Shawn Bacchus, who was accused of raping a six-year-old girl, yesterday afternoon walked out of the High Court a free man after a jury unanimously acquitted him.
After some two hours of deliberations, the 12-member mixed panel returned the not-guilty verdict.
A visibly relieved Bacchus who clenched the Holy Bible in his hand was then told by Justice Jo-Ann Barlow that he was free to go, but not before admonishing him to see his acquittal as an opportunity to forge a clear path ahead.
The charge against the former accused was that on July 27th, 2018 in the county of Demerara, he sexually penetrated the child.
His trial was heard in-camera at the Sexual Offences Court of the High Court in Georgetown.
