A man from Penal, who admitted to raping his common-law wife in 2018, is expected to be sentenced next week.
The man, whose identity was withheld to protect the victim, pleaded guilty to the offence during a virtual hearing before Justice Lisa Ramsumair-Hinds, yesterday morning. He was accused of attacking the victim at their apartment in March 2018.
According to the summary of the evidence presented by prosecutor Charmaine Samuel, the attack occurred after the victim sought to intervene when the man came home drunk and had an argument with their landlord over rental arrears.
The couple argued about his actions, during which he threatened to kill her. She contacted the police, who came to their apartment and warned him.
Shortly after the police officers left, the man demanded that she have sex with him. The woman, with whom he has two children, refused as she reminded him that she was still recovering from surgery on her abdomen.
He then pushed her on a mattress and raped her.
Police officers returned to the location and arrested the man.
The man is expected to be sentenced next Monday.