Farmer Sentenced to 16 Years for Raping Minor

A forty-three-year-old farmer is spending his first night of a sixteen-year sentence behind bars. Vicente Cerraras has been sentenced for two counts of rape of a fourteen-year-old minor, for which he was convicted back in July of this year. This morning, Vicente appeared before Justice Candace Nanton in the High Court, where she heard mitigation pleas from two character witnesses, including his mother and his pastor, Elario Davis. Cerraras’ last words to the court was one of remorse telling the court he is sorry for what he did, admitting to guilt.   Cerreras who was facing a mandatory sentence of twelve years minimum for each count, was sentenced to two sixteen years term. However, Justice Nanton took into consideration his fifteen days on remand. She deducted those days leaving him with fifteen years, eleven months and fifteen days left behind bars. Justice Nanton ordered that his two sentences run concurrently with each other. As was reported, Justice Nanton found Cerreras guilty of the two counts of rape of a child on July twenty-second after DNA evidence linking him to the crime scene was submitted.  Despite the DNA results presented by Prosecutor Romey Cunningham, Cerraras denied raping the minor. He raped the fourteen-year-old on June twenty-seventh, 2019 and again on August twenty-sixth, 2019.In the trial, Cerraras  was represented  by attorney  Ronell  Gonzalez.