Dartmouth man accused of being rapist, badly beaten

The wound in Terrence Welch’s head

After he was accused of being a rapist, a 20-year-old Dartmouth, Essequibo Coast man was badly beaten allegedly by residents of Devonshire Castle also on the Essequibo Coast.

Speaking with Stabroek News, Lucy Welch, the mother of the man, said that her son Terrence Welch was heading home to Dartmouth when he was attacked.

“Yesterday [Sunday] morning around 5, Terrence say that he was walking coming from Richmond where he went to catch a car. He say that the car man see the