A man has been sentenced to two years imprisonment after being found guilty of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, a crime that carries a maximum sentence of 10 years.
The sentence was handed down by Justice Tunde Bakre.
The conviction comes after a jury returned an 8-1 guilty verdict in the trial of Dequan Yearwood last year, prompting a dramatic scene as displeased family members had to be removed from the courtroom due to their disruptive behavior.
The incident escalated when one family member of the convicted approached a juror following the verdict, putting his hand in the juror’s face and making what authorities described as threatening gestures.
According to case details, the victim was a 14-year-old girl with a learning disability who is developmentally delayed by approximately three years. The incident occurred in January 2022 when the girl was discovered in the defendant’s apartment.
When police arrived at the scene, the defendant eventually opened the door, at which point the young girl was observed fixing her clothing while the defendant stood by the bed.
Just 2 years…these acts need harsher penalties…C’mom…
Having sex with a minor is not classified as rape anymore.It is now classified as having sex? Well well the underworld the underworld. If you know you kno
WTF man getting 4 years for having an illegal firearm but a damn rapist getting 2 for violating a minor.
Make that make sense
Pure BS happening in this God forsaken country. How he only get 2 years like How.
The rapist of a minor gets only 2 years in prison? Sometimes I wonder if those handing down these types of sentences are themselves compromised in a similar fashion because these light sentences don’t make any type of sense.
A rapist gets 2 years for a 10 years offense? Wait, she’s a minor? With a disability? I’m reading right? Cause who the hell handed down these charges? He should be given life. This man had sex with a 11 year old if you come to think of it.
Wicked men around the world!! . And then he only gets two years.
Once a man thief or shoot an so on their pic always on the news why d same can’t be done for those sex offenders especially after the justice system has find dem guilty
Once a man thief or shoot an so on their pic always on the news why d same can’t be done for those sex offenders especially after the justice system has find dem guilty
Antigua News where is the photo of this man. I now him. people know him. why are you protecting him. The legal system continues to fail our children. Two years for having sex with a minor. This is all
Two years for a rapist,money can really do things
If it was a gun or weed he’d get over 5 years but for having sex with a minor only two,what a ting
No example from the court,these kind of things will never stop these men go jail and eat our tax money from our hard days work.I personally would’ve cut of a limb