A 43-year-old Trinidadian man was sentenced to 35 years in prison by a court in The Bahamas for sexually molesting two of his male students.
Andre Birbal, an art teacher employed by The Bahamas’ education ministry, was found guilty of having unnatural sexual intercourse with a boy under 18 years of age.
Justice Hartman Longley sentenced Birbal to 15 years on count one and 20 years each on counts two, three, four, five, and eight. The last counts were to run concurrently with each other, but consecutive with the sentence of the first count, the Freeport News reported.
Birbal was 39 when he victimized the first boy, 11 at the time, between January 2002 and June 2007, while the second boy was 13 when that incident occurred between September 2002 and December 2005.
The judge said Birbal, a father, showed no remorse.
“The conclusion, however, seems inescapable on the evidence that you used the good offices of the church, your position as a teacher and your relationship with the boys to gain the confidence not only of the boys, but also the confidence and trust of their parents while scheming all the time to carry out a diabolical plot of the predatory sexual exploitation of these boys to gratify your depraved sexual appetite,” Justice Longley said.
“The appropriate sentence reflect in a real way the gravity of these most serious heinous crimes and the affect upon these young boys — the youngest of whom appears to have been psychologically damaged by these crimes,” he said, adding that that victim described himself as Birbal’s sex slave.
“I’ve said all the way through this, the truth will set you free and that’s what I believe in. So if he has been wrongly convicted, then hopefully he’ll be taken care of and if he has been rightly convicted that’s it.”
We need justice like this D.A, regardless of your last name…
I really wish the jail sentences in St.Maarten could be just as harsh . For offences like these they receive about 2yrs and even in some cases just probation.
That’s why I like bihanzin. He seen to be the only magistrate who thinks like this judge
I wish they would give out that kind of sentences here, but those hypocrites will still cry and say that it is excessive.
Hey, can we get that judge to come work in Dominica?
If our judges was more like him, DA would be way better off, way better….
Just an observation:
In the Bahamas a man is convicted of molesting two children and is sentenced to 35 years imprisonment. In Dominica those convicted of similar offenses are at most convicted to about 5 years, sometimes much lower.
Assuming the man in Bahamas, currently in his 40’s, serves his entire term and survives long enough to be released he will never molest another child again.
In Dominica we have people that are known molesters and rapist going in for a few years only to come out and commit the crimes again. Some are in and out every few years making a mockery of our so called justice system. It’s a revolving door of abuse.
It’s time we take sex crimes seriously and send a clear message to the perpetrators of abuse. The only thing more hideous than a sex crime is murder in my opinion.
hey isnt trevor in trini at 1st glance i thaught of u getaway on this one but them boys coming for u
soon lol
in the last days the evil forces are everywhere trying to boost its quantity of evildoers and they are getting support from prominent and top of the brass ministers and politicians.gaypride,hellfest,and more.gay marriages.watch the places you walk and mind the way you talk…from the jamaican reggae singer.
Fire burn them kind of fellas there
He who have no sin cast the first stone but sorry we lord my bum will never be touched and dem kind of things there is wrong to the highest degree
Lock him up and throw the key and forget to feed him for a few days man tax payers don’t have to make the man fat just make sure he survive
Let me share with you why I strongly believe these people must be executed and the impracticality of years in prison.
In Dominica for e.g, let’s suppose we have 400 prisoners. Let’s say $50 per day is spent on one prisoner for food, light, water, clothes ok
1 prisoner cost per annum —> $50 x 365 days = $18,250
multiply that by 400 prisoners> x400
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$7,300,000
My people 7 million, three hundred thousand dollars.
My fellow Dominicans, many of these prisoners who come out become even more professional. They repeat these crimes, wasting even more tax payers money. Do you know what at least half of that money would do? It could be used to invest in job growth and development and many more ventures in this country. My people your tax money is wasting, supporting criminals like these!
There are some people who deserve imprisonment for petty crimes but it must be accommodated with rehabilitation and counselling and intervention programs to curb these behaviours.
I strongly object to imprisonment to homosexuals especially when they go after little boys, first degree murderers, serial killers, king pins and drug lords, apostates/treason practitioners, incest with father and daughter and the list of these gruesome crimes, these people should be executed. It is grave injustice to keep them imprisoned.
One may argue that we are not god on the contrary, Allah commanded to execute these people. When you punish them in this life you are doing the will of Allah in the land to produce a more conduscive and morally upright society. Most of these criminals are unrepentant, they boast how many people they kill like it’s a sport.
I strongly support capital punishment to unrepentant sinners. No apologies.
I don’t think you should assume what Allah would do in these sitations. Apparently it seems these days Allah wants death even to innocent women, men and children.
Stick to the topic Aaaaa!
stop making general statements about Allah that you don have answers to! Dominica isn’t predominantly muslim so where all this coming in?
i strongly agree to you my friend ,well said and presented
Leave them children out of it man!!!! Just messing up their childhood. Youngsters need to be encouraged to speak out. You’re just damaging your life. True they threaten but i’s sure half the time they say that they don’t mean it.
them childern probably well make some money when the man borgar them i would put them in jail as well
Seem you make money from that already. Hmmm. Eyebrows raised.
you are an idiot to make such a HORRID statement
oh my God! NO! I did not just read this statement. Such ignorance…i AM FLABBERGASTED. This person needs an education …BUT FAST!
It is not my habit to call others name and I’ve promise myself never to call anyone names when replying to comments.
BUT, in your case (just this once I’ll break that promise). You are a sick, obnoxious, depraved individual.
No integrity!!! But where they get off doing these things!!! Pick on someone your own size!!!
i say this if a teacher, religious leader, or someone in position of trust abuse my child they better pray that the cops get them first.
I would castrate those men who do such crimes. Imagine I entrust a teacher with my child at school and instead of he protecting my child he is bulling my child? GOD HAVE MERCY!
I hanging that man by his ba*&s and I taking a piece of wood and i beating all his tet Kal
gaynproud was that u????
i can’t understand what enjoyment them man getting in that,,,, i mean everything about a woman is a weapon to seduce a man,,,, smooth skin, coke bottle shape etc etc, one of the main attraction is where faeces coming out lol so if that part of the body on a woman so attractive much more again,,,, cmon how can u go with men,,, as a man when u shake another man hand (which is the closest form of physical contact allu should have) u doesn’t feel how rough our hand is,,,, shiiiissshh when u hold a woman,, the touch so gentle n seen,,,, there is no homosexual gene,, so all that business of raised so is a lie to me,,, i believe some parents needs to be held accountable for raising little sissies,,,, that’s why i was against lil boys partaking in hoolahoop competition,,,,, them feminine tings there will spoil ur child,,, the game of moral played in square with a tennis ball should not be for lil boys,,,, send them n play cricket,,, the will at least fall n bruise,,, they’ll cry then get up to run n fall again,,,, that will prepare them psychologically for the world out here,,, u fall jus brush urself n try again
DNO needs to replace you with Good Guy
Or Nice Guy….whatever his name is …lol
Strongly agree or enroll them in martial arts classes. My son as soon as he reaches 3 or 4 yrs, martial arts time! No joke! I know by the time he is a teenager he will be a dan. No feminine sports and sponge bob for him, is manly sports, if I’m gonna give him toys, I’ll give him a toy gun, water gun, toy horses, tanks etc, no male dolls. Teach those children how to shot and ride
Besides teaching them how to do those things, teach them ethics, respect for the elderly, respect for people and for women. Align them to good role models not these damn BET people.
Raise boys into men so that they will have bravery and honour to defend themselves and their families!
People claim that they have no control over them being a homosexual…I wonder if this is a state of mind or we they wired that way.
Listen here you nasty old man. Doh have me in your drama ok. I am not a pervert like you that trying to take anything that walks. Not everyone is desperate like you ok.
MOTS
Gaynproud has the right to be mad at you; but apart from that I had a few laughs again, from you story.
You sound just like my brother about the man shaking hand with man–only form of physical contact. My brother used to watch baseball when he was here, in Toronto, with me; and he could not stand it; like when one of those players would do something good like hit a “homerun” with the bases loaded–that is called a grandslam–and their fellow players would compliment them with a great big hug. Those guys really do a lot more than handshakes while they play those sports, you know!
Anyway you sound a lot like a ladies’ man. I am one of age here, but I know a ladies’ man when I read his sentiment about the ladies. Thank you for the “niceness” about the ladies, okay!
Salop!!!!!!!! And his a father?!! That’s a real monster.