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A fourteen-year-old boy and a man, who allegedly had carnal knowledge of a 14-year-old girl, and another man, who had carnal knowledge of a girl when she was 13 years old, appeared yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The teen and Mark Kingston were not required to plead to the indictable charge of carnal knowledge.

It is alleged that on September 7, they had carnal knowledge of a 14-year-old girl without her consent.

Their lawyer, Adrian Thompson applied for reasonable bail for them, stating that the teen lives in French Guiana but he was on vacation here. The magistrate subsequently ordered that the teen be kept in police custody while she ordered that Kingston be remanded to prison.

They will make another court appearance on September 21.

Meanwhile, 25-year-old Ramnarine Dharry was also not required to plead to the indictable charge of carnal knowledge.

It is alleged that between November 1 and 13, 2007, at Great Diamond, East Bank Demerara, he had carnal knowledge of a girl who was 13 years old at the time.

Prosecutor Kevin London stated that after the incident Dharry fled the jurisdiction and was only caught recently when he came back to Guyana.

The magistrate subsequently ordered that Dharry be remanded to prison and that he appear back in court on September 18.



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Reader Comments

  1. Jackie SAINT LUCIA says:

    What is “carnal knowledge without her consent”? If she did not consent then she was raped!

  2. Soldier (Opposition Forces at Work) UNITED STATES says:

    “Their lawyer, Adrian Thompson applied for reasonable bail for them, stating that the teen lives in French Guiana but he was on vacation here.” Can anyone believe this lawyer did this knowing that if this teen is granted bail he can easily return to French Guiana and end of trial???

  3. I can’t see how a 14yrs old lad can be charged for carnal knowledge of a 14yrs old girl, on the other hand the adults should be charged.

  4. dubaiciti UNITED STATES says:

    WHAT IN THE WORLD IS CARNAL KNOWLEDGE? ONLY IN GUYANA DOES THIS KIND OF THING TAKE PLACE. EITHER A PERSON WAS FORCED TO HAVE SEX –MEANING SHE WAS RAPED (THAT IS THE CORRECT WORD FOR IT). WAY TOO MUCH SLACKNESS IS BEING TOLERATED IN THIS OTHERWISE BEAUTIFUL PLACE WHERE I HOPE TO ONE DAY RETURN TO LIVE.



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