Two men were on Monday each granted $100,000 bail after being charged at a city court with the rape of the young Amerindian woman, who said she had been drugged and attacked by more than one man at the hotel where she worked in Mahdia, Region Eight.
Mark Gobin, 21, of Zeeburg, West Coast Demerara (WCD) and Deonandand Persaud, 19, of Leonora, WCD were charged with the woman’s rape, according to information from the Police Public Relations Office.
They were not required to plead to the indictable charge when it was read to them.
The filing of the charge against the two men comes in the wake of continuing protests over the authorities’ inadequate response to rape cases, which were sparked by the woman’s experience in seeking justice.
The woman had recounted to Stabroek News that she was conscious during the rape but she was unable to fight back,
