A senior citizen, who pleaded guilty to impregnating an underage girl 10 years ago, was sentenced to three years imprisonment when he appeared in the St. Catherine Circuit Court yesterday.

He is 70-year-old Cecil Hall of Linstead, St. Catherine.

Hall’s troubles with the court started after he attended family court in February for a maintenance hearing.

During his attendance, he allegedly said that he would not be paying any more money to the mother of his 10-year-old child.

The child’s mother then revealed to the court that he needs to live up to his responsibility and that he impregnated her when she was only 15 years old.

An inquiry was made by the presiding parish judge, after which documentary evidence confirmed that Hall committed carnal abuse.

The judge then instructed the police to take Hall into custody and also collected a statement from the complainant.

An investigation by the police resulted in Hall being charged.

The matter was later transferred from the family court to the St. Catherine Circuit Court.