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A Port of Spain man who was convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl in 1988 withdrew his appeal against sentence and conviction on Thursday, after he agreed with his attorney's advice that there were no arguable grounds to appeal.
Ettienne Tudor appeared before Justices of Appeal Prakash Moosai, Gillian Lucky and Malcolm Holdip at a virtual hearing on Thursday.
His attorney Daniel Khan said he advised his client there were no arguable grounds to challenge his conviction or sentence. Khan asked for the court to call on Tudor to state his position.
When asked, he said he wanted to withdraw his appeal. He was given permission to do so.
He was convicted and given a 15-year jail sentence in October 2018, some 30 years after he raped the teenager.
Tudor, now 52, was charged with the offence of sexual intercourse with a female under 14 on April 16, 1988.
Three days after the rape was reported, Tudor was charged and on December 28, 1989, he was committed to stand trial.
He was given bail, and absconded to the United States. He was eventually indicted for the offence on June 13, 1996, but when the matter was called at the high court, Tudor failed to appear.
A bench warrant was issued for his arrest and was executed on August 15, 2016, after he was deported from the US, having committed various criminal offences there.
He went on trial in October 2018 and was convicted by a jury on October 25, 2018, and sentenced to 15 years’ hard labour shortly after by Justice Devan Rampersad.
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