Man in Bahamas jailed for sexually molesting child

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC –  A High Court judge has sentenced a father of 10 children to eight years in jail after he agreed to a plea deal for molesting a 15-year-old girl in 2019.

Justice Joyann Ferguson Pratt, sentenced Elray Deveaux, 40, to prison for unlawful sexual intercourse with the child, reportedly the daughter of a female friend of his, on April 1, 2019.

He had pleaded guilty to the charge as part of a plea deal.

Justice Ferguson said that his actions involved stealing the girl’s innocence and were reprehensible and sentenced him to serve the sentence at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services.

She said he had taken something from his victim that she could never get back.

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