The sentencing of convicted rapist Eric O’Neil Strachan was postponed a third time due to prosecutorial incompetence, or corruption.<\/p>\n
This time, the excuse was because a psychiatric report was still lacking.\u00a0 A new hearing has been scheduled for February 22.<\/p>\n
Senior Justice Hartman Longley, who presided over the rape trial last September, initially set sentencing for November 11, 2010.<\/p>\n
At the hearing, Strachan’s attorney Devard Williams requested a psychiatric evaluation of his client and the judge adjourned sentencing to November 29, 2010.<\/p>\n
At the second hearing, prosecutors informed the court that the psychiatric report was still not complete and the matter was adjourned to yesterday.<\/p>\n
Strachan was found guilty of raping a 69-year-old woman at Eight Mile Rock last December. He was also found him guilty of two counts of attempted rape and one count of indecent assault.<\/p>\n
The victim was staying with a relative in Andros Town, Eight Mile Rock, on December 10, 2010 when the incident occurred.<\/p>\n
The woman testified that Strachan dragged her from a living room sofa to his bedroom and raped her.<\/p>\n
At trial, Strachan denied raping the victim. He claimed the sex was consensual and that the elderly woman made sexual advances on him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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