Devon Evans, Gleaner Writer
OCHO RIOS, St. Ann:
A man who pleaded guilty to raping a 74-year-old woman in July 2005 has been sentenced to eight years' imprisonment.
Thirty-year-old Wayne Tingling, originally from Westmoreland but who was living in Exchange, St. Ann, received the sentence in the St. Ann Circuit Court Monday.
Despite the complainant's appeal to the judge for mercy, Justice Wesley James said Tingling would have to go to prison for committing the offence.
DEMANDED SEX
The allegations were that, on the date in question, Tingling went to the house of the 74-year-old woman in Exchange about 2:00 a.m. and demanded sex. He was said to be drunk and tried to force himself on the woman but she managed to escape from him and ran out of the house.
Tingling reportedly chased the woman on to the road, where he caught up with her and then proceeded to have sex with her in the middle of the road.
Reports are that a policeman who was driving along the road saw Tingling having sex with the woman and arrested him after learning it was a case of rape.
When Mr. Justice James was about to pass sentence, the complainant asked the judge to have mercy on Tingling. In accepting the plea, Justice James said he would sentence him to eight years, instead of the 10 years he had intended to hand down. Tingling was represented by attorney Oswest Senior-Smith.
