Two cops charged with rape at Tabatinga

Two policemen were yesterday charged with rape and were released on $75, 000 bail each.

Rellon D’Andrade, 30, of 62 Phoenix Park, West Bank Demerara and Terrence Hamilton, 22, of ‘E’ Field Sophia, both serving members of the Guyana Police Force, were taken before Magistrate Allan Wilson at the Lethem Magistrate’s Court where they were read the charge.

The men were not required to plead to the charge which alleges that between August 5, 2020 and August 6, 2020, at Industrial Site, Tabatinga, Central Lethem, they raped a 21-year-old woman. They were arrested on Wednesday.

The case was adjourned until December 6.