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Oliver J. Lewis given 3 1/2 years imprisonment for molesting 13-yr-old boy

Oliver J. Lewis has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for six counts of gross indecency with a 13-year-old boy. Photo: Team of Reporters
ROAD TOWN, Tortola VI: Oliver J. Lewis, a Guyanese native and a security technical specialist who was found guilty in December 2015 of six counts of gross indecency with a 13-year-old boy, has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison.

The sentence was handed down by the controversial Magistrate Ayanna O. Baptiste DaBreo in the lower court on October 3, 2016.  She also ordered him to compensate the family of the victim with $10,000 or spend an additional six months in prison.

Church encounter

It is reported that Mr Lewis had met the young boy in the Jehovah’s Witnesses Church on Tortola where they both attended.

The court had heard on December 3, 2015 that the Virtual Complainant, aged 13 back in 2013, said he was engaged in Bible sessions with the male defendant.

The Magistrate had maintained that whether or not the boy agreed to the alleged sexual activity, he could not give consent as he is a minor. The Magistrate had also said that the relationship between the VC and the defendant was described as a brotherly church relationship. It was revealed that on various occasions the defendant would allegedly pick the Virtual Complainant up from school and take him to his house where they would engage in homosexuality and paedophilia.

Texts & emails reveal much

There were many emails and text messages exchanged allegedly between the Virtual Complainant and the defendant. In some of them the defendant allegedly promised to buy the Virtual Complainant a cell phone. The Virtual Complainant allegedly preferred one kind over another and the defendant pleaded with him saying that he could not afford what the Virtual Complainant wanted.

In some of the texts, the defendant threatened to kill himself because of what allegedly took place between the two. 

30 Responses to “Oliver J. Lewis given 3 1/2 years imprisonment for molesting 13-yr-old boy”

  • weed (04/10/2016, 14:24) Like (33) Dislike (5) Reply
    oh no only that? and letty got 7
  • Sick (04/10/2016, 14:34) Like (34) Dislike (5) Reply
    I will never understand how this type of crime get such minimal time in prison. This should be on par with murder and drugs sales if not worst!!!
  • wize up (04/10/2016, 14:54) Like (35) Dislike (4) Reply
    Hiding behind Christianity!!! Lost more of them running around our territory: I continue to prayer that such fellows will not cross my path because it will be weeping and wailing and natching of teeth(just remove one testical with a hacksaw)
    • Yep (04/10/2016, 19:05) Like (15) Dislike (6) Reply
      Man Wize Up, I feel the same way. The only thing is the hacksaw is to fast. I will remove the testies with a dull rusted knife then stuff the area with scotch bonnet peppers.
      • smh (05/10/2016, 11:11) Like (0) Dislike (4) Reply
        Lawd, some of you all sounds just as sick with these brutal torture techniques....lol
    • Correction (05/10/2016, 11:05) Like (5) Dislike (2) Reply
      Jehovah Witnesses are not Christians.....They are Jehovah's Witness.... Natching of teeth you say....?
  • dog (04/10/2016, 15:30) Like (14) Dislike (0) Reply
    So sad for the child
    • dog (05/10/2016, 10:18) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply
      not dog again. This is a problem because it is an identity associated with personal opinion. While I happen to agree with this one, it is not fair that an identity was stolen. It can confuse people who want to hear what people have to say. What if I started to call myself Scary Mary, Pete or some other regular poster? Is that fair?
      • Seriously? (05/10/2016, 11:09) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
        Who cares dude? Who gives a crap about what Dog says? Dog is a stolen identity? Your passport and driver's license has "Dog" on it....?? Lol Give me a break dude....Nobody is taking your generic, animal name that seriously. How about Scary Dog...maybe you can change your name to that...
  • watching (04/10/2016, 15:53) Like (18) Dislike (5) Reply
    How about 30 years with daily torture sessions for this piece of garbage
    • wize up (04/10/2016, 19:41) Like (9) Dislike (2) Reply
      @ watching.....I second your motion; can you understand with all the hookers around this slime-ball purposely and deliberately gone molest the people dem son(4-bull bud every hour each hour for 30-years!!!)
  • i from here (04/10/2016, 16:47) Like (14) Dislike (2) Reply
    Let it had been a local. 10 years plus!
  • Hmm (04/10/2016, 16:47) Like (20) Dislike (1) Reply
    That's Tortola court system for ya, 162 months to 42months, and he's a so called Jehovah's Witness, kneeling to a lil boy pelvis area smfh...yes I casting stones!!!, David Foot put him in a cell with pumpkin he'll like that, bawling about jail ain't for him?, who it for then, Deport when completed and make sure u pay the kid's family too
  • wow (04/10/2016, 18:27) Like (14) Dislike (2) Reply
    Let it had be someone with a little bit of weed- 20 years in prison. I can't stand that judge.
  • yes (04/10/2016, 19:09) Like (11) Dislike (3) Reply
    @Hmm, you mean A Jehovah's wickedness.He should be sharing a cell with Pumpkin. He can kneel and bend before Pumpkin 24/7 365.
    • The Record (05/10/2016, 10:42) Like (2) Dislike (3) Reply
      You mean an Ex-Witness. Anyone who know the witnesses, they don't condone this type of behavior. He is totally wrong for doing this to this child.
  • crime (04/10/2016, 19:40) Like (12) Dislike (4) Reply
    The 3 1/2 years should be for sodomy alone.
    Another 3 1/2 years for rape.
  • Lucy (04/10/2016, 21:28) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    So he said that prison is not for him. Is he serious? He committed this horrible deed against this boy and he expects what? To walk? Well, maybe they need to put him on suicide watch because short of a jail break, pretty boy ain't going nowhere.
  • The Eye (04/10/2016, 21:44) Like (6) Dislike (2) Reply
    the legal system in the BVI needs to be taken to the international court in the Hage for lack of transparency
  • TG (05/10/2016, 00:41) Like (3) Dislike (1) Reply
    what a shame
  • wow (05/10/2016, 08:23) Like (10) Dislike (1) Reply
    Its like the punishments for crime in the BVI is backwards. it seems the more minor the crime the higher cost you pay, and the more heinous the crime, the lesser punishment is givin... u catch somebody with two dime bag, its 12 years jail or 500,000 fine (exaggerating), but u have this lil anty man playin with lil boys booties and he get a lil three years...do u kno how this man may have ruined that boys life for the rest of his life....it got enough gay men in the island he could've easy find one of them to play up with... I have nothing against gays... BUT CHILDREN!!!!! NO...im disgusted.
  • Bull Dawg (05/10/2016, 09:31) Like (9) Dislike (1) Reply
    This is statutory rape and I don't understand how this man only gets 3 1/2 years alone.
    That's not sending the right message to those pedophile at all.
    He needs no less than 6 to 8 years.
  • M & M (05/10/2016, 10:11) Like (7) Dislike (3) Reply
    what about those in high Office who has done the same things to adults
  • .............. (05/10/2016, 11:00) Like (1) Dislike (3) Reply
    That Magistrate is just as bad as that sick nut. This is an outrage. But hey, Jehovah still answers prayers, even if you're a homosexual pedophile....it seems.
  • 123 (05/10/2016, 12:22) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
    and he told the magistrate jail is not for him well sah look thing to tell the KING
  • Hmmmm (10/10/2016, 13:01) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Lord Punkin praising GOD for new meat. Boy make sure they have a case of lotion.


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