A man accused of raping a woman he befriended on Facebook and who later went to his house to cook for him, was yesterday acquitted following the conclusion of his trial at the Georgetown Sexual Offences Court.
The court heard from the virtual complainant (VC) that while she agreed to cook for the man, they also agreed that there would be no sexual intercourse.
The case for the defence, however, was that the VC saw an incoming call from a woman on the man’s cellphone which angered her and led to her making the sexual assault allegation against him.
The indictment against Christopher Howes was that he sexually penetrated the woman on April 5th, 2020 without her consent.
