MAN CONVICTED FOR RAPING MUTE GIRL

The Solomon Islands High Court. Photo credit: SIBC.

The High Court has today convicted and remanded a man for raping a mute girl in 2013.

The man from Temotu province was convicted on one count of rape and one count of buggery

The victim was a 13-year-old girl living with a disability – she could not speak.

Justice Francis Manesalua remanded the accused in custody after pronouncing the verdict.

He adjourned the case to Tuesday next week for a sentence.