Pratt gets 69 years for Carnal Knowledge
Bernard Pratt
In court, forty-three year old Bernard Pratt learned his fate today after being found guilty of four counts of Carnal Knowledge of an eleven year old girl. He was sentenced to seventeen years each for three counts on which the jury was split seven to two. But for one count, on which jury unanimously agreed he was guilty, Pratt’s sentence was eighteen years. That’s a total of sixty-nine years, but Pratt will only spend eighteen years because Justice Herbert Lord stipulated that the sentences run concurrently. Pratt sexually abused the child on four occasions in the months of June and July 2008. Pratt, who would enter the child’s bedroom through a window, was caught in the act during one incident, when the minor’s sister walked on them. The girls told their grandmother what happened, and she was reluctant to believe them at first, but eventually filed a report against Pratt. Four character witnesses spoke on Pratt’s behalf in mitigation, including his daughter Armadene, a teacher Lourdes Blease, his brother in law, Kashmir Bernard and his sister, Arlette Wood. All four spoke fondly of Pratt and begged for leniency. For his part, he maintained that he is innocent despite the conviction. Pratt’s sentence is effective as of last week Friday, when he was found guilty.
That is some hellified math, he gets 69 years but will only serves 18. At age 61 when he is released, he will still be young enough to rape another little girl. Can we castrate him now & give him shock therapy as part of his sentence.
What message did this little girl & her sister get when 5 adult women & a man chose to side with this rapist. Poor man, all around good guy, he just can’t control himself. Maybe the fellows in jail can teach him some new tricks & climb in his window.
Good!
DO THE CRIME……… DO THE TIME!!!
Well at least the child molesters are going to jail and the murderers are still walking free……..crime does pay i guess…….
Guilty on 4 counts, sentenced on all 4 counts total 69 yrs yet only does 18 with parole and all that bull he will be out in 9 or so. this 43yr adult entered in through the window to rape a child on 4 occasions. the sentences should of run consecutively make him do the complete 67yrs or until he dies in jail. he had robbed this child of her innocence at 11yrs . no mercy
GREAT START NOW LETS PUT THE REST WITH HIM AND STOP LETTING THEM OFF EASY ! So what if the parents or the child dont want to press charges.. the law was broken so go from there …JAIL !
Castration!
So if you are innocent what is your story?
Didn’t you get caught with your pants down? For Christ sakes the child was 11 years old. There could be no mix up with her age at 11.
I am a father of three daughters whom I love and will protect them with my life and I know there are many like me. A person like this (Pratt whom I do know) should not get off so easily and have others begging leniency on his behalf. He deserves far more than eighteen years, you see people like these commit a crime and then try to convince others they are sorry! That’s BS man; he is sorry he got caught, given another opportunity he’ll be more careful and probably kill to hide his wrong doing. Society can’t tolerate these kinds of abuse toward children; children must be protected at all cost even if it means forming lynch gangs where the law fails, and that can be applied to murderers as well.
So Jah Seh (RUDE BUY DEAD O GO A JAIL)
Leniency….this is outrageous…he entered a child’s bedroom to have sex with her….sex with a child!!!!!! Di whole family need fi get dash weh dah jail fi condone this stupidness….people like this dem should kill out…..sex with children…nah mein!!!!
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Castration! Castration!
how can anybody talk fondly of an aniaml like BERNARD PRATT!!!!!
Good for him, it a pity he neve get that number backway 96 years!!!
Hope he have 69 years to think about what he did and I really hope someone in jail can cut of his no good stinking …..
i love reading this too Verleene.. makes me wonder if it’s only a few who comes online to read the news and it stays there.. you might also enjoy reading belizeforum.com but it’s mostly americanized!.. lol.