‘Sexual predator’ Mascoll to be sentenced Tuesday

Serial rapist Kinchar Lavone Mascoll, dubbed a sexual predator by the prosecution, is expected to know his fate when his sentencing hearing resumes before the High Court on Tuesday.

Justice Randall Worrell adjourned the hearing after it was revealed that the final victim impact statement which was requested has now been submitted.

Mascoll, alias Rhino or Monkey Man, of Drax Hall Jump, St George admitted to raping a 15-year-old girl on December 1, 2015 and a 43-year-old woman two weeks later, on December 17.

Senior Crown Counsel Olivia Davis, in submissions to the No. 2 Supreme Court said the crimes should attract two concurrent life sentences. Davis said the convict ought to serve a minimum period of 40 years in prison before being eligible for release.

The prosecutor told the court at a recent sitting that Mascoll “is to be considered a sexual predator and a danger to society in general and women in particular”. According to his criminal record he has several previous convictions including indecent assault of two females; two assaults with intent to rape and a rape conviction for which he has already spent 15 years in prison.

But Mascoll’s attorney, Michael Lashley QC, put forward a starting sentence of 15 years in prison for the 43-year-old based on the information contained in his psychiatric, psychological and presentencing reports.

The convicted rapist also apologized for his actions.

He said at the last virtual sitting of the court: “I am very sorry for what was done to these people. “I asking, forgive me for what I have done. I asking sir for leniency from people that I trouble, I am very sorry for hurting them, hurting their family, hurting mines, and hurting wunna. I asking for help cause I come up hard . . . and I am very sorry for what I have done.”