SENTENCE The Convict is a first offender. He is 41 years old. His Counsel has told court that he has been remorseful. She asked for leniency from court. The convict himself told court that he has family responsibilities; he has relatives to look after. He asked for a short sentence. He confirmed that he is a first offender. These are reasons for mitigation on your behalf. However, as I am moved to show leniency, I recall that the offence he committed carries a maximum sentence of Life Imprisonment. The circumstances under which the crime was committed must be considered in order to tailor sentence to the merits of the offender and offence. The circumstances in which he committed the offence are so grave because he is a brother to the victim‟s father. He ravished a very small child fit to be his old child and who looked up to him as a dad. The age difference is very wide. The victim could not even understand the impact. Some day in future she will know. There was no respect for such a small child to introduce her to such stigma. This kind of offence is abhorrent. The convict very well knew the father of the victim. He knew that he would continue to live and interact with the victim and her parents in the future. He did not care how traumatizing it would be to the victim and her parents. I consider the convict‟s conduct a beastly display of his manhood. It was a very selfish way of satisfying his greed for sex. The convict was real danger to the women and girls in that neighborhood. The victim 10