A Kingston teacher has been sentenced to more than 30 years in prison for Sexual Assault and Murder of 13-year-old girl.

Sanju Maharaj, who was charged with the killing of 13-year-old Shanoya Wray, was sentenced today in the Home Circuit Court.

Shanoya's remains were discovered inside Maharaj's bathtub on Walley Close, Kingston 6 on Friday, July 20, 2018. Maharaj had poured caustic soda and other
chemicals on her body, causing it to deteriorate rapidly.

Maharaj plead guilty to and was sentenced as follows:
- Having Sexual Intercourse with a Person Under Sixteen (4 counts); sentenced to 12 years
imprisonment.
- Murder; sentenced to 21 years imprisonment
-Trying to Dispose of a Corpse; sentence to 2 years in prison at hard labour.

The sentences are to run consecutively.

Another man, Leonardo Maddan, who was charged with Misprison of a Felony in relation to this
incident is to reappear in court on October 28 this year.