Kingston, Jamaica – Matthew Hyde, the 21-year-old college scholar who pleaded responsible to holding his ex-girlfriend captive and subjecting her to horrific torture in his dorm room at The College of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, is predicted to be sentenced at the moment.
The younger girl endured three days of unimaginable abuse, together with extreme burns with an iron, beatings, and emotional torment. In her sufferer affect assertion, she described the ordeal as a terrifying combat for survival, stating, “I assumed I used to be going to be killed. I gave up on making an attempt to outlive as I assumed he was by no means going to cease.”
Hyde pleaded responsible to seven fees, together with assault, false imprisonment, malicious communication, and inflicting grievous bodily hurt with intent.
Protection lawyer Patrick Peterkin argued for a sentence of three to 4 years, citing Hyde’s responsible plea, historical past of abuse, psychological well being points, youth, regret, and the time he has already spent in jail.
Nonetheless, the prosecution argued that Hyde’s actions have been premeditated and will quantity to torture. The courtroom additionally thought-about the in depth bodily and emotional scarring the sufferer suffered, in addition to the numerous monetary burden she has endured.
The sufferer’s lawyer, Obika Gordon, is looking for a sentence that displays the severity of the abuse and is pursuing a civil case towards Hyde for a considerable sum, regardless of the $2 million already paid by Hyde’s household.
Justice Carolyn Tie-Powell is predicted to ship the sentence at the moment, bringing an finish to this harrowing chapter within the lives of the sufferer and her household.
