Wesley Carlos Payne, called “Piggy,” was yesterday afternoon found not guilty of the rape of a nurse at the Wismar Hospital in 2008.
After about two hours of deliberations, a 12-member jury emerged with a unanimous not guilty verdict.
Justice Navindra Singh, who presided over the trial, admonished the visibly relieved Payne to behave himself, in light of his several previous brushes with the law. “Good luck,” the judge told the former accused, who thereafter calmly walked out the courtroom after his handcuffs were unlocked.
