Corentyne rape accused freed

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The accused in the Corentyne rape and buggery trial was on Friday set free by a mixed Berbice jury last Friday.
The jury returned a unanimous verdict of not-guilty after deliberating for 30 minutes on the evidence following guidance by Justice Dawn Gregory-Barnes.
On trial was 29-year-old Fazil Roy Hussain of Olverston Village, Corentyne. He was accused of committing the two acts on his ex-lover between April 27 and 28, 2009. The state’s case, which was presented by State Prosecutor Diana Kaulesar, was that the victim was walking along the road with an aunt when the accused rode up to her on a bicycle carrying a cutlass and demanded that she go with him on his bicycle.
He then took her to the Liverpool Community Centre where the acts were committed.
The defence, led by Attorney Sasha Roberts, contended that what transpired was consensual sex and not rape.
In his evidence, Hussain said he no longer lives with the lady who has accused him of the act and is now married. When they were living together, he had plans to marry her, but she left for Suriname and was now pursuing him. “I did not accept that proposal [of reigniting the relationship]. She was upset with me for marrying.”
Hussain told the court that on the night in question, the VC hailed him when he was riding along the road and told him that she had not had sex for the past three months. “She is the one who suggested that we go to the community centre, because we used to go there before we were living together.” He also told the court that he did not have anal sex with her that night.

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