NOW VIEWINGRecord
Explore

ENTITY · LEGAL MATTER / DISPUTE

Zebra — rape and buggery conviction (2010)

Probable

Garfield Vassell, the deejay Zebra, was convicted in the St Catherine Circuit Court in November 2010 of the rape and buggery of a 14-year-old girl, and sentenced to 20 years and 10 years respectively. The sentences were originally ordered to run consecutively — reported at the time as 30 years — and were later ordered to run concurrently from February 2011.

Reporting also records earlier convictions: assault with intent to rape in 2001 and rape in 2002. The sentence structure is reported from press coverage rather than from the court record itself.

At a glance

Confidence
Probable
Sources
Jamaica Observer, "Zebra sentenced to 30 years for sexual offences"; Jamaica Star, 20 November 2010; RJR News; Urban Islandz, 20 November 2010; Jamaica Gleaner, 22 May 2013, on the dismissal of the appeal.

Connections

Share this record

WhatsAppXFacebookEmail

Compiled and researched by The Jamaica Music Atlas music desk. The sources that informed it are credited above.

Share it freely. Quote it, teach from it, print it, put it on your own site — all we ask is that you credit The Jamaica Music Atlas music desk and link back where a link is possible, so the next reader can follow the trail to the sources. If you publish something built on this, tell us and we will link to you in return.