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Sex offender Andre Penn loses Appeal

On November 23, 2016 the Court of Appeal upheld a High Court decision against Andre Penn who was found guilty of several sex related offenses. Photo: VINO/File
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - When Justice Darshan Ramdhani on February 17, 2015 announced in the High Court that he was imposing a total of 15 years of imprisonment on former legislator Andre Penn, the case was moved to the Appeals Court.

Penn was tried and found guilty of 11 of 12 counts of offenses most sexually related, committed against a young girl.

On November 23, 2016 however, the Court of Appeal also did not rule in his favour and ordered that all the decisions handed down in the High Court by Justice Dearshan Ramdhani be upheld.

High Court Decision

On the seven counts of indecent assault, Justice Ramdhani had imposed a 3-year sentence each, on the one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 years he got 8 years and on the two counts of buggery 4 years each.

The judge then ordered that the three categories of the sentences run concurrently, which put the total years to 15.

Justice Ramdhani had also stated that in law he had to consider the number of years the trial hung over the head of the defendant, Penn, and as such he ‎reduced the time to be spent by 5 years. One year was deducted from the combined seven indecent assault sentences, three years removed from the unlawful sexual intercourse against a girl under 13 years of age sentence and one year was removed from the combined two buggery sentences.

22 Responses to “Sex offender Andre Penn loses Appeal”

  • wize up (26/11/2016, 09:32) Like (27) Dislike (0) Reply
    Shameful
  • gkefkkdakxq (26/11/2016, 09:44) Like (5) Dislike (80) Reply
    Poor JJ
  • Sammy r. (26/11/2016, 10:30) Like (160) Dislike (0) Reply
    Brother andre I think I saw it somewhere that you were a teacher. Instead of wasting the court's time why don't you organize some basic education classes for your fellow vagabonds and use your time constructively. You are becoming a real nuisance now.
  • mayson (26/11/2016, 10:48) Like (8) Dislike (0) Reply
    finish do your time and done with that from wasting time and money because you will get off early with good behavior.
  • Guilty. (26/11/2016, 10:56) Like (25) Dislike (0) Reply
    Waste of time and money.
  • Xxx (26/11/2016, 17:32) Like (5) Dislike (24) Reply
    God will take care of you JJ there is always two sides
    • @xxx (27/11/2016, 07:11) Like (6) Dislike (2) Reply
      I think u mean "Pumpkin will take care of u JJ"
    • tretretrete (28/11/2016, 09:16) Like (5) Dislike (0) Reply
      well it heard on the four side him the girl, God and the courts so wa u talking about
    • grace (28/11/2016, 10:41) Like (7) Dislike (0) Reply
      @ Xxx. You say God will take care of JJ? Will that same God take care of the little victim since her life will never be normal. He is a Devil and I hope God will take care of him and burn him up in Hell. He is a sociopath and rapist who should never be around children any more.
    • whaaaaa? (28/11/2016, 14:39) Like (5) Dislike (0) Reply
      here is no 2 sides here. The girl was a child. He had intercourse with her and buggered her.....there is no 2 sides. The man is a paedophile and should be locked up for a lot longer than this. Poor child - my heart goes out to her - I hope she does not have to see some of the ignorant comments here. Disgusting man.
  • Go and sit (26/11/2016, 18:41) Like (35) Dislike (1) Reply
    Man go and sit your hard back A:: down, you scar a child emotionally, mentally and physically. I was a child of sexual abuse so I know what the girl is going through. I hate men like you, F,?!&'g pervert. I am an adult now but I still carry the emotional scar. I don't trust men.
  • de silent one (26/11/2016, 20:43) Like (17) Dislike (1) Reply
    That guy got off lightly and should be grateful to the court after exercising such of leniency on him. Its time for him to just do the time and move on. Is it that he's too smart for himself and don't know when to give up.
  • clinical psychology (26/11/2016, 23:30) Like (43) Dislike (0) Reply
    That narcissistic behaviour is what got him into trouble in the first place; he just doesn't know when to stop.
  • SHAME (27/11/2016, 00:01) Like (19) Dislike (2) Reply
    Ok this is not a downisland man, talk up now, see it don't matter where you from, these things happen to anybody, anywhere, no matter race or place you from, I guess I can say out loud DEPORT HIM, but no HE FROM HERE, shameful.
  • Get Real (27/11/2016, 00:42) Like (17) Dislike (1) Reply
    JJ jj you people sounds so sick. You need to think of a grown hardback man molesting your daughter or son at a young Age, think about All the scenes And imagine yourself saying poor jj.
  • See (27/11/2016, 14:24) Like (8) Dislike (2) Reply
    perverted piece of garbage .
  • W*F (28/11/2016, 13:26) Like (9) Dislike (0) Reply
    The length of time the sentence hung over JJ's head was because all the years of his filing appeals to the court. He should not have gotten that 5 years reduction from his sentence. He should be made to serve every minute of his sentence for what he put that little girl through.
    • wize up (28/11/2016, 20:57) Like (8) Dislike (1) Reply
      @ WTF: I agree with you, yes he should be asked to spend up to last second in the prison: I can not predict life but if I ever get involved with such level of sick behaviour I need to be take down to the Sir Oliver Georges Plaza in Road Town; then allow each citizen of this territory to whip me with a bull-bud.....there is no excuse for such level of behaviour especially from such an educated individual


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