FREEPORT| A Grand Bahama man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping his girlfriend’s 12-year-old daughter.
Prosecutors say 39-year-old CM committed the crime on June 25, 2021 following her pimary school graduation.
To celebrate the milestone, CM a father-of-ten, took the child and her siblings to a playroom in the Port Lucaya Marketplace.
CM left the other children in the game room and drove the girl to a bushy area, where he raped her in the car.
In passing sentence, Justice Petra Hanna-Adderley said CM breached his position of trust and robbed his victim of her childhood.
The victim’s mother, who is also a survivor of child molestation, reportedly tried to commit suicide after she learned what happened to her child.
The judge ordered that CM be registered as a sex offender following his release from prison.
The rape victim’s mother has a pending trial for failing report the abuse of a minor.
