A 65-year-old taxi operator who was convicted of abducting and raping a 19-year-old student has been sentenced to more than 24 years in prison in the St Catherine Circuit Court.

Hubert Fletcher, of Central Village in St Catherine, was sentenced on Friday after being found guilty of rape, forcible abduction, indecent assault, and grievous sexual assault.

He received sentences of 24 years and nine months for rape, 14 years and nine months for forcible abduction, 12 years and nine months for indecent assault, and 24 years and nine months for grievous sexual assault.