Labasa High Court Judge Justice Paul Madigan has sentenced a 19-year-old man to eight years imprisonment after he was convicted for raping a seven-year-old girl this year.
The incident happened on 5th February in a tent in Labasa when the girl was sleeping alone.
The girl’s mother who was drinking kava at a nearby house later saw the man committing the act and reported the matter to police.
The man had pleaded guilty to one count of rape.
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