A 62-year-old HIV-pos­i­tive man, who plead­ed guilty to five counts of in­cest against his daugh­ter, was sen­tenced to 50 years in prison with hard labour. How­ev­er, he will on­ly serve ten years as the sen­tences will run con­cur­rent­ly.

The man, whose iden­ti­ty can­not be re­vealed due to the na­ture of the of­fence, was sen­tenced by High Court Judge Nali­ni Singh on Oc­to­ber 15, weeks af­ter his guilty plea. He en­tered the plea on Sep­tem­ber 25, the sec­ond day of his tri­al, and re­turned to court the fol­low­ing day to be tak­en in­to cus­tody un­til he was sen­tenced.

In her 16-page rul­ing, Singh or­dered that the sen­tences run con­cur­rent­ly, mean­ing the man will serve on­ly 10 years. The of­fences are al­leged to have oc­curred be­tween May 1 and June 30, 2021, while the 18-year-old lived with him.