darshan Ramdhani presided over the trial.
The jury has returned to further deliberate to see if they can come to a unanimous decision on those counts where the decisions are split. Should they return with the same position the Judge will determine if the court will accept a majority decision.
The Jury went into deliberation at approximately 1:10pm today and emerged with their decision hours later.
Penn's case has had several adjournments. Justice Albert Redhead, prior to the October 2013 assizes, had even told Penn that the court had been bending over backwards to accommodate him.
When Penn had appeared before Justice Redhead shortly before closing the previous assizes he was told in no uncertain terms by Justice redhead that he would be tried despite it would not be by him.
When Justice Vicki Ann Ellis had opened the final High Court criminal assizes for the year 2013 on October 1 she let Mr Penn know that there would be no adjournment when his matter would have come up for trial on November 18, 2013.
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86 Responses to “UPDATE: Penn will get consecutive sentences - Judge”
What do you mean by Oh no? Did you expect him to walk away a free man?
those are signs......
He got a fair trial God sees and knows all . It was hard for him to get a solicitor from England because they know molesting a child is not accepted in England , Mr penn needs to accept his fault and stop taking the p..s !
U all are seeing on one side if it was some one who was not from here , u all would of been talking down on them. HIs day has come let him go balo where he belong wi.... nasty man .
Let him go balo where he belong wi.... man .
on the contrary. the system buried him. they were looking for a 'scape goat beginning with Judge Ch...es who wanted to make an example of him after she marched against domestic abuse.
whether women want to admit it or not, they have power.
Stop defending a ..... ......... people- the world is a cycle- he hot his just desserts
They try bury us but forgot we were seeds!!
FREE PENN!!