The Tribune

By LAMECH JOHNSON

Tribune Staff Reporter

ljohnson@tribunemedia.net

A MAN convicted and sentenced in Supreme Court for having sex with an 11-year-old girl will appear in the Court of Appeal today to apply for additional time to lodge an appeal against his sentence.

Alexander McPhee was unanimously convicted by a nine-member jury last December.

According to testimony by the virtual complainant, who turned 12 during the ordeal, the abuse took place every night for a seven-month period between July 2006 and February 2007.

Law enforcement officers were notified when the matter was reported on February 21, 2007 by the girl’s mother and grandmother.

McPhee was sentenced to seven years in prison in May 2012.

However, Justice Vera Watkins, who presided over the matter, subtracted his time on remand, resulting in his prison terms being reduced to a little more than three years.