Trinidad steelpan tutor jailed for 9 years for relationship with student, 12 December 10, 2020 (Trinidad Guardian) A steelpan tutor who began a sexual relationship with a then 12-year-old student in 2009, which eventually resulted in three children, has been sentenced to nine years in prison.
Although Everton Joseph was convicted of six charges of having sex with a minor under the age of 14 earlier this year, he was only sentenced by High Court Judge Hayden St Clair-Douglas yesterday.
In passing the sentence, St Clair-Douglas noted that Joseph did not use violence towards the minor and that she did not resist his sexual advances after they met while she was learning to play the national instrument.